1881 census place

Hamilton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Hamilton, 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

870 surnames are listed for Hamilton, Lanarkshire, covering 17,132 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pretty, with 4 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Hamilton

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
601	Pretty	4	0.020%	4.27x
602	Reith	4	0.020%	8.64x
603	Renfrew	4	0.020%	9.51x
604	Ronald	4	0.020%	4.26x
605	Sandland	4	0.020%	14.62x
606	Schroder	4	0.020%	18.63x
607	Simson	4	0.020%	5.84x
608	Soutter	4	0.020%	15.31x
609	Sturge	4	0.020%	18.71x
610	Tudhope	4	0.020%	20.20x
611	Weatherall	4	0.020%	7.82x
612	Witherall	4	0.020%	56.82x
613	Yuile	4	0.020%	44.15x
614	Yuille	4	0.020%	18.12x
615	Bailiff	3	0.010%	34.44x
616	Bothwell	3	0.010%	10.33x
617	Braidwood	3	0.010%	7.95x
618	Briton	3	0.010%	11.25x
619	Cairney	3	0.010%	5.08x
620	Carl	3	0.010%	18.04x
621	Caulfield	3	0.010%	6.57x
622	Clapperton	3	0.010%	4.84x
623	Cleland	3	0.010%	4.30x
624	Conaty	3	0.010%	121.95x
625	Conelly	3	0.010%	15.72x
626	Corkindale	3	0.010%	35.50x
627	Crop	3	0.010%	16.88x
628	Currin	3	0.010%	27.50x
629	Doolin	3	0.010%	43.17x
630	Dougharty	3	0.010%	41.10x
631	Dymock	3	0.010%	8.48x
632	Farrel	3	0.010%	5.01x
633	Forfar	3	0.010%	19.48x
634	Gemmel	3	0.010%	12.67x
635	Greenshields	3	0.010%	6.37x
636	Hampstead	3	0.010%	30.99x
637	Henery	3	0.010%	13.11x
638	Hillen	3	0.010%	25.45x
639	Hilson	3	0.010%	11.14x
640	Kells	3	0.010%	31.28x
641	Lennon	3	0.010%	3.23x
642	Madill	3	0.010%	72.64x
643	Mahood	3	0.010%	41.10x
644	Marrow	3	0.010%	7.32x
645	Mathison	3	0.010%	4.21x
646	Mearns	3	0.010%	3.53x
647	Monoghan	3	0.010%	38.31x
648	Peffers	3	0.010%	19.60x
649	Pitcairn	3	0.010%	13.69x
650	Purden	3	0.010%	22.88x
651	Revie	3	0.010%	14.82x
652	Robison	3	0.010%	5.10x
653	Rogan	3	0.010%	4.33x
654	Seath	3	0.010%	7.61x
655	Sharkey	3	0.010%	4.99x
656	Somas	3	0.010%	1153.85x
657	Sym	3	0.010%	21.85x
658	Tighe	3	0.010%	4.91x
659	Tomlins	3	0.010%	5.67x
660	Torley	3	0.010%	55.05x
661	Tuton	3	0.010%	37.45x
662	Vint	3	0.010%	13.22x
663	Westwater	3	0.010%	8.74x
664	Wilkieson	3	0.010%	69.61x
665	Aitchinson	2	0.010%	23.45x
666	Ballance	2	0.010%	9.24x
667	Basset	2	0.010%	8.30x
668	Beith	2	0.010%	7.86x
669	Bracken	2	0.010%	4.60x
670	Broadfoot	2	0.010%	3.18x
671	Burness	2	0.010%	3.96x
672	Butchart	2	0.010%	3.37x
673	Clyde	2	0.010%	5.36x
674	Coil	2	0.010%	22.73x
675	Conlin	2	0.010%	4.08x
676	Cowe	2	0.010%	2.82x
677	Craigen	2	0.010%	15.15x
678	Cuming	2	0.010%	6.26x
679	Dinning	2	0.010%	3.40x
680	Dinwoodie	2	0.010%	7.08x
681	Dollar	2	0.010%	22.73x
682	Donley	2	0.010%	9.17x
683	Donnachie	2	0.010%	8.81x
684	Dunsmore	2	0.010%	2.95x
685	Eddie	2	0.010%	5.24x
686	Ewings	2	0.010%	11.54x
687	Flockhart	2	0.010%	4.01x
688	Garroway	2	0.010%	21.86x
689	Gettins	2	0.010%	16.35x
690	Goodsman	2	0.010%	52.91x
691	Grier	2	0.010%	5.20x
692	Grindall	2	0.010%	30.72x
693	Haggarty	2	0.010%	3.94x
694	Haggerty	2	0.010%	4.10x
695	Happer	2	0.010%	61.54x
696	Harkins	2	0.010%	3.36x
697	Haughie	2	0.010%	20.86x
698	Hoey	2	0.010%	4.44x
699	Hollas	2	0.010%	8.39x
700	Hosie	2	0.010%	3.56x