1881 census place

Dalserf surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dalserf, 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

274 surnames are listed for Dalserf, Lanarkshire, covering 4,475 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thomson, with 213 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dalserf

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	Thomson	213	2.26%	16.91x
2	Hamilton	163	1.73%	23.05x
3	Frame	138	1.46%	230.69x
4	Stewart	121	1.28%	8.20x
5	Bruce	102	1.08%	23.10x
6	Currie	98	1.04%	36.94x
7	Miller	93	0.990%	5.51x
8	Muir	92	0.980%	25.50x
9	Lindsay	71	0.750%	23.11x
10	Morrison	69	0.730%	9.31x
11	Reid	66	0.700%	6.66x
12	Barr	64	0.680%	28.07x
13	Neilson	60	0.640%	45.15x
14	Browning	59	0.630%	30.75x
15	Burns	58	0.620%	9.16x
16	Weir	57	0.600%	23.25x
17	Boyd	54	0.570%	16.33x
18	Bulloch	51	0.540%	270.41x
19	Lambie	50	0.530%	162.55x
20	Moffat	48	0.510%	28.10x
21	Paterson	48	0.510%	7.48x
22	Gold	47	0.500%	87.62x
23	Fleming	45	0.480%	11.49x
24	Gilmour	41	0.430%	30.73x
25	Nicol	40	0.420%	20.38x
26	Rae	40	0.420%	18.62x
27	Gilchrist	39	0.410%	28.22x
28	Prentice	38	0.400%	34.24x
29	Dick	37	0.390%	17.59x
30	Mackie	37	0.390%	18.36x
31	Nisbet	37	0.390%	37.17x
32	Crow	36	0.380%	25.30x
33	Douglas	35	0.370%	7.66x
34	Laird	34	0.360%	32.12x
35	Finlayson	32	0.340%	29.46x
36	Kirkwood	32	0.340%	37.55x
37	Forrest	31	0.330%	12.76x
38	Rodger	31	0.330%	23.39x
39	Meikle	29	0.310%	42.75x
40	Mair	28	0.300%	32.13x
41	Patterson	28	0.300%	8.52x
42	Beveridge	27	0.290%	27.51x
43	Semple	27	0.290%	60.11x
44	Gardiner	26	0.280%	9.60x
45	Craw	25	0.270%	405.19x
46	Montgomery	25	0.270%	16.71x
47	Whitelaw	25	0.270%	44.49x
48	Cowan	24	0.250%	12.48x
49	Houston	24	0.250%	19.99x
50	Kyle	24	0.250%	45.78x
51	Kirkland	23	0.240%	27.40x
52	Pollock	23	0.240%	16.80x
53	Docherty	22	0.230%	15.69x
54	Lang	22	0.230%	10.47x
55	Maxwell	21	0.220%	9.37x
56	Penman	21	0.220%	34.05x
57	Perrie	21	0.220%	194.44x
58	Shearer	21	0.220%	17.36x
59	Smellie	21	0.220%	50.31x
60	Strang	21	0.220%	49.63x
61	Russel	20	0.210%	30.75x
62	Struthers	20	0.210%	47.45x
63	Patrick	19	0.200%	10.11x
64	Clelland	18	0.190%	69.15x
65	Marchbank	18	0.190%	135.54x
66	Renwick	18	0.190%	27.99x
67	Wardrop	18	0.190%	83.60x
68	Casey	17	0.180%	12.23x
69	Gillon	17	0.180%	70.51x
70	Newlands	17	0.180%	44.63x
71	Stirrat	17	0.180%	131.07x
72	Crosser	16	0.170%	1103.45x
73	Halley	16	0.170%	45.17x
74	Ramage	16	0.170%	30.20x
75	Spalding	16	0.170%	23.70x
76	Dyet	15	0.160%	326.09x
77	Ewing	15	0.160%	17.26x
78	Haddow	15	0.160%	52.19x
79	Hendry	15	0.160%	10.04x
80	Rennie	15	0.160%	9.11x
81	Sorbie	15	0.160%	224.89x
82	Templeton	15	0.160%	21.54x
83	Baillie	14	0.150%	14.31x
84	Farrel	14	0.150%	65.39x
85	Lightbody	14	0.150%	84.54x
86	Mooney	14	0.150%	12.79x
87	Archibald	13	0.140%	15.97x
88	Bryson	13	0.140%	17.99x
89	Caldwell	13	0.140%	8.81x
90	Cockburn	13	0.140%	10.81x
91	Eadie	13	0.140%	29.16x
92	Frew	13	0.140%	27.44x
93	Golder	13	0.140%	50.72x
94	Greenshields	13	0.140%	77.20x
95	Hawthorn	13	0.140%	23.81x
96	Hilson	13	0.140%	134.99x
97	Mathie	13	0.140%	68.24x
98	Melvin	13	0.140%	28.63x
99	Neil	13	0.140%	10.43x
100	Boles	12	0.130%	236.69x