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 Lawrie, with 183 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
201	Lawrie	183	0.080%	8.18x
202	Glen	177	0.080%	7.65x
203	Leitch	175	0.070%	7.85x
204	Struthers	175	0.070%	16.75x
205	Tait	175	0.070%	2.54x
206	Ewing	174	0.070%	8.08x
207	Fyfe	174	0.070%	8.11x
208	Phillips	174	0.070%	0.42x
209	Wilkie	173	0.070%	5.19x
210	Macfarlane	170	0.070%	12.72x
211	Niven	170	0.070%	10.45x
212	Lynch	168	0.070%	2.72x
213	Laurie	166	0.070%	8.27x
214	Livingston	166	0.070%	7.91x
215	Cumming	165	0.070%	3.70x
216	Menzies	165	0.070%	5.43x
217	Knox	164	0.070%	4.09x
218	Duffy	163	0.070%	3.19x
219	Porter	161	0.070%	0.92x
220	Wyllie	161	0.070%	9.84x
221	Goldie	160	0.070%	11.00x
222	Paul	160	0.070%	2.74x
223	Edgar	159	0.070%	4.42x
224	Borland	158	0.070%	15.64x
225	Beattie	157	0.070%	3.14x
226	Moir	156	0.070%	4.85x
227	Henry	155	0.070%	2.62x
228	Sweeney	155	0.070%	4.95x
229	Templeton	155	0.070%	8.98x
230	Rennie	154	0.070%	3.77x
231	Connelly	153	0.070%	7.05x
232	Gunn	153	0.070%	2.67x
233	Dow	152	0.070%	5.40x
234	Green	152	0.070%	0.23x
235	Cooper	151	0.060%	0.27x
236	Swan	151	0.060%	2.49x
237	Waddell	151	0.060%	7.28x
238	Mason	150	0.060%	0.48x
239	Brodie	149	0.060%	4.75x
240	Bremner	148	0.060%	7.37x
241	Falconer	148	0.060%	5.31x
242	Laird	148	0.060%	5.64x
243	Fletcher	147	0.060%	0.55x
244	Geddes	147	0.060%	5.25x
245	Kane	146	0.060%	7.76x
246	Kay	146	0.060%	1.20x
247	Connor	145	0.060%	2.10x
248	Bryson	144	0.060%	8.04x
249	Devine	142	0.060%	6.10x
250	Richmond	141	0.060%	2.75x
251	Barbour	138	0.060%	10.75x
252	Milligan	138	0.060%	5.02x
253	Liddell	137	0.060%	6.39x
254	Muirhead	137	0.060%	7.60x
255	Mullen	137	0.060%	6.13x
256	Webster	137	0.060%	0.67x
257	Jeffrey	136	0.060%	3.15x
258	Parker	136	0.060%	0.31x
259	Pearson	136	0.060%	0.50x
260	Bowman	135	0.060%	2.21x
261	Holmes	135	0.060%	0.47x
262	Steven	135	0.060%	7.63x
263	Brady	134	0.060%	3.24x
264	Reilly	133	0.060%	5.36x
265	Dewar	132	0.060%	4.33x
266	Rodger	132	0.060%	4.02x
267	Forrester	131	0.060%	4.18x
268	Higgins	131	0.060%	1.11x
269	Laing	131	0.060%	2.79x
270	Little	131	0.060%	1.19x
271	Riddell	131	0.060%	6.68x
272	Strachan	131	0.060%	3.25x
273	Barrie	130	0.060%	7.71x
274	Eadie	129	0.060%	11.68x
275	Angus	128	0.050%	3.83x
276	Hislop	128	0.050%	9.10x
277	Hodge	128	0.050%	2.17x
278	Kyle	128	0.050%	9.85x
279	Strang	128	0.050%	12.21x
280	Ralston	127	0.050%	16.15x
281	Fitzpatrick	126	0.050%	3.69x
282	Rankine	126	0.050%	10.63x
283	Elliot	125	0.050%	2.10x
284	Brownlie	124	0.050%	12.12x
285	Harper	124	0.050%	0.83x
286	Arthur	123	0.050%	2.42x
287	Hutton	121	0.050%	1.73x
288	Cullen	119	0.050%	2.91x
289	Dunbar	119	0.050%	4.43x
290	Speirs	119	0.050%	13.02x
291	Beaton	118	0.050%	4.39x
292	Innes	118	0.050%	3.26x
293	Carson	117	0.050%	4.54x
294	Dawson	117	0.050%	0.45x
295	Greig	117	0.050%	3.16x
296	Howat	117	0.050%	16.32x
297	Mills	117	0.050%	0.39x
298	Urquhart	117	0.050%	3.56x
299	Mackenzie	116	0.050%	1.77x
300	Kean	115	0.050%	7.27x