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 Laister, 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
2401	Laister	6	0.000%	3.66x
2402	Leeds	6	0.000%	1.33x
2403	Leisk	6	0.000%	4.34x
2404	Levack	6	0.000%	4.32x
2405	Lilburn	6	0.000%	3.75x
2406	Limond	6	0.000%	8.74x
2407	Linning	6	0.000%	18.32x
2408	Louis	6	0.000%	1.99x
2409	Lourie	6	0.000%	5.23x
2410	Lovat	6	0.000%	11.48x
2411	Lymburn	6	0.000%	9.38x
2412	Macalpine	6	0.000%	14.24x
2413	Maclure	6	0.000%	5.34x
2414	Maddin	6	0.000%	5.65x
2415	Madill	6	0.000%	16.37x
2416	Magrath	6	0.000%	2.44x
2417	Maiden	6	0.000%	0.93x
2418	Maken	6	0.000%	15.38x
2419	Mansel	6	0.000%	3.84x
2420	Marion	6	0.000%	10.68x
2421	Marris	6	0.000%	1.84x
2422	Marshal	6	0.000%	1.22x
2423	Marvin	6	0.000%	1.37x
2424	Matchett	6	0.000%	4.72x
2425	Mathison	6	0.000%	0.95x
2426	Maver	6	0.000%	4.09x
2427	Mclellan	6	0.000%	5.38x
2428	Melly	6	0.000%	15.38x
2429	Middlemas	6	0.000%	1.63x
2430	Morey	6	0.000%	0.78x
2431	Muirden	6	0.000%	10.99x
2432	Murch	6	0.000%	1.02x
2433	Murphie	6	0.000%	7.85x
2434	Murrie	6	0.000%	3.23x
2435	Naysmith	6	0.000%	3.54x
2436	Nee	6	0.000%	7.54x
2437	Ogston	6	0.000%	2.10x
2438	Ohagan	6	0.000%	4.72x
2439	Oprey	6	0.000%	59.17x
2440	Oraw	6	0.000%	64.17x
2441	Ormond	6	0.000%	1.21x
2442	Orouke	6	0.000%	20.79x
2443	Otoole	6	0.000%	4.30x
2444	Pairman	6	0.000%	4.39x
2445	Peachey	6	0.000%	0.64x
2446	Peile	6	0.000%	4.90x
2447	Peter	6	0.000%	0.73x
2448	Pew	6	0.000%	5.23x
2449	Pow	6	0.000%	1.10x
2450	Prendergast	6	0.000%	1.81x
2451	Pride	6	0.000%	1.04x
2452	Rehal	6	0.000%	128.48x
2453	Renney	6	0.000%	4.58x
2454	Reoch	6	0.000%	4.87x
2455	Reston	6	0.000%	3.84x
2456	Rewcastle	6	0.000%	3.71x
2457	Robert	6	0.000%	0.53x
2458	Royden	6	0.000%	6.52x
2459	Rull	6	0.000%	55.00x
2460	Rynn	6	0.000%	18.32x
2461	Samble	6	0.000%	28.50x
2462	Sawer	6	0.000%	3.30x
2463	Scully	6	0.000%	0.83x
2464	Sheeran	6	0.000%	5.78x
2465	Shier	6	0.000%	4.96x
2466	Silman	6	0.000%	4.23x
2467	Slessor	6	0.000%	3.34x
2468	Soden	6	0.000%	1.57x
2469	Sowell	6	0.000%	13.49x
2470	Sprott	6	0.000%	3.02x
2471	Sproull	6	0.000%	9.38x
2472	Starkie	6	0.000%	0.80x
2473	Stodart	6	0.000%	2.58x
2474	Storie	6	0.000%	2.19x
2475	Strauss	6	0.000%	6.20x
2476	Sturdy	6	0.000%	0.81x
2477	Symon	6	0.000%	1.53x
2478	Tague	6	0.000%	5.45x
2479	Tain	6	0.000%	16.03x
2480	Tansley	6	0.000%	0.69x
2481	Terrace	6	0.000%	6.46x
2482	Thoburn	6	0.000%	3.86x
2483	Threlfall	6	0.000%	0.57x
2484	Threlkeld	6	0.000%	6.63x
2485	Tolland	6	0.000%	9.86x
2486	Tomlison	6	0.000%	13.26x
2487	Toner	6	0.000%	2.06x
2488	Towns	6	0.000%	0.80x
2489	Toy	6	0.000%	0.70x
2490	Trainor	6	0.000%	2.08x
2491	Traynor	6	0.000%	1.09x
2492	Treanor	6	0.000%	9.38x
2493	Turpie	6	0.000%	2.10x
2494	Tweed	6	0.000%	1.11x
2495	Tymon	6	0.000%	25.65x
2496	Waddle	6	0.000%	2.18x
2497	Welshman	6	0.000%	6.69x
2498	Whitty	6	0.000%	1.86x
2499	Wighton	6	0.000%	2.52x
2500	Winterbottom	6	0.000%	0.28x