1881 census place

Cumbernauld surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cumbernauld, 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

133 surnames are listed for Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, covering 1,253 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bulloch, with 55 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cumbernauld

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	Bulloch	55	1.28%	639.53x
2	Allan	43	1.00%	15.92x
3	Aitken	41	0.950%	36.32x
4	Doherty	35	0.810%	99.66x
5	Chalmers	33	0.770%	32.22x
6	Connolly	32	0.740%	64.06x
7	Cowie	31	0.720%	59.39x
8	Rennie	30	0.700%	39.93x
9	Fleming	28	0.650%	15.66x
10	Bryson	26	0.600%	78.84x
11	Leishman	26	0.600%	178.20x
12	Stirling	26	0.600%	46.52x
13	Keir	25	0.580%	116.28x
14	Forrester	24	0.560%	41.56x
15	Patrick	23	0.530%	26.83x
16	Stark	23	0.530%	39.04x
17	Findlay	20	0.460%	22.44x
18	Harkins	19	0.440%	195.27x
19	Quin	19	0.440%	41.21x
20	Brash	18	0.420%	236.84x
21	Couser	18	0.420%	3000.00x
22	Doran	18	0.420%	50.35x
23	Neilson	18	0.420%	29.69x
24	Smellie	17	0.400%	89.24x
25	Main	16	0.370%	22.72x
26	Orr	16	0.370%	22.07x
27	Coutts	15	0.350%	34.56x
28	Calder	14	0.330%	23.27x
29	Jarvie	14	0.330%	124.00x
30	Kirkwood	14	0.330%	36.00x
31	Early	13	0.300%	81.40x
32	Waddell	13	0.300%	34.05x
33	Bowie	12	0.280%	32.02x
34	Finlay	12	0.280%	27.17x
35	Queen	12	0.280%	68.07x
36	Bald	11	0.260%	160.58x
37	Meikle	11	0.260%	35.53x
38	Mullholland	11	0.260%	214.01x
39	Gilfillan	10	0.230%	120.19x
40	Braid	9	0.210%	57.00x
41	Fitzsimmons	9	0.210%	85.47x
42	Frame	9	0.210%	32.98x
43	Gillan	9	0.210%	59.48x
44	Malloch	9	0.210%	147.54x
45	Nimmo	9	0.210%	46.97x
46	Coyle	8	0.190%	27.38x
47	Daily	8	0.190%	71.75x
48	Frater	8	0.190%	101.27x
49	Haney	8	0.190%	160.97x
50	Kinniburgh	8	0.190%	289.86x
51	Munn	8	0.190%	25.81x
52	Branan	7	0.160%	312.50x
53	Clelland	7	0.160%	58.92x
54	Don	7	0.160%	71.43x
55	Fergusson	7	0.160%	32.14x
56	Finnigan	7	0.160%	41.64x
57	Forfar	7	0.160%	278.88x
58	Foulds	7	0.160%	24.06x
59	Hammill	7	0.160%	157.30x
60	Harden	7	0.160%	41.40x
61	Mains	7	0.160%	99.29x
62	Mattocks	7	0.160%	123.67x
63	Meechan	7	0.160%	162.79x
64	Milling	7	0.160%	213.41x
65	Rowat	7	0.160%	393.26x
66	Thorburn	7	0.160%	28.18x
67	Tonner	7	0.160%	125.90x
68	Comrie	6	0.140%	85.59x
69	Culley	6	0.140%	32.91x
70	Haggerty	6	0.140%	75.38x
71	Lusk	6	0.140%	151.90x
72	Rafferty	6	0.140%	27.04x
73	Ronalds	6	0.140%	722.89x
74	Starrs	6	0.140%	674.16x
75	Teggart	6	0.140%	3529.41x
76	Tidd	6	0.140%	126.32x
77	Bolan	5	0.120%	125.63x
78	Gourlie	5	0.120%	510.20x
79	Grindlay	5	0.120%	106.38x
80	Hutcheon	5	0.120%	42.41x
81	Pender	5	0.120%	35.77x
82	Stairs	5	0.120%	400.00x
83	Bogan	4	0.090%	156.25x
84	Callahan	4	0.090%	116.62x
85	Forgie	4	0.090%	81.47x
86	Greer	4	0.090%	27.68x
87	Halket	4	0.090%	156.25x
88	Marshal	4	0.090%	44.05x
89	Sawers	4	0.090%	79.52x
90	Ure	4	0.090%	29.94x
91	Whan	4	0.090%	449.44x
92	Balloch	3	0.070%	100.33x
93	Carron	3	0.070%	131.58x
94	Connacher	3	0.070%	162.16x
95	Connal	3	0.070%	92.88x
96	Gillis	3	0.070%	34.76x
97	Halkett	3	0.070%	115.83x
98	Hilley	3	0.070%	275.23x
99	Lapping	3	0.070%	234.38x
100	Macalister	3	0.070%	147.06x