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 Cassey, with 6 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
2301	Cassey	6	0.000%	2.73x
2302	Caulfield	6	0.000%	1.48x
2303	Chaplain	6	0.000%	3.54x
2304	Chisnall	6	0.000%	1.44x
2305	Clason	6	0.000%	25.65x
2306	Cloherty	6	0.000%	55.00x
2307	Cockshott	6	0.000%	1.40x
2308	Cogan	6	0.000%	1.26x
2309	Coghlan	6	0.000%	1.39x
2310	Connery	6	0.000%	4.23x
2311	Cousen	6	0.000%	7.06x
2312	Cousland	6	0.000%	7.69x
2313	Couttie	6	0.000%	9.38x
2314	Cowper	6	0.000%	0.59x
2315	Craigen	6	0.000%	5.13x
2316	Cramb	6	0.000%	2.53x
2317	Cranney	6	0.000%	9.74x
2318	Craw	6	0.000%	3.92x
2319	Cruthers	6	0.000%	6.81x
2320	Cuningham	6	0.000%	3.61x
2321	Currans	6	0.000%	6.81x
2322	Danskin	6	0.000%	4.78x
2323	Darrah	6	0.000%	9.86x
2324	Devers	6	0.000%	16.72x
2325	Dignan	6	0.000%	4.42x
2326	Doolan	6	0.000%	1.31x
2327	Dornan	6	0.000%	4.63x
2328	Dryburgh	6	0.000%	1.09x
2329	Dunne	6	0.000%	0.79x
2330	Dyall	6	0.000%	10.68x
2331	Dymock	6	0.000%	1.91x
2332	Elmslie	6	0.000%	4.50x
2333	Faill	6	0.000%	7.93x
2334	Fairly	6	0.000%	6.87x
2335	Ferriss	6	0.000%	10.40x
2336	Fiddes	6	0.000%	1.38x
2337	Flashman	6	0.000%	9.05x
2338	Flavell	6	0.000%	0.86x
2339	Forest	6	0.000%	0.90x
2340	Foss	6	0.000%	1.31x
2341	Fost	6	0.000%	14.51x
2342	Francies	6	0.000%	4.42x
2343	Gaff	6	0.000%	2.70x
2344	Gahagan	6	0.000%	6.87x
2345	Gairns	6	0.000%	6.06x
2346	Georgeson	6	0.000%	1.29x
2347	Gilles	6	0.000%	1.71x
2348	Gillispie	6	0.000%	4.93x
2349	Gilmer	6	0.000%	9.61x
2350	Givans	6	0.000%	23.32x
2351	Goldberg	6	0.000%	1.94x
2352	Gowens	6	0.000%	6.57x
2353	Greive	6	0.000%	1.90x
2354	Grogan	6	0.000%	0.70x
2355	Guild	6	0.000%	1.18x
2356	Gullan	6	0.000%	10.68x
2357	Hackson	6	0.000%	29.59x
2358	Haddleton	6	0.000%	5.20x
2359	Hammett	6	0.000%	0.77x
2360	Hamond	6	0.000%	3.23x
2361	Hanney	6	0.000%	1.61x
2362	Hannigan	6	0.000%	3.16x
2363	Hargadon	6	0.000%	27.50x
2364	Harrow	6	0.000%	1.07x
2365	Haskins	6	0.000%	0.92x
2366	Hattan	6	0.000%	12.01x
2367	Haviland	6	0.000%	3.53x
2368	Hazelton	6	0.000%	2.49x
2369	Henery	6	0.000%	2.96x
2370	Hennessey	6	0.000%	1.47x
2371	Heraghty	6	0.000%	33.43x
2372	Heselton	6	0.000%	3.92x
2373	Hewer	6	0.000%	1.30x
2374	Heyman	6	0.000%	6.99x
2375	Higgin	6	0.000%	1.07x
2376	Hillen	6	0.000%	5.74x
2377	Hiller	6	0.000%	1.83x
2378	Hilley	6	0.000%	10.12x
2379	Homan	6	0.000%	2.15x
2380	Honeyford	6	0.000%	16.37x
2381	Hopewell	6	0.000%	1.07x
2382	Host	6	0.000%	10.40x
2383	Howison	6	0.000%	4.27x
2384	Huggett	6	0.000%	0.56x
2385	Hurl	6	0.000%	7.69x
2386	Huston	6	0.000%	3.36x
2387	Insch	6	0.000%	13.26x
2388	Jinks	6	0.000%	0.61x
2389	Joynson	6	0.000%	1.11x
2390	Kear	6	0.000%	1.52x
2391	Kee	6	0.000%	9.74x
2392	Keery	6	0.000%	28.50x
2393	Keillor	6	0.000%	3.64x
2394	Kell	6	0.000%	0.64x
2395	Ken	6	0.000%	8.64x
2396	Kenealy	6	0.000%	5.38x
2397	Kennie	6	0.000%	11.83x
2398	Kevin	6	0.000%	16.37x
2399	Kilmartin	6	0.000%	3.96x
2400	Kirton	6	0.000%	0.56x