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 Oman, with 12 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
1601	Oman	12	0.010%	4.31x
1602	Ord	12	0.010%	0.78x
1603	Pattie	12	0.010%	5.98x
1604	Pender	12	0.010%	1.58x
1605	Phoenix	12	0.010%	3.85x
1606	Priest	12	0.010%	0.39x
1607	Purcell	12	0.010%	0.74x
1608	Rain	12	0.010%	2.89x
1609	Renison	12	0.010%	14.79x
1610	Roberton	12	0.010%	5.49x
1611	Shannan	12	0.010%	9.80x
1612	Shivers	12	0.010%	18.53x
1613	Sievwright	12	0.010%	15.38x
1614	Sleeth	12	0.010%	17.48x
1615	Tannahill	12	0.010%	5.18x
1616	Turnball	12	0.010%	16.72x
1617	Tyre	12	0.010%	5.72x
1618	Victory	12	0.010%	11.56x
1619	Wards	12	0.010%	6.54x
1620	Wharrie	12	0.010%	13.37x
1621	Wightman	12	0.010%	0.78x
1622	Woodburn	12	0.010%	1.62x
1623	Aitkin	11	0.000%	2.74x
1624	Ambrose	11	0.000%	0.53x
1625	Barret	11	0.000%	1.66x
1626	Benjamin	11	0.000%	0.90x
1627	Blakeley	11	0.000%	1.14x
1628	Bowes	11	0.000%	0.51x
1629	Bryceland	11	0.000%	20.74x
1630	Bryne	11	0.000%	2.97x
1631	Carl	11	0.000%	7.46x
1632	Clerk	11	0.000%	1.82x
1633	Clerke	11	0.000%	13.69x
1634	Cobain	11	0.000%	47.03x
1635	Colligan	11	0.000%	5.40x
1636	Connoly	11	0.000%	3.52x
1637	Curr	11	0.000%	4.03x
1638	Derrick	11	0.000%	0.84x
1639	Derry	11	0.000%	1.07x
1640	Donnan	11	0.000%	8.49x
1641	Donoghue	11	0.000%	1.42x
1642	Douds	11	0.000%	21.37x
1643	Dudgeon	11	0.000%	2.26x
1644	Dugan	11	0.000%	2.42x
1645	Durning	11	0.000%	16.59x
1646	Edington	11	0.000%	2.64x
1647	Erwin	11	0.000%	7.42x
1648	Fanning	11	0.000%	4.43x
1649	Fenner	11	0.000%	1.11x
1650	Fitch	11	0.000%	0.60x
1651	Frier	11	0.000%	2.34x
1652	Garlick	11	0.000%	0.53x
1653	Giblin	11	0.000%	2.43x
1654	Gifford	11	0.000%	0.54x
1655	Girdwood	11	0.000%	3.75x
1656	Gowrie	11	0.000%	15.67x
1657	Haddock	11	0.000%	0.73x
1658	Halford	11	0.000%	0.63x
1659	Harte	11	0.000%	7.31x
1660	Hugh	11	0.000%	1.78x
1661	Jaap	11	0.000%	14.10x
1662	Kaine	11	0.000%	14.54x
1663	Keaney	11	0.000%	19.32x
1664	Keown	11	0.000%	9.53x
1665	Kinney	11	0.000%	5.78x
1666	Lacy	11	0.000%	0.72x
1667	Larkins	11	0.000%	1.58x
1668	Lawther	11	0.000%	9.86x
1669	Lutton	11	0.000%	14.10x
1670	Macallister	11	0.000%	25.64x
1671	Masser	11	0.000%	6.08x
1672	Matthew	11	0.000%	0.62x
1673	Mayer	11	0.000%	0.82x
1674	Mclean	11	0.000%	1.85x
1675	Methven	11	0.000%	2.06x
1676	Muller	11	0.000%	1.27x
1677	Oconnell	11	0.000%	1.99x
1678	Paisley	11	0.000%	2.12x
1679	Patience	11	0.000%	2.53x
1680	Paxton	11	0.000%	0.59x
1681	Percy	11	0.000%	0.50x
1682	Phillip	11	0.000%	0.93x
1683	Plunkett	11	0.000%	1.78x
1684	Reardon	11	0.000%	1.07x
1685	Rielly	11	0.000%	3.26x
1686	Rigg	11	0.000%	0.56x
1687	Rintoul	11	0.000%	2.06x
1688	Ruthven	11	0.000%	3.71x
1689	Scanlon	11	0.000%	1.99x
1690	Sharkey	11	0.000%	2.06x
1691	Slattery	11	0.000%	2.73x
1692	Slaven	11	0.000%	3.23x
1693	Slowey	11	0.000%	19.58x
1694	Smeal	11	0.000%	26.61x
1695	Stobbs	11	0.000%	1.63x
1696	Stones	11	0.000%	0.40x
1697	Storrar	11	0.000%	4.86x
1698	Symes	11	0.000%	0.64x
1699	Tindal	11	0.000%	3.15x
1700	Tolan	11	0.000%	8.39x