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 Kenny, with 18 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
1201	Kenny	18	0.010%	0.64x
1202	Logg	18	0.010%	24.28x
1203	Macfadyen	18	0.010%	24.81x
1204	Manwell	18	0.010%	14.79x
1205	Mark	18	0.010%	1.53x
1206	Monro	18	0.010%	3.71x
1207	Mowatt	18	0.010%	5.00x
1208	Neeson	18	0.010%	14.88x
1209	Polson	18	0.010%	3.32x
1210	Pryde	18	0.010%	2.78x
1211	Rush	18	0.010%	0.72x
1212	Salisbury	18	0.010%	0.78x
1213	Sergeant	18	0.010%	1.62x
1214	Sherman	18	0.010%	1.36x
1215	Speed	18	0.010%	0.96x
1216	Stanton	18	0.010%	0.39x
1217	Strathearn	18	0.010%	11.77x
1218	Sym	18	0.010%	14.79x
1219	Waterston	18	0.010%	5.32x
1220	Weatherhead	18	0.010%	2.70x
1221	Ainslie	17	0.010%	2.75x
1222	Birrell	17	0.010%	1.49x
1223	Boswell	17	0.010%	0.77x
1224	Brewster	17	0.010%	0.75x
1225	Buist	17	0.010%	3.69x
1226	Bunten	17	0.010%	9.86x
1227	Calton	17	0.010%	5.81x
1228	Caskie	17	0.010%	16.14x
1229	Chrichton	17	0.010%	13.05x
1230	Clancy	17	0.010%	2.50x
1231	Clubb	17	0.010%	4.17x
1232	Colburn	17	0.010%	11.41x
1233	Coventry	17	0.010%	1.84x
1234	Crabb	17	0.010%	0.70x
1235	Crease	17	0.010%	5.15x
1236	Daley	17	0.010%	0.62x
1237	Degnan	17	0.010%	13.13x
1238	Derby	17	0.010%	3.93x
1239	Dryden	17	0.010%	1.21x
1240	Ducat	17	0.010%	19.46x
1241	Eddie	17	0.010%	5.02x
1242	Edmiston	17	0.010%	7.78x
1243	Forester	17	0.010%	2.52x
1244	Frood	17	0.010%	9.47x
1245	Gamble	17	0.010%	0.51x
1246	Gaul	17	0.010%	6.37x
1247	Giffen	17	0.010%	8.97x
1248	Gribben	17	0.010%	9.95x
1249	Gribbin	17	0.010%	6.66x
1250	Haggart	17	0.010%	3.01x
1251	Hiddleston	17	0.010%	12.67x
1252	Hutchieson	17	0.010%	10.28x
1253	Hynd	17	0.010%	3.07x
1254	Joice	17	0.010%	3.60x
1255	Kelt	17	0.010%	21.79x
1256	Kesson	17	0.010%	16.76x
1257	Langlands	17	0.010%	3.12x
1258	Lowry	17	0.010%	1.80x
1259	Maben	17	0.010%	16.51x
1260	Macphail	17	0.010%	7.36x
1261	Munroe	17	0.010%	2.69x
1262	Pagan	17	0.010%	4.67x
1263	Rock	17	0.010%	1.28x
1264	Roddie	17	0.010%	15.24x
1265	Rolland	17	0.010%	6.37x
1266	Rourke	17	0.010%	1.48x
1267	Skilling	17	0.010%	7.26x
1268	Somers	17	0.010%	2.15x
1269	Suttie	17	0.010%	2.52x
1270	Tees	17	0.010%	13.97x
1271	Toward	17	0.010%	8.25x
1272	Wands	17	0.010%	16.51x
1273	Waterson	17	0.010%	1.74x
1274	Abell	16	0.010%	2.21x
1275	Adie	16	0.010%	3.17x
1276	Aitkinson	16	0.010%	24.42x
1277	Bower	16	0.010%	0.37x
1278	Brydon	16	0.010%	2.18x
1279	Caddell	16	0.010%	23.05x
1280	Carlton	16	0.010%	1.33x
1281	Clifford	16	0.010%	0.33x
1282	Conely	16	0.010%	22.29x
1283	Coubrough	16	0.010%	15.54x
1284	Courtney	16	0.010%	0.95x
1285	Crowe	16	0.010%	0.69x
1286	Cruikshanks	16	0.010%	13.14x
1287	Dalgleish	16	0.010%	1.52x
1288	Danks	16	0.010%	1.57x
1289	Deary	16	0.010%	8.51x
1290	Deuchars	16	0.010%	8.76x
1291	Donachie	16	0.010%	5.35x
1292	Donelly	16	0.010%	2.98x
1293	Drinnan	16	0.010%	10.41x
1294	Early	16	0.010%	1.84x
1295	Easson	16	0.010%	3.54x
1296	Edmond	16	0.010%	2.03x
1297	Elborn	16	0.010%	25.32x
1298	Espie	16	0.010%	13.06x
1299	Gage	16	0.010%	1.22x
1300	Garvey	16	0.010%	1.91x