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 Dowes, with 2 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
2801	Dowes	2	0.000%	8.71x
2802	Drinnan	2	0.000%	1.81x
2803	Duglass	2	0.000%	4.30x
2804	Dunion	2	0.000%	7.76x
2805	Duval	2	0.000%	1.48x
2806	Eggar	2	0.000%	2.50x
2807	Ekin	2	0.000%	3.28x
2808	Elgin	2	0.000%	3.47x
2809	Emberson	2	0.000%	0.85x
2810	Erickson	2	0.000%	6.38x
2811	Faint	2	0.000%	1.38x
2812	Fanning	2	0.000%	1.12x
2813	Farren	2	0.000%	0.59x
2814	Faulkener	2	0.000%	1.00x
2815	Ferron	2	0.000%	22.32x
2816	Finan	2	0.000%	1.73x
2817	Flannaghan	2	0.000%	3.08x
2818	Forde	2	0.000%	1.51x
2819	Fowlie	2	0.000%	0.82x
2820	Fred	2	0.000%	21.03x
2821	Frederick	2	0.000%	1.27x
2822	Freebairn	2	0.000%	2.50x
2823	Frick	2	0.000%	5.10x
2824	Friday	2	0.000%	0.73x
2825	Galagher	2	0.000%	2.71x
2826	Garrety	2	0.000%	2.86x
2827	Garvin	2	0.000%	1.34x
2828	Gass	2	0.000%	0.75x
2829	Gately	2	0.000%	5.33x
2830	Gault	2	0.000%	0.89x
2831	Gerrity	2	0.000%	3.22x
2832	Glackin	2	0.000%	29.81x
2833	Gloag	2	0.000%	1.31x
2834	Goodwillie	2	0.000%	3.05x
2835	Goonan	2	0.000%	21.03x
2836	Gormly	2	0.000%	3.43x
2837	Gowan	2	0.000%	0.78x
2838	Graydon	2	0.000%	1.32x
2839	Greenley	2	0.000%	2.11x
2840	Hailstones	2	0.000%	3.97x
2841	Halladay	2	0.000%	2.09x
2842	Hallet	2	0.000%	0.99x
2843	Hammell	2	0.000%	2.59x
2844	Handle	2	0.000%	9.65x
2845	Hard	2	0.000%	0.66x
2846	Hasting	2	0.000%	1.95x
2847	Hear	2	0.000%	8.12x
2848	Heatly	2	0.000%	2.45x
2849	Hendrey	2	0.000%	3.50x
2850	Herne	2	0.000%	1.00x
2851	Hiller	2	0.000%	0.85x
2852	Holehouse	2	0.000%	1.65x
2853	Honan	2	0.000%	5.95x
2854	Huntly	2	0.000%	1.07x
2855	Huston	2	0.000%	1.56x
2856	Hyams	2	0.000%	0.60x
2857	Hynds	2	0.000%	1.96x
2858	Irland	2	0.000%	5.67x
2859	Ivory	2	0.000%	0.57x
2860	Japp	2	0.000%	1.18x
2861	Jensen	2	0.000%	1.84x
2862	Jenson	2	0.000%	1.45x
2863	Jerry	2	0.000%	3.13x
2864	Kee	2	0.000%	4.52x
2865	Keeney	2	0.000%	3.97x
2866	Keirnan	2	0.000%	11.52x
2867	Kells	2	0.000%	3.28x
2868	Kenison	2	0.000%	11.52x
2869	Kewley	2	0.000%	0.42x
2870	Killian	2	0.000%	5.03x
2871	Kilty	2	0.000%	2.83x
2872	Laidlow	2	0.000%	1.90x
2873	Lannigan	2	0.000%	4.70x
2874	Lattimer	2	0.000%	0.86x
2875	Laughland	2	0.000%	2.18x
2876	Layburn	2	0.000%	4.25x
2877	Leinster	2	0.000%	27.47x
2878	Leverton	2	0.000%	0.66x
2879	Leys	2	0.000%	1.32x
2880	Lockart	2	0.000%	3.68x
2881	Logg	2	0.000%	3.76x
2882	Loughrey	2	0.000%	25.54x
2883	Lymburn	2	0.000%	4.35x
2884	Macallister	2	0.000%	6.49x
2885	Macanlay	2	0.000%	180.18x
2886	Macartney	2	0.000%	1.84x
2887	Mackin	2	0.000%	0.79x
2888	Mackinlay	2	0.000%	1.87x
2889	Maclaurin	2	0.000%	6.49x
2890	Mactaggart	2	0.000%	6.61x
2891	Magill	2	0.000%	1.68x
2892	Mairs	2	0.000%	3.47x
2893	Mare	2	0.000%	1.36x
2894	Marple	2	0.000%	2.71x
2895	Marvin	2	0.000%	0.64x
2896	Master	2	0.000%	0.95x
2897	Mathis	2	0.000%	4.25x
2898	Mcalpine	2	0.000%	7.60x
2899	Mcdermott	2	0.000%	0.67x
2900	Mclaughlin	2	0.000%	1.48x