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 Hotson, with 13 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
1501	Hotson	13	0.010%	5.89x
1502	Jacob	13	0.010%	0.72x
1503	Keane	13	0.010%	2.39x
1504	Kinning	13	0.010%	33.33x
1505	Land	13	0.010%	0.77x
1506	Leask	13	0.010%	1.35x
1507	Locke	13	0.010%	0.62x
1508	Logue	13	0.010%	7.37x
1509	Longden	13	0.010%	1.20x
1510	Lundie	13	0.010%	3.21x
1511	Macnair	13	0.010%	12.07x
1512	Mathers	13	0.010%	0.93x
1513	Mcinnes	13	0.010%	17.00x
1514	Mitchel	13	0.010%	0.57x
1515	Mossman	13	0.010%	3.10x
1516	Mulhearn	13	0.010%	13.44x
1517	Mullaney	13	0.010%	7.31x
1518	Musgrove	13	0.010%	1.15x
1519	Nevin	13	0.010%	2.77x
1520	Nicholl	13	0.010%	1.06x
1521	Okane	13	0.010%	18.11x
1522	Olone	13	0.010%	128.21x
1523	Orourke	13	0.010%	5.13x
1524	Osbourne	13	0.010%	1.51x
1525	Rainey	13	0.010%	3.53x
1526	Raymond	13	0.010%	0.96x
1527	Redmond	13	0.010%	1.52x
1528	Sawyers	13	0.010%	4.13x
1529	Seth	13	0.010%	7.31x
1530	Shiels	13	0.010%	2.36x
1531	Simmers	13	0.010%	8.72x
1532	Skirving	13	0.010%	7.86x
1533	Stormonth	13	0.010%	18.94x
1534	Sunter	13	0.010%	3.70x
1535	Sweenie	13	0.010%	6.38x
1536	Thomlinson	13	0.010%	3.07x
1537	Totten	13	0.010%	15.87x
1538	Tough	13	0.010%	1.45x
1539	Valentine	13	0.010%	0.43x
1540	Wiseman	13	0.010%	0.41x
1541	Affleck	12	0.010%	2.23x
1542	Biggart	12	0.010%	15.54x
1543	Bill	12	0.010%	1.44x
1544	Branston	12	0.010%	2.74x
1545	Byers	12	0.010%	0.99x
1546	Cadden	12	0.010%	9.67x
1547	Carlaw	12	0.010%	16.72x
1548	Carse	12	0.010%	4.28x
1549	Cleghorn	12	0.010%	1.87x
1550	Clunie	12	0.010%	3.50x
1551	Comrie	12	0.010%	3.15x
1552	Condie	12	0.010%	3.87x
1553	Corstorphine	12	0.010%	8.50x
1554	Crosher	12	0.010%	15.86x
1555	Crozier	12	0.010%	1.09x
1556	Cullan	12	0.010%	9.16x
1557	Curley	12	0.010%	1.48x
1558	Dall	12	0.010%	2.79x
1559	Dally	12	0.010%	2.60x
1560	Dalziell	12	0.010%	11.23x
1561	Diack	12	0.010%	4.85x
1562	Dorans	12	0.010%	24.81x
1563	Dorman	12	0.010%	1.60x
1564	Dowd	12	0.010%	1.63x
1565	Eunson	12	0.010%	4.65x
1566	Fergueson	12	0.010%	22.62x
1567	Ferris	12	0.010%	0.52x
1568	Flemming	12	0.010%	1.28x
1569	Foyer	12	0.010%	17.89x
1570	Freeburn	12	0.010%	22.96x
1571	Gallie	12	0.010%	3.94x
1572	Garland	12	0.010%	0.39x
1573	Gaughan	12	0.010%	5.11x
1574	Gibbon	12	0.010%	0.51x
1575	Gilliland	12	0.010%	6.15x
1576	Gilpin	12	0.010%	1.76x
1577	Glancey	12	0.010%	7.61x
1578	Gore	12	0.010%	0.45x
1579	Gribbon	12	0.010%	9.05x
1580	Haxton	12	0.010%	3.49x
1581	Hossack	12	0.010%	2.33x
1582	Howatt	12	0.010%	9.21x
1583	Hynes	12	0.010%	2.13x
1584	Jameson	12	0.010%	0.46x
1585	Japp	12	0.010%	5.09x
1586	Kenedy	12	0.010%	3.90x
1587	Latimer	12	0.010%	1.33x
1588	Lattimer	12	0.010%	3.71x
1589	Laughland	12	0.010%	9.38x
1590	Linnen	12	0.010%	30.77x
1591	London	12	0.010%	1.03x
1592	Macara	12	0.010%	17.89x
1593	Malloy	12	0.010%	2.95x
1594	Marchbank	12	0.010%	3.64x
1595	Marlow	12	0.010%	0.44x
1596	Meehan	12	0.010%	2.57x
1597	Millen	12	0.010%	1.96x
1598	Morland	12	0.010%	1.83x
1599	Muldoon	12	0.010%	2.61x
1600	Officer	12	0.010%	5.14x