1881 census place

Carnwath surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Carnwath, 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

168 surnames are listed for Carnwath, Lanarkshire, covering 2,419 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hamilton, with 133 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Carnwath

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	Hamilton	133	2.28%	30.35x
2	Russell	99	1.69%	13.88x
3	Forrest	97	1.66%	64.41x
4	Prentice	94	1.61%	136.71x
5	Weir	60	1.03%	39.49x
6	Todd	51	0.870%	17.16x
7	Veitch	51	0.870%	132.43x
8	Stark	50	0.860%	62.50x
9	Moffat	49	0.840%	46.30x
10	Orr	49	0.840%	49.78x
11	Somerville	49	0.840%	100.76x
12	Aitken	48	0.820%	31.31x
13	Lindsay	45	0.770%	23.63x
14	Baird	44	0.750%	35.22x
15	Nimmo	44	0.750%	169.10x
16	Donaldson	42	0.720%	25.21x
17	Alexander	41	0.700%	13.26x
18	Robb	38	0.650%	37.61x
19	Muir	37	0.630%	16.55x
20	Russel	35	0.600%	86.85x
21	Chalmers	32	0.550%	23.01x
22	Fleming	32	0.550%	13.18x
23	Tweedie	32	0.550%	142.03x
24	Clarkson	31	0.530%	20.01x
25	Ballantyne	29	0.500%	65.46x
26	Carmichael	29	0.500%	34.68x
27	Bryce	26	0.450%	44.47x
28	Barrie	24	0.410%	56.93x
29	Blackley	24	0.410%	151.52x
30	Hepburn	24	0.410%	46.18x
31	Burt	21	0.360%	15.14x
32	Meek	21	0.360%	30.92x
33	Pillans	21	0.360%	601.72x
34	Waddel	20	0.340%	479.62x
35	Syme	19	0.330%	86.52x
36	Walkinshaw	18	0.310%	271.49x
37	Tennant	17	0.290%	27.26x
38	Alton	16	0.270%	100.63x
39	Porteous	16	0.270%	41.07x
40	Queen	16	0.270%	66.83x
41	Darling	15	0.260%	26.81x
42	Farquhar	15	0.260%	33.00x
43	Lind	14	0.240%	141.27x
44	Marr	14	0.240%	21.01x
45	Caldwell	13	0.220%	14.22x
46	Dymock	13	0.220%	165.82x
47	Gilchrist	13	0.220%	15.18x
48	Grieve	13	0.220%	19.21x
49	Waddell	13	0.220%	25.07x
50	Brocket	12	0.210%	810.81x
51	Devine	12	0.210%	20.63x
52	Haddow	12	0.210%	67.38x
53	Lawrie	12	0.210%	21.45x
54	Stein	12	0.210%	86.77x
55	Telfer	12	0.210%	34.34x
56	Brownlie	11	0.190%	43.02x
57	Conner	11	0.190%	24.34x
58	Cranston	11	0.190%	46.53x
59	Fergus	11	0.190%	104.27x
60	Pennycook	11	0.190%	124.72x
61	Blakeley	10	0.170%	41.31x
62	Finnie	10	0.170%	49.24x
63	Laird	10	0.170%	15.25x
64	Newbigging	10	0.170%	202.43x
65	Ruthven	10	0.170%	134.95x
66	Swanston	10	0.170%	79.74x
67	Thom	10	0.170%	19.14x
68	Beaton	9	0.150%	13.40x
69	Howison	9	0.150%	256.41x
70	Hutcheson	9	0.150%	30.02x
71	Inness	9	0.150%	201.34x
72	Masterton	9	0.150%	47.82x
73	Purdie	9	0.150%	37.27x
74	Purves	9	0.150%	23.57x
75	Speirs	9	0.150%	39.40x
76	Aitchison	8	0.140%	19.54x
77	Bailie	8	0.140%	98.64x
78	Burk	8	0.140%	38.08x
79	Cormie	8	0.140%	317.46x
80	Cosgrove	8	0.140%	28.11x
81	Coulter	8	0.140%	27.27x
82	Folley	8	0.140%	63.90x
83	Fram	8	0.140%	330.58x
84	Frame	8	0.140%	21.59x
85	Gallocher	8	0.140%	49.54x
86	Gormley	8	0.140%	117.13x
87	Herriot	8	0.140%	121.40x
88	Howatson	8	0.140%	178.17x
89	Muirhead	8	0.140%	17.75x
90	Ralton	8	0.140%	695.65x
91	Rushford	8	0.140%	601.50x
92	Whitelaw	8	0.140%	22.98x
93	Annan	7	0.120%	85.47x
94	Callan	7	0.120%	37.25x
95	Cowper	7	0.120%	27.35x
96	Frew	7	0.120%	23.84x
97	Gillon	7	0.120%	46.85x
98	Gracie	7	0.120%	57.42x
99	Kilgannon	7	0.120%	1372.55x
100	Ramage	7	0.120%	21.32x