1881 census place
Boness surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Boness, West Lothian 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
209 surnames are listed for Boness, West Lothian, covering 2,274 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Robertson, with 169 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Boness
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robertson | 169 | 16.63x |
| 2 | Snedden | 148 | 1809.29x |
| 3 | Grant | 140 | 23.26x |
| 4 | Hamilton | 106 | 23.30x |
| 5 | Johnston | 65 | 13.28x |
| 6 | Gibb | 50 | 46.69x |
| 7 | Allan | 43 | 11.29x |
| 8 | Ritchie | 40 | 19.09x |
| 9 | Donaldson | 39 | 22.55x |
| 10 | Peebles | 33 | 129.62x |
| 11 | Kirkwood | 32 | 58.37x |
| 12 | Law | 32 | 11.66x |
| 13 | Hardie | 30 | 37.95x |
| 14 | Steele | 30 | 18.48x |
| 15 | Sneddon | 28 | 77.54x |
| 16 | Jamieson | 27 | 15.99x |
| 17 | Learmonth | 27 | 274.39x |
| 18 | Meikle | 26 | 59.58x |
| 19 | Forrester | 25 | 30.71x |
| 20 | Patrick | 25 | 20.69x |
| 21 | Cuthell | 24 | 1411.76x |
| 22 | Scotland | 24 | 138.81x |
| 23 | Ballantine | 22 | 118.34x |
| 24 | Stanners | 22 | 438.25x |
| 25 | Nisbet | 21 | 32.79x |
| 26 | Burnett | 20 | 11.92x |
| 27 | Findlay | 20 | 15.92x |
| 28 | Baillie | 19 | 30.19x |
| 29 | Brady | 19 | 17.69x |
| 30 | Bain | 18 | 11.96x |
| 31 | Barrowman | 18 | 215.83x |
| 32 | Lumsden | 18 | 35.58x |
| 33 | Liddle | 17 | 23.79x |
| 34 | Nimmo | 17 | 62.92x |
| 35 | Smellie | 17 | 63.31x |
| 36 | Dobbie | 16 | 60.40x |
| 37 | Docherty | 16 | 17.74x |
| 38 | Wyllie | 15 | 35.32x |
| 39 | Hastie | 14 | 36.46x |
| 40 | Meechan | 14 | 231.02x |
| 41 | Falconer | 13 | 17.97x |
| 42 | Gilmour | 13 | 15.15x |
| 43 | Brechin | 12 | 218.58x |
| 44 | Broome | 12 | 39.79x |
| 45 | Denholm | 12 | 47.24x |
| 46 | Dymock | 12 | 147.42x |
| 47 | Gemmell | 12 | 32.92x |
| 48 | Arnot | 11 | 58.79x |
| 49 | Frew | 11 | 36.09x |
| 50 | Galbraith | 11 | 19.83x |
| 51 | Grieve | 11 | 15.65x |
| 52 | Bald | 10 | 103.52x |
| 53 | Cowie | 10 | 13.59x |
| 54 | Laird | 10 | 14.69x |
| 55 | Roney | 10 | 82.85x |
| 56 | Waldie | 10 | 76.92x |
| 57 | Balfour | 9 | 21.30x |
| 58 | Bernard | 9 | 35.84x |
| 59 | Beston | 9 | 337.08x |
| 60 | Brownlee | 9 | 42.94x |
| 61 | Drysdale | 9 | 17.55x |
| 62 | Forgan | 9 | 147.54x |
| 63 | Hawthorn | 9 | 25.63x |
| 64 | Kinloch | 9 | 67.01x |
| 65 | Middlemass | 9 | 119.52x |
| 66 | Sheen | 9 | 22.22x |
| 67 | Templeton | 9 | 20.09x |
| 68 | Ainslie | 8 | 49.94x |
| 69 | Boslem | 8 | 1860.47x |
| 70 | Bow | 8 | 56.42x |
| 71 | Cafferty | 8 | 227.27x |
| 72 | Haston | 8 | 161.29x |
| 73 | Murry | 8 | 24.95x |
| 74 | Newbigging | 8 | 156.25x |
| 75 | Riddell | 8 | 15.73x |
| 76 | Stupart | 8 | 683.76x |
| 77 | Trayner | 8 | 138.17x |
| 78 | Tweedie | 8 | 34.20x |
| 79 | Waddell | 8 | 14.86x |
| 80 | Agnew | 7 | 20.52x |
| 81 | Brisland | 7 | 260.22x |
| 82 | Carrigan | 7 | 59.17x |
| 83 | Farquharson | 7 | 20.41x |
| 84 | Haggie | 7 | 416.67x |
| 85 | Hanney | 7 | 72.16x |
| 86 | Heggie | 7 | 41.79x |
| 87 | Kindred | 7 | 147.06x |
| 88 | Lapsley | 7 | 186.67x |
| 89 | Leishman | 7 | 34.01x |
| 90 | Rew | 7 | 65.12x |
| 91 | Seth | 7 | 151.52x |
| 92 | Snadden | 7 | 281.12x |
| 93 | Tilly | 7 | 37.82x |
| 94 | Callahan | 6 | 123.97x |
| 95 | Carlin | 6 | 19.47x |
| 96 | Dott | 6 | 150.38x |
| 97 | Ewan | 6 | 43.45x |
| 98 | Garvie | 6 | 56.23x |
| 99 | Keegan | 6 | 29.78x |
| 100 | Lawless | 6 | 27.49x |