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 Broom, with 14 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
1401	Broom	14	0.010%	0.49x
1402	Burn	14	0.010%	0.45x
1403	Chrystie	14	0.010%	39.01x
1404	Court	14	0.010%	0.47x
1405	Cruden	14	0.010%	5.03x
1406	Cruikshank	14	0.010%	4.01x
1407	Dey	14	0.010%	3.30x
1408	Donnachie	14	0.010%	6.95x
1409	Dowall	14	0.010%	26.40x
1410	Dwyer	14	0.010%	1.07x
1411	Fallan	14	0.010%	9.35x
1412	Farr	14	0.010%	0.40x
1413	Feeney	14	0.010%	1.76x
1414	Findlater	14	0.010%	4.06x
1415	Grainger	14	0.010%	0.39x
1416	Hagerty	14	0.010%	7.06x
1417	Hanlan	14	0.010%	6.10x
1418	Hanning	14	0.010%	9.86x
1419	Heaney	14	0.010%	3.49x
1420	Hearty	14	0.010%	26.00x
1421	Hegarty	14	0.010%	6.77x
1422	Hoggan	14	0.010%	4.16x
1423	Justice	14	0.010%	2.36x
1424	Kaye	14	0.010%	0.40x
1425	Kennan	14	0.010%	8.54x
1426	Landles	14	0.010%	12.82x
1427	Layden	14	0.010%	9.75x
1428	Ledingham	14	0.010%	4.09x
1429	Lynas	14	0.010%	7.54x
1430	Macfie	14	0.010%	8.31x
1431	Maclachlan	14	0.010%	6.48x
1432	Mailer	14	0.010%	4.94x
1433	Melrose	14	0.010%	1.55x
1434	Moffatt	14	0.010%	0.93x
1435	Morwood	14	0.010%	19.50x
1436	Mutch	14	0.010%	1.34x
1437	Ness	14	0.010%	1.32x
1438	Niblock	14	0.010%	11.81x
1439	Nicoll	14	0.010%	0.66x
1440	Obrian	14	0.010%	1.83x
1441	Ogg	14	0.010%	1.88x
1442	Ormiston	14	0.010%	2.08x
1443	Patton	14	0.010%	1.68x
1444	Pert	14	0.010%	2.82x
1445	Pickett	14	0.010%	0.75x
1446	Reddie	14	0.010%	8.63x
1447	Renton	14	0.010%	0.98x
1448	Rilley	14	0.010%	5.16x
1449	Rodie	14	0.010%	16.17x
1450	Runciman	14	0.010%	5.34x
1451	Sampson	14	0.010%	0.35x
1452	Sealy	14	0.010%	3.34x
1453	Shea	14	0.010%	0.89x
1454	Steedman	14	0.010%	2.32x
1455	Steen	14	0.010%	3.07x
1456	Stout	14	0.010%	1.25x
1457	Tominey	14	0.010%	59.85x
1458	Tracy	14	0.010%	2.17x
1459	Wyse	14	0.010%	5.16x
1460	Aiton	13	0.010%	8.72x
1461	Ash	13	0.010%	0.34x
1462	Banner	13	0.010%	1.02x
1463	Barcley	13	0.010%	14.24x
1464	Beatty	13	0.010%	3.74x
1465	Bicket	13	0.010%	10.82x
1466	Bradey	13	0.010%	9.01x
1467	Brander	13	0.010%	3.71x
1468	Brannigan	13	0.010%	5.57x
1469	Burgoyne	13	0.010%	1.27x
1470	Burley	13	0.010%	0.59x
1471	Carruth	13	0.010%	9.31x
1472	Cowden	13	0.010%	7.06x
1473	Delaney	13	0.010%	0.86x
1474	Dennison	13	0.010%	0.72x
1475	Devitt	13	0.010%	4.46x
1476	Dillan	13	0.010%	15.43x
1477	Dollan	13	0.010%	6.77x
1478	Dollar	13	0.010%	16.66x
1479	Dunwoodie	13	0.010%	10.96x
1480	Eccles	13	0.010%	0.35x
1481	Fairbairn	13	0.010%	0.75x
1482	Folan	13	0.010%	21.36x
1483	Friar	13	0.010%	3.65x
1484	Gannon	13	0.010%	1.29x
1485	Garrety	13	0.010%	13.33x
1486	Gauld	13	0.010%	2.12x
1487	Geekie	13	0.010%	5.36x
1488	Geraghty	13	0.010%	6.06x
1489	Gillanders	13	0.010%	4.23x
1490	Girvin	13	0.010%	15.87x
1491	Glassford	13	0.010%	12.82x
1492	Glendinning	13	0.010%	1.46x
1493	Gowan	13	0.010%	3.65x
1494	Hadden	13	0.010%	1.25x
1495	Haran	13	0.010%	10.82x
1496	Harman	13	0.010%	0.37x
1497	Haughey	13	0.010%	12.25x
1498	Hawthorne	13	0.010%	2.39x
1499	Hector	13	0.010%	3.33x
1500	Holliday	13	0.010%	0.42x