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 Macvicar, with 2 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
3501	Macvicar	2	0.000%	2.07x
3502	Macwhirter	2	0.000%	51.55x
3503	Madan	2	0.000%	8.27x
3504	Mairs	2	0.000%	2.49x
3505	Malon	2	0.000%	2.70x
3506	Markin	2	0.000%	1.62x
3507	Marshell	2	0.000%	0.81x
3508	Massay	2	0.000%	7.33x
3509	Matthewson	2	0.000%	0.60x
3510	Matthias	2	0.000%	0.71x
3511	Mcbride	2	0.000%	1.13x
3512	Mcgregor	2	0.000%	0.65x
3513	Mcilwraith	2	0.000%	13.50x
3514	Mckellar	2	0.000%	4.42x
3515	Meagher	2	0.000%	1.44x
3516	Mehan	2	0.000%	4.93x
3517	Mellin	2	0.000%	1.28x
3518	Melloy	2	0.000%	2.62x
3519	Million	2	0.000%	3.33x
3520	Millis	2	0.000%	0.96x
3521	Mingay	2	0.000%	0.64x
3522	Mohr	2	0.000%	3.77x
3523	Moneypenny	2	0.000%	3.77x
3524	Monroe	2	0.000%	1.94x
3525	Morney	2	0.000%	2.95x
3526	Morphy	2	0.000%	3.83x
3527	Moyers	2	0.000%	3.51x
3528	Mullay	2	0.000%	8.84x
3529	Nary	2	0.000%	1.96x
3530	Nest	2	0.000%	2.98x
3531	Nicolls	2	0.000%	0.70x
3532	Niel	2	0.000%	1.51x
3533	Nourse	2	0.000%	2.03x
3534	Oakman	2	0.000%	1.21x
3535	Oats	2	0.000%	0.38x
3536	Odger	2	0.000%	6.75x
3537	Odonald	2	0.000%	2.23x
3538	Odonoghue	2	0.000%	2.21x
3539	Okeefe	2	0.000%	0.86x
3540	Opie	2	0.000%	0.31x
3541	Oshea	2	0.000%	1.21x
3542	Pattullo	2	0.000%	1.78x
3543	Peattie	2	0.000%	0.68x
3544	Pennie	2	0.000%	1.96x
3545	Pepperdine	2	0.000%	1.29x
3546	Perrie	2	0.000%	0.75x
3547	Phelan	2	0.000%	0.60x
3548	Pillans	2	0.000%	1.43x
3549	Pogue	2	0.000%	13.50x
3550	Proven	2	0.000%	1.74x
3551	Prow	2	0.000%	6.41x
3552	Pullman	2	0.000%	0.88x
3553	Quill	2	0.000%	1.74x
3554	Quirie	2	0.000%	4.84x
3555	Rad	2	0.000%	64.31x
3556	Raitt	2	0.000%	0.95x
3557	Reekie	2	0.000%	0.36x
3558	Reich	2	0.000%	2.31x
3559	Revett	2	0.000%	1.71x
3560	Rilly	2	0.000%	4.50x
3561	Riva	2	0.000%	8.27x
3562	Rob	2	0.000%	5.57x
3563	Robie	2	0.000%	5.70x
3564	Rodman	2	0.000%	0.82x
3565	Rodney	2	0.000%	1.39x
3566	Rome	2	0.000%	0.43x
3567	Roney	2	0.000%	0.43x
3568	Rorison	2	0.000%	3.09x
3569	Runcieman	2	0.000%	6.11x
3570	Rusell	2	0.000%	4.35x
3571	Sacks	2	0.000%	9.50x
3572	Sandison	2	0.000%	0.34x
3573	Seaborne	2	0.000%	1.00x
3574	Seath	2	0.000%	0.57x
3575	Serle	2	0.000%	1.02x
3576	Seton	2	0.000%	0.90x
3577	Sherriffs	2	0.000%	1.76x
3578	Shiells	2	0.000%	1.34x
3579	Sleith	2	0.000%	4.00x
3580	Sloss	2	0.000%	1.09x
3581	Speedy	2	0.000%	1.17x
3582	Sprout	2	0.000%	2.79x
3583	Stevenston	2	0.000%	2.21x
3584	Strachen	2	0.000%	1.83x
3585	Strathie	2	0.000%	4.20x
3586	Struth	2	0.000%	2.64x
3587	Swindles	2	0.000%	0.95x
3588	Tenton	2	0.000%	10.68x
3589	Thaw	2	0.000%	1.94x
3590	Thursby	2	0.000%	0.73x
3591	Tilburn	2	0.000%	1.97x
3592	Topper	2	0.000%	1.51x
3593	Torry	2	0.000%	1.08x
3594	Totton	2	0.000%	9.17x
3595	Tower	2	0.000%	0.94x
3596	Toynton	2	0.000%	1.81x
3597	Trimble	2	0.000%	1.11x
3598	Tugwell	2	0.000%	0.43x
3599	Turkington	2	0.000%	3.94x
3600	Tute	2	0.000%	3.29x