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 Ruston, with 3 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.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
2701	Ruston	3	0.000%	0.63x
2702	Scally	3	0.000%	2.50x
2703	Seery	3	0.000%	4.87x
2704	Seller	3	0.000%	1.18x
2705	Shirlock	3	0.000%	4.22x
2706	Shivers	3	0.000%	6.45x
2707	Shovelton	3	0.000%	4.87x
2708	Siddons	3	0.000%	0.92x
2709	Simeon	3	0.000%	4.83x
2710	Spright	3	0.000%	23.29x
2711	Sproat	3	0.000%	0.91x
2712	Star	3	0.000%	2.08x
2713	Stiven	3	0.000%	3.46x
2714	Strath	3	0.000%	3.29x
2715	Summerville	3	0.000%	2.93x
2716	Swanston	3	0.000%	0.83x
2717	Swinton	3	0.000%	0.87x
2718	Tinson	3	0.000%	1.17x
2719	Tuley	3	0.000%	4.12x
2720	Tweedle	3	0.000%	3.91x
2721	Tyrie	3	0.000%	1.69x
2722	Waggett	3	0.000%	2.15x
2723	Wittaker	3	0.000%	2.25x
2724	Wyld	3	0.000%	0.93x
2725	Yarrow	3	0.000%	0.92x
2726	Yuil	3	0.000%	7.44x
2727	Abson	2	0.000%	1.04x
2728	Aikenhead	2	0.000%	2.75x
2729	Airth	2	0.000%	1.92x
2730	Akrigg	2	0.000%	4.15x
2731	Alison	2	0.000%	0.66x
2732	Annand	2	0.000%	0.93x
2733	Annesley	2	0.000%	3.22x
2734	Bann	2	0.000%	1.04x
2735	Barkley	2	0.000%	0.91x
2736	Been	2	0.000%	4.89x
2737	Belsher	2	0.000%	2.98x
2738	Belt	2	0.000%	1.02x
2739	Bethune	2	0.000%	0.77x
2740	Birket	2	0.000%	2.29x
2741	Bisland	2	0.000%	5.41x
2742	Bollen	2	0.000%	1.04x
2743	Bolten	2	0.000%	3.08x
2744	Boomer	2	0.000%	3.76x
2745	Bready	2	0.000%	3.05x
2746	Breton	2	0.000%	1.65x
2747	Broch	2	0.000%	23.84x
2748	Brookhouse	2	0.000%	1.49x
2749	Brotherston	2	0.000%	1.15x
2750	Bryne	2	0.000%	0.75x
2751	Buglass	2	0.000%	0.84x
2752	Bullions	2	0.000%	4.15x
2753	Burleigh	2	0.000%	0.94x
2754	Bustard	2	0.000%	2.88x
2755	Calley	2	0.000%	1.82x
2756	Camel	2	0.000%	11.52x
2757	Carleton	2	0.000%	1.96x
2758	Carlon	2	0.000%	3.50x
2759	Carnochan	2	0.000%	2.14x
2760	Cartney	2	0.000%	4.76x
2761	Carton	2	0.000%	2.15x
2762	Carvey	2	0.000%	4.52x
2763	Cassey	2	0.000%	1.27x
2764	Catherine	2	0.000%	7.76x
2765	Cathro	2	0.000%	1.91x
2766	Caughey	2	0.000%	3.84x
2767	Cavan	2	0.000%	1.91x
2768	Cherrey	2	0.000%	7.76x
2769	Chrisholm	2	0.000%	13.74x
2770	Clair	2	0.000%	3.22x
2771	Clapperton	2	0.000%	0.51x
2772	Clingan	2	0.000%	4.76x
2773	Cluff	2	0.000%	1.68x
2774	Coffee	2	0.000%	0.96x
2775	Colburn	2	0.000%	1.87x
2776	Collans	2	0.000%	9.40x
2777	Colston	2	0.000%	0.65x
2778	Conquer	2	0.000%	4.06x
2779	Considine	2	0.000%	5.58x
2780	Corey	2	0.000%	2.33x
2781	Corran	2	0.000%	2.09x
2782	Craighead	2	0.000%	1.33x
2783	Cran	2	0.000%	0.84x
2784	Crone	2	0.000%	0.65x
2785	Crothers	2	0.000%	2.13x
2786	Culbert	2	0.000%	1.57x
2787	Cumings	2	0.000%	2.32x
2788	Dall	2	0.000%	0.65x
2789	Dargan	2	0.000%	5.25x
2790	Dargie	2	0.000%	1.25x
2791	Darney	2	0.000%	4.01x
2792	Dealy	2	0.000%	4.30x
2793	Deery	2	0.000%	7.94x
2794	Delany	2	0.000%	0.72x
2795	Denvir	2	0.000%	5.67x
2796	Derby	2	0.000%	0.64x
2797	Diaper	2	0.000%	0.70x
2798	Donally	2	0.000%	2.79x
2799	Donnally	2	0.000%	4.52x
2800	Dornan	2	0.000%	2.15x