1881 census place

Bonhill surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire 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

396 surnames are listed for Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, covering 4,806 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Campbell, with 197 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bonhill

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	Campbell	197	1.56%	9.24x
2	Buchanan	150	1.19%	46.05x
3	Cameron	149	1.18%	15.21x
4	Stewart	127	1.01%	6.44x
5	Thomson	111	0.880%	6.59x
6	Graham	107	0.850%	7.40x
7	Ferguson	90	0.710%	10.08x
8	Jardine	78	0.620%	66.42x
9	Lindsay	78	0.620%	18.99x
10	Murray	78	0.620%	4.99x
11	Ritchie	68	0.540%	15.62x
12	Kinloch	59	0.470%	211.47x
13	Glen	58	0.460%	46.50x
14	Burns	54	0.430%	6.38x
15	Galbraith	54	0.430%	46.85x
16	Docherty	51	0.400%	27.21x
17	Ewing	49	0.390%	42.18x
18	Paterson	47	0.370%	5.48x
19	Black	46	0.370%	5.64x
20	Paul	46	0.370%	14.58x
21	Gillies	43	0.340%	23.86x
22	Barr	42	0.330%	13.78x
23	Munro	42	0.330%	7.47x
24	Currie	41	0.330%	11.56x
25	Lennie	41	0.330%	151.29x
26	Turnbull	41	0.330%	7.72x
27	Jamieson	36	0.290%	10.26x
28	Millar	33	0.260%	7.17x
29	Logan	32	0.250%	10.71x
30	Rennie	32	0.250%	14.54x
31	Meikle	31	0.250%	34.19x
32	Weir	31	0.250%	9.46x
33	Melville	29	0.230%	21.79x
34	Neil	29	0.230%	17.40x
35	Houston	28	0.220%	17.45x
36	Parlane	28	0.220%	437.50x
37	Donnelly	27	0.210%	17.02x
38	Coyle	26	0.210%	30.38x
39	Paton	25	0.200%	8.87x
40	Bain	24	0.190%	7.68x
41	Baird	24	0.190%	8.91x
42	Canon	24	0.190%	495.87x
43	Moir	24	0.190%	13.85x
44	Rankin	24	0.190%	12.82x
45	Robb	24	0.190%	11.01x
46	Colquhoun	23	0.180%	30.81x
47	Elliot	23	0.180%	7.16x
48	Gallacher	23	0.180%	21.16x
49	Menzies	23	0.180%	14.04x
50	Archibald	22	0.170%	20.22x
51	Lang	22	0.170%	7.83x
52	Odonnell	22	0.170%	27.16x
53	Bilsland	21	0.170%	290.06x
54	Lynn	21	0.170%	19.09x
55	Shearer	21	0.170%	12.99x
56	Wilkie	21	0.170%	11.68x
57	Crombie	20	0.160%	28.29x
58	Irvine	20	0.160%	7.20x
59	Prentice	20	0.160%	13.48x
60	Warnock	20	0.160%	73.02x
61	Battison	19	0.150%	134.37x
62	Connelly	18	0.140%	15.38x
63	Pringle	18	0.140%	9.07x
64	Abraham	17	0.130%	13.68x
65	Angus	17	0.130%	9.43x
66	Barclay	17	0.130%	6.56x
67	Bryson	17	0.130%	17.59x
68	Connolly	17	0.130%	11.62x
69	Cranmer	17	0.130%	78.45x
70	Cuthbertson	17	0.130%	17.46x
71	Gallocher	17	0.130%	48.79x
72	Gourlay	17	0.130%	24.34x
73	Livingstone	17	0.130%	14.47x
74	Macfarlane	17	0.130%	23.58x
75	Neilson	17	0.130%	9.57x
76	Newlands	17	0.130%	33.39x
77	Thorburn	17	0.130%	23.36x
78	Brodie	16	0.130%	9.46x
79	Dennett	16	0.130%	29.41x
80	Frazer	16	0.130%	16.39x
81	Friel	16	0.130%	185.40x
82	Izatt	16	0.130%	132.01x
83	Urquhart	16	0.130%	9.04x
84	Whitelaw	16	0.130%	21.30x
85	Dow	15	0.120%	9.88x
86	Drever	15	0.120%	69.64x
87	Pollock	15	0.120%	8.19x
88	Rochford	15	0.120%	123.36x
89	Sweenie	15	0.120%	136.61x
90	Bryans	14	0.110%	156.25x
91	Bryce	14	0.110%	11.10x
92	Fairlie	14	0.110%	45.63x
93	Gilchrist	14	0.110%	7.58x
94	Oneil	14	0.110%	11.07x
95	Ronald	14	0.110%	31.15x
96	Strachan	14	0.110%	6.44x
97	Struthers	14	0.110%	24.85x
98	Donnolly	13	0.100%	123.11x
99	Ferry	13	0.100%	32.66x
100	Malcolmson	13	0.100%	111.97x