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 Breen, with 20 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
1101	Breen	20	0.010%	3.03x
1102	Budge	20	0.010%	1.68x
1103	Bunting	20	0.010%	0.77x
1104	Clydesdale	20	0.010%	12.88x
1105	Deighton	20	0.010%	1.71x
1106	Earl	20	0.010%	0.65x
1107	Esler	20	0.010%	61.05x
1108	Ewan	20	0.010%	3.76x
1109	Finnigan	20	0.010%	2.19x
1110	Flannagan	20	0.010%	4.22x
1111	Garden	20	0.010%	2.05x
1112	Hanna	20	0.010%	5.41x
1113	Humphrey	20	0.010%	0.32x
1114	Husband	20	0.010%	1.47x
1115	Kyles	20	0.010%	13.49x
1116	Lappin	20	0.010%	11.00x
1117	Latto	20	0.010%	7.24x
1118	Liddle	20	0.010%	0.73x
1119	Louden	20	0.010%	4.95x
1120	Macintosh	20	0.010%	1.98x
1121	Mackinlay	20	0.010%	13.42x
1122	Money	20	0.010%	1.43x
1123	Nimmons	20	0.010%	122.10x
1124	Purvis	20	0.010%	0.88x
1125	Riddick	20	0.010%	5.23x
1126	Riddoch	20	0.010%	7.16x
1127	Rogerson	20	0.010%	0.70x
1128	Scobbie	20	0.010%	8.93x
1129	Selkirk	20	0.010%	4.58x
1130	Templeman	20	0.010%	2.22x
1131	Yuile	20	0.010%	24.89x
1132	Bailie	19	0.010%	5.85x
1133	Beech	19	0.010%	0.55x
1134	Benzie	19	0.010%	5.35x
1135	Bilsland	19	0.010%	14.16x
1136	Bright	19	0.010%	0.40x
1137	Cargill	19	0.010%	2.05x
1138	Costello	19	0.010%	1.33x
1139	Donaghue	19	0.010%	7.10x
1140	Forgie	19	0.010%	7.12x
1141	Freebairn	19	0.010%	17.03x
1142	Garrity	19	0.010%	4.56x
1143	Girvan	19	0.010%	5.17x
1144	Gourley	19	0.010%	4.49x
1145	Gourlie	19	0.010%	35.82x
1146	Grey	19	0.010%	0.38x
1147	Haddon	19	0.010%	1.21x
1148	Halley	19	0.010%	2.16x
1149	Hatrick	19	0.010%	30.44x
1150	Herriot	19	0.010%	7.20x
1151	Hillhouse	19	0.010%	8.99x
1152	Hogarth	19	0.010%	1.23x
1153	Kain	19	0.010%	4.05x
1154	Knotts	19	0.010%	17.15x
1155	Laurence	19	0.010%	0.57x
1156	Lind	19	0.010%	4.79x
1157	Loughran	19	0.010%	7.96x
1158	Macauley	19	0.010%	5.15x
1159	Maltman	19	0.010%	6.29x
1160	Masterson	19	0.010%	3.88x
1161	Mellon	19	0.010%	3.92x
1162	Monahan	19	0.010%	11.17x
1163	Morran	19	0.010%	6.53x
1164	Mundell	19	0.010%	5.80x
1165	Norrie	19	0.010%	2.62x
1166	Notman	19	0.010%	4.93x
1167	Omalley	19	0.010%	8.37x
1168	Sayers	19	0.010%	0.74x
1169	Skimming	19	0.010%	14.24x
1170	Towers	19	0.010%	0.70x
1171	Tracey	19	0.010%	1.28x
1172	Tweedale	19	0.010%	2.68x
1173	Wight	19	0.010%	1.58x
1174	Addison	18	0.010%	0.56x
1175	Aitcheson	18	0.010%	7.98x
1176	Alison	18	0.010%	4.26x
1177	Barlas	18	0.010%	21.17x
1178	Bothwell	18	0.010%	6.99x
1179	Boylan	18	0.010%	5.05x
1180	Brennan	18	0.010%	0.74x
1181	Browne	18	0.010%	0.42x
1182	Buntin	18	0.010%	16.48x
1183	Byars	18	0.010%	14.60x
1184	Callander	18	0.010%	3.78x
1185	Candlish	18	0.010%	6.59x
1186	Coull	18	0.010%	2.25x
1187	Creighton	18	0.010%	1.95x
1188	Crockett	18	0.010%	1.64x
1189	Cumberland	18	0.010%	3.05x
1190	Darragh	18	0.010%	18.76x
1191	Drain	18	0.010%	4.38x
1192	Duffey	18	0.010%	2.15x
1193	Duguid	18	0.010%	2.29x
1194	Fallen	18	0.010%	10.93x
1195	Fife	18	0.010%	2.89x
1196	Grier	18	0.010%	5.28x
1197	Guy	18	0.010%	0.35x
1198	Highet	18	0.010%	9.08x
1199	Hollywood	18	0.010%	10.68x
1200	Keay	18	0.010%	1.81x