1881 census place

Govan surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Govan, 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

4,268 surnames are listed for Govan, Lanarkshire, covering 173,010 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lennie, with 24 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Govan

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
1001	Lennie	24	0.010%	4.78x
1002	Lister	24	0.010%	0.36x
1003	Lonie	24	0.010%	8.81x
1004	Mabon	24	0.010%	8.54x
1005	Mearns	24	0.010%	3.18x
1006	Mulheron	24	0.010%	25.85x
1007	Prior	24	0.010%	0.44x
1008	Purves	24	0.010%	1.57x
1009	Ronaldson	24	0.010%	6.98x
1010	Winks	24	0.010%	10.91x
1011	Woodrow	24	0.010%	1.66x
1012	Balmer	23	0.010%	2.60x
1013	Blaney	23	0.010%	4.89x
1014	Braidwood	23	0.010%	6.87x
1015	Conlan	23	0.010%	5.44x
1016	Connely	23	0.010%	5.34x
1017	Coupar	23	0.010%	6.68x
1018	Crum	23	0.010%	17.24x
1019	Doherty	23	0.010%	1.21x
1020	Edward	23	0.010%	1.06x
1021	Flaherty	23	0.010%	3.20x
1022	Flood	23	0.010%	1.12x
1023	Foreman	23	0.010%	0.75x
1024	Fortune	23	0.010%	1.88x
1025	Freeland	23	0.010%	3.71x
1026	Friel	23	0.010%	14.38x
1027	Gilmartin	23	0.010%	15.20x
1028	Kirkhope	23	0.010%	17.65x
1029	Letham	23	0.010%	9.36x
1030	Lockhead	23	0.010%	13.78x
1031	Manderson	23	0.010%	10.92x
1032	Philip	23	0.010%	1.48x
1033	Ryans	23	0.010%	14.38x
1034	Scouller	23	0.010%	18.43x
1035	Sheridan	23	0.010%	1.64x
1036	Stalker	23	0.010%	2.00x
1037	Steed	23	0.010%	2.05x
1038	Torrie	23	0.010%	13.90x
1039	Tully	23	0.010%	1.84x
1040	Yule	23	0.010%	1.97x
1041	Bean	22	0.010%	0.73x
1042	Beckett	22	0.010%	0.47x
1043	Biggar	22	0.010%	6.81x
1044	Birnie	22	0.010%	2.21x
1045	Bogle	22	0.010%	7.56x
1046	Cherry	22	0.010%	0.92x
1047	Clinton	22	0.010%	2.45x
1048	Collingwood	22	0.010%	1.71x
1049	Cooney	22	0.010%	2.27x
1050	Cryans	22	0.010%	97.26x
1051	Dempsey	22	0.010%	1.50x
1052	Dobie	22	0.010%	2.82x
1053	Farrel	22	0.010%	4.15x
1054	Fisken	22	0.010%	24.10x
1055	Gracey	22	0.010%	12.21x
1056	Hastings	22	0.010%	0.74x
1057	Haughie	22	0.010%	25.87x
1058	Keddie	22	0.010%	3.15x
1059	Ker	22	0.010%	4.52x
1060	Lillie	22	0.010%	3.86x
1061	Mallon	22	0.010%	5.71x
1062	Penney	22	0.010%	1.70x
1063	Raeside	22	0.010%	11.01x
1064	Ramsey	22	0.010%	0.87x
1065	Sinclar	22	0.010%	20.14x
1066	Beatson	21	0.010%	4.81x
1067	Begley	21	0.010%	5.26x
1068	Blane	21	0.010%	4.66x
1069	Branigan	21	0.010%	12.88x
1070	Caird	21	0.010%	4.42x
1071	Callan	21	0.010%	2.79x
1072	Chamberlain	21	0.010%	0.33x
1073	Clow	21	0.010%	2.97x
1074	Crooks	21	0.010%	1.17x
1075	Dalling	21	0.010%	7.27x
1076	Draper	21	0.010%	0.38x
1077	Fairweather	21	0.010%	1.16x
1078	Fitzsimmons	21	0.010%	3.67x
1079	Flanigan	21	0.010%	5.21x
1080	Fordyce	21	0.010%	4.13x
1081	Glancy	21	0.010%	7.67x
1082	Healey	21	0.010%	0.55x
1083	Hollinsworth	21	0.010%	19.50x
1084	Horsburgh	21	0.010%	3.64x
1085	Kelton	21	0.010%	26.65x
1086	Kenney	21	0.010%	1.63x
1087	Keppie	21	0.010%	24.04x
1088	Logie	21	0.010%	3.09x
1089	Lusk	21	0.010%	9.79x
1090	Mackinnon	21	0.010%	2.50x
1091	Meechan	21	0.010%	9.00x
1092	Moreland	21	0.010%	4.07x
1093	Ororke	21	0.010%	39.00x
1094	Pirie	21	0.010%	1.26x
1095	Stafford	21	0.010%	0.42x
1096	Straiton	21	0.010%	14.63x
1097	Travers	21	0.010%	1.79x
1098	Willock	21	0.010%	6.71x
1099	Abernethy	20	0.010%	3.70x
1100	Bald	20	0.010%	5.37x