1881 census place

Dumbarton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dumbarton, 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

432 surnames are listed for Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, covering 4,117 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Campbell, with 174 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dumbarton

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	174	1.59%	9.41x
2	Cameron	140	1.28%	16.48x
3	Thomson	137	1.25%	9.38x
4	Kennedy	65	0.590%	9.87x
5	Lang	65	0.590%	26.68x
6	Kerr	59	0.540%	9.90x
7	Colquhoun	58	0.530%	89.60x
8	Connelly	56	0.510%	55.19x
9	Allan	55	0.500%	8.02x
10	Ewing	48	0.440%	47.65x
11	Boyle	42	0.380%	14.81x
12	Buchanan	42	0.380%	14.87x
13	Gordon	40	0.370%	5.81x
14	Brock	38	0.350%	29.93x
15	Galloway	38	0.350%	20.19x
16	Gillies	38	0.350%	24.32x
17	Hutchison	37	0.340%	20.59x
18	Sweeney	36	0.330%	24.61x
19	Neeson	35	0.320%	619.47x
20	Docherty	34	0.310%	20.92x
21	Watt	34	0.310%	8.11x
22	Paton	33	0.300%	13.50x
23	Boyd	32	0.290%	8.35x
24	Weir	31	0.280%	10.91x
25	Ritchie	30	0.270%	7.95x
26	Rodger	30	0.270%	19.53x
27	Aitken	29	0.270%	10.11x
28	Broadley	27	0.250%	36.51x
29	Robb	27	0.250%	14.29x
30	Jardine	25	0.230%	24.55x
31	Logan	25	0.230%	9.65x
32	Beaton	24	0.220%	19.11x
33	Blair	24	0.220%	8.47x
34	Kane	24	0.220%	27.27x
35	Hodge	23	0.210%	8.35x
36	Mooney	23	0.210%	18.13x
37	Currie	22	0.200%	7.15x
38	Barr	21	0.190%	7.95x
39	Howie	21	0.190%	19.59x
40	Latta	21	0.190%	153.51x
41	Milligan	21	0.190%	16.33x
42	Bain	20	0.180%	7.38x
43	Mair	20	0.180%	19.80x
44	Gallacher	19	0.170%	20.16x
45	Meikle	19	0.170%	24.16x
46	Orr	19	0.170%	10.32x
47	Vallance	19	0.170%	38.57x
48	Costello	18	0.160%	27.00x
49	Cullen	18	0.160%	9.40x
50	Duffy	18	0.160%	7.54x
51	Findlay	18	0.160%	7.95x
52	Gillespie	18	0.160%	10.39x
53	Irwin	18	0.160%	19.58x
54	Menzies	18	0.160%	12.67x
55	Niven	18	0.160%	23.67x
56	Reilly	18	0.160%	15.52x
57	Carson	17	0.160%	14.12x
58	Gillan	17	0.160%	44.25x
59	Glen	17	0.160%	15.72x
60	Gourlay	17	0.160%	28.07x
61	Hetherton	17	0.160%	696.72x
62	Kinloch	17	0.160%	70.28x
63	Love	17	0.160%	6.56x
64	Carruthers	16	0.150%	11.07x
65	Fyfe	16	0.150%	15.95x
66	Grainger	16	0.150%	9.53x
67	Melvin	16	0.150%	30.41x
68	Whyte	16	0.150%	8.64x
69	Fairley	15	0.140%	28.04x
70	Galbraith	15	0.140%	15.01x
71	Glass	15	0.140%	13.27x
72	Paxton	15	0.140%	17.22x
73	Dewar	14	0.130%	9.82x
74	Durkin	14	0.130%	29.36x
75	Ferrier	14	0.130%	22.03x
76	Montague	14	0.130%	25.48x
77	Mullen	14	0.130%	13.40x
78	Nicolson	14	0.130%	11.09x
79	Purvis	14	0.130%	13.25x
80	Scullion	14	0.130%	84.90x
81	Strachan	14	0.130%	7.43x
82	Sweenie	14	0.130%	147.06x
83	Carrigan	13	0.120%	61.00x
84	Cormack	13	0.120%	15.74x
85	Drysdale	13	0.120%	14.07x
86	Gracie	13	0.120%	57.02x
87	Hamill	13	0.120%	69.59x
88	Kaine	13	0.120%	367.23x
89	Lavery	13	0.120%	43.29x
90	Mogan	13	0.120%	555.56x
91	Queen	13	0.120%	29.04x
92	Rooney	13	0.120%	13.33x
93	Boag	12	0.110%	37.94x
94	Donnelly	12	0.110%	8.73x
95	Fee	12	0.110%	64.62x
96	Goldie	12	0.110%	17.64x
97	Mathieson	12	0.110%	10.42x
98	Molloy	12	0.110%	20.11x
99	Oneil	12	0.110%	10.94x
100	Storrie	12	0.110%	68.22x