1881 census place

Blantyre surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Blantyre, Lanarkshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

378 surnames are listed for Blantyre, Lanarkshire, covering 3,899 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Kelly, with 102 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Blantyre

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Kelly	102	1.04%	9.47x
2	Thomson	89	0.900%	6.77x
3	Paterson	84	0.850%	12.55x
4	Struthers	71	0.720%	161.44x
5	Ferguson	64	0.650%	9.18x
6	Burns	63	0.640%	9.54x
7	Muir	62	0.630%	16.47x
8	Allan	56	0.570%	9.07x
9	Hamilton	50	0.510%	6.78x
10	Kerr	46	0.470%	8.58x
11	Black	42	0.430%	6.59x
12	Dickson	42	0.430%	11.53x
13	Neilson	39	0.400%	28.13x
14	Forrest	38	0.390%	14.99x
15	Lyon	35	0.360%	16.98x
16	Maxwell	35	0.360%	14.98x
17	Higgins	34	0.350%	6.84x
18	Speirs	34	0.350%	88.40x
19	Aitkenhead	32	0.330%	274.44x
20	Weir	32	0.330%	12.51x
21	Connelly	30	0.310%	32.84x
22	Dunsmore	30	0.310%	118.62x
23	Kyle	30	0.310%	54.85x
24	Naismith	30	0.310%	114.59x
25	Napier	30	0.310%	37.95x
26	Boyle	29	0.290%	11.36x
27	Chalmers	29	0.290%	12.39x
28	Barr	28	0.280%	11.77x
29	Semple	28	0.280%	59.74x
30	Paton	27	0.270%	12.27x
31	Duffy	26	0.260%	12.10x
32	Mackie	26	0.260%	12.36x
33	Cummings	25	0.250%	16.50x
34	Currie	25	0.250%	9.03x
35	Rooney	25	0.250%	28.49x
36	Downie	24	0.240%	20.80x
37	Arbuckle	23	0.230%	109.94x
38	Frame	23	0.230%	36.86x
39	Laird	23	0.230%	20.83x
40	Fullarton	22	0.220%	106.33x
41	Oneil	22	0.220%	22.28x
42	Rae	22	0.220%	9.82x
43	Templeton	22	0.220%	30.28x
44	Flynn	21	0.210%	11.15x
45	Lynch	21	0.210%	8.09x
46	Montgomery	21	0.210%	13.46x
47	Pate	21	0.210%	51.56x
48	Strachan	21	0.210%	12.38x
49	Baillie	20	0.200%	19.59x
50	Carroll	20	0.200%	10.13x
51	Jamieson	20	0.200%	7.30x
52	Main	20	0.200%	12.42x
53	Sneddon	20	0.200%	34.15x
54	Bryson	19	0.190%	25.20x
55	Docherty	19	0.190%	12.99x
56	Donnelly	19	0.190%	15.35x
57	Eadie	19	0.190%	40.85x
58	Ferns	19	0.190%	89.71x
59	Mullen	19	0.190%	20.21x
60	Steven	19	0.190%	25.50x
61	Baird	18	0.180%	8.56x
62	Finlay	18	0.180%	17.83x
63	Malone	18	0.180%	22.86x
64	Nimmo	18	0.180%	41.09x
65	Pollock	18	0.180%	12.60x
66	Prentice	18	0.180%	15.55x
67	Trainer	18	0.180%	44.74x
68	Clelland	17	0.170%	62.59x
69	Dobbin	17	0.170%	109.89x
70	Dunlop	17	0.170%	10.73x
71	Murdoch	17	0.170%	10.17x
72	Rielly	17	0.170%	119.80x
73	Beaton	16	0.160%	14.15x
74	Gallocher	16	0.160%	58.85x
75	Gilmour	16	0.160%	11.50x
76	Houston	16	0.160%	12.77x
77	Obrien	16	0.160%	11.01x
78	Rankin	16	0.160%	10.95x
79	Shearer	16	0.160%	12.68x
80	Spiers	16	0.160%	19.76x
81	Devlin	15	0.150%	18.63x
82	Galbraith	15	0.150%	16.67x
83	Gilchrist	15	0.150%	10.40x
84	Sim	15	0.150%	13.58x
85	Wotherspoon	15	0.150%	47.97x
86	Brownlie	14	0.140%	32.51x
87	Harvie	14	0.140%	43.49x
88	Laidlaw	14	0.140%	16.06x
89	Liddell	14	0.140%	15.52x
90	Mauchline	14	0.140%	560.00x
91	Waugh	14	0.140%	10.44x
92	Begg	13	0.130%	21.72x
93	Carrigan	13	0.130%	67.78x
94	Devine	13	0.130%	13.27x
95	Odonnell	13	0.130%	20.56x
96	Shanks	13	0.130%	17.38x
97	Cavanagh	12	0.120%	16.17x
98	Coats	12	0.120%	27.00x
99	Don	12	0.120%	53.57x
100	Fitzpatrick	12	0.120%	8.34x