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 Melley, 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
2901	Melley	2	0.000%	3.37x
2902	Michal	2	0.000%	11.52x
2903	Millburn	2	0.000%	1.03x
2904	Mohan	2	0.000%	2.38x
2905	Moloney	2	0.000%	1.11x
2906	Monro	2	0.000%	0.57x
2907	Moorhead	2	0.000%	1.43x
2908	Morcombe	2	0.000%	2.23x
2909	Morrice	2	0.000%	0.41x
2910	Morron	2	0.000%	5.33x
2911	Mullarkey	2	0.000%	4.58x
2912	Munrow	2	0.000%	3.40x
2913	Murchie	2	0.000%	0.72x
2914	Naysmith	2	0.000%	1.65x
2915	Nee	2	0.000%	3.50x
2916	Niel	2	0.000%	2.10x
2917	Nimms	2	0.000%	4.52x
2918	Noone	2	0.000%	3.00x
2919	Obryan	2	0.000%	2.73x
2920	Odonald	2	0.000%	3.10x
2921	Ogorman	2	0.000%	6.38x
2922	Ogrady	2	0.000%	1.45x
2923	Oriley	2	0.000%	5.58x
2924	Orwell	2	0.000%	2.81x
2925	Overett	2	0.000%	4.46x
2926	Oxberry	2	0.000%	3.25x
2927	Pattie	2	0.000%	1.39x
2928	Pert	2	0.000%	0.56x
2929	Pervis	2	0.000%	10.83x
2930	Petersen	2	0.000%	1.97x
2931	Pettie	2	0.000%	4.06x
2932	Pirnie	2	0.000%	3.76x
2933	Plunket	2	0.000%	1.90x
2934	Pollok	2	0.000%	2.95x
2935	Prin	2	0.000%	4.41x
2936	Printer	2	0.000%	4.25x
2937	Proven	2	0.000%	2.43x
2938	Quince	2	0.000%	1.43x
2939	Rafter	2	0.000%	1.84x
2940	Rait	2	0.000%	1.55x
2941	Rehill	2	0.000%	17.01x
2942	Remon	2	0.000%	3.88x
2943	Renolds	2	0.000%	1.89x
2944	Reoch	2	0.000%	2.26x
2945	Reston	2	0.000%	1.79x
2946	Richie	2	0.000%	1.27x
2947	Ronnie	2	0.000%	17.01x
2948	Rosenthall	2	0.000%	2.25x
2949	Routlidge	2	0.000%	15.53x
2950	Rudland	2	0.000%	0.72x
2951	Sala	2	0.000%	23.84x
2952	Sawyers	2	0.000%	0.89x
2953	Schulze	2	0.000%	4.20x
2954	Scougall	2	0.000%	2.63x
2955	Seel	2	0.000%	1.18x
2956	Seivewright	2	0.000%	5.41x
2957	Shanley	2	0.000%	1.16x
2958	Sharps	2	0.000%	1.80x
2959	Shearlaw	2	0.000%	3.76x
2960	Sheperd	2	0.000%	1.79x
2961	Soutter	2	0.000%	1.20x
2962	Square	2	0.000%	2.26x
2963	Streets	2	0.000%	0.88x
2964	Swaney	2	0.000%	3.50x
2965	Swiney	2	0.000%	2.55x
2966	Terris	2	0.000%	2.55x
2967	Thirsk	2	0.000%	1.42x
2968	Toll	2	0.000%	0.68x
2969	Toomey	2	0.000%	0.62x
2970	Torbett	2	0.000%	10.20x
2971	Torrence	2	0.000%	3.00x
2972	Torrie	2	0.000%	1.68x
2973	Tosh	2	0.000%	0.53x
2974	Towel	2	0.000%	3.57x
2975	Trench	2	0.000%	1.26x
2976	Tudhope	2	0.000%	1.59x
2977	Tynan	2	0.000%	1.01x
2978	Victor	2	0.000%	3.34x
2979	Walace	2	0.000%	4.96x
2980	Watterson	2	0.000%	0.37x
2981	Wedd	2	0.000%	1.61x
2982	Wellwood	2	0.000%	3.10x
2983	Westmacott	2	0.000%	1.21x
2984	Wileman	2	0.000%	0.52x
2985	Wilke	2	0.000%	5.10x
2986	Winsley	2	0.000%	2.51x
2987	Wyse	2	0.000%	1.03x
2988	Yendall	2	0.000%	2.11x
2989	Acheson	1	0.000%	2.66x
2990	Addie	1	0.000%	0.54x
2991	Airley	1	0.000%	1.84x
2992	Alderdice	1	0.000%	3.08x
2993	Alexandra	1	0.000%	1.10x
2994	Andersen	1	0.000%	1.07x
2995	Arbuthnot	1	0.000%	1.08x
2996	Arbuthnott	1	0.000%	1.61x
2997	Arman	1	0.000%	1.27x
2998	Arroll	1	0.000%	2.66x
2999	Arthurson	1	0.000%	2.41x
3000	Asten	1	0.000%	1.30x