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1881 census place

Glasgow surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Glasgow, 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

3,607 surnames are listed for Glasgow, Lanarkshire, covering 120,522 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Broadie, with 6 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Glasgow

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1901Broadie69.31x
1902Bruff610.82x
1903Bushe633.48x
1904Byars66.78x
1905Byron60.98x
1906Calaghan610.30x
1907Callagan62.66x
1908Cambridge61.17x
1909Cardew64.18x
1910Carl65.67x
1911Carmicheal612.17x
1912Carrie62.11x
1913Carron66.74x
1914Cashman63.95x
1915Cawfield610.20x
1916Charleton66.26x
1917Chesney62.82x
1918Clery618.47x
1919Cockrane63.27x
1920Conlan61.98x
1921Connachan622.80x
1922Corkran624.35x
1923Cosby63.91x
1924Cosser65.30x
1925Cousin61.82x
1926Cowden64.54x
1927Cramer64.18x
1928Cromer69.00x
1929Cronin60.99x
1930Cruden63.00x
1931Cunninghame64.98x
1932Curr63.06x
1933Dalgetty610.93x
1934Darnell61.25x
1935Deas61.22x
1936Degnan66.45x
1937Denison60.94x
1938Dias615.09x
1939Divers63.51x
1940Doleman64.52x
1941Dollin67.99x
1942Don61.57x
1943Donnan66.45x
1944Donnolly64.27x
1945Dorr66.49x
1946Dorran613.23x
1947Dorsey65.73x
1948Dougal61.96x
1949Dowie61.48x
1950Dryburgh61.52x
1951Ednie66.23x
1952Evitt68.18x
1953Fairfield62.91x
1954Fancy65.13x
1955Farries65.49x
1956Ferrar69.56x
1957Findlater62.42x
1958Finley61.29x
1959Fitzwilliam612.46x
1960Foye610.50x
1961Freshwater61.58x
1962Gaff63.76x
1963Garven65.73x
1964Gellatly62.61x
1965Getty68.85x
1966Glasse69.74x
1967Glenn61.14x
1968Goldberg62.70x
1969Gott60.83x
1970Greenan65.25x
1971Haggan613.56x
1972Haggie612.91x
1973Haining62.84x
1974Handyside62.54x
1975Hannigan64.41x
1976Hargan615.76x
1977Hargrave61.12x
1978Hasson65.49x
1979Hays60.84x
1980Henny65.52x
1981High60.79x
1982Humphray620.22x
1983Hutcheon61.30x
1984Hyder63.40x
1985Ingleton62.65x
1986Jee64.80x
1987Kearns61.15x
1988Keay60.84x
1989Keelan69.56x
1990Kiddle61.65x
1991Kiltie629.75x
1992Kingham60.99x
1993Kynoch63.87x
1994Lawn61.42x
1995Lenord69.40x
1996Levick62.61x
1997Liston62.30x
1998Livie69.83x
1999Longmuir61.93x
2000Lynas64.50x