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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 Harkin, with 1 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
801Harkin13.70x
802Hassen143.67x
803Hasson15.83x
804Hathorn112.77x
805Haughney163.29x
806Hayburn123.70x
807Higgans17.78x
808Hinchley14.92x
809Hinshelwood110.06x
810Horder13.15x
811Jeffray17.10x
812Jewel15.03x
813Karr116.00x
814Kellar127.10x
815Kenneth19.32x
816Kinmond16.89x
817Laughran117.76x
818Lavelle14.88x
819Ledingham12.59x
820Leiper11.65x
821Leister112.48x
822Macalister18.01x
823Macphail13.84x
824Mallin12.79x
825Marcer113.70x
826Marchbank12.69x
827Mare14.32x
828Mcculloch110.33x
829Mckinnon113.70x
830Mechen118.94x
831Melvill111.25x
832Miln18.12x
833Morren17.10x
834Motion16.11x
835Mullan12.09x
836Murie17.89x
837Nicols16.08x
838Notman12.30x
839Odonell120.28x
840Pairman16.49x
841Piles116.72x
842Pollen112.92x
843Pretswell159.88x
844Raynolds115.80x
845Ros167.11x
846Rosendale16.57x
847Scroggie14.60x
848Shiells15.95x
849Shorn1113.64x
850Shortt110.06x
851Smillie11.91x
852Souther116.47x
853Spelman13.67x
854Styan14.78x
855Sweney16.84x
856Teevan121.88x
857Tibbett16.05x
858Tiernan19.72x
859Torbet17.48x
860Trimmins1126.58x
861Tullis14.07x
862Valley118.62x
863Veldon133.44x
864Waddle13.22x
865Wallon123.70x
866Whigham15.92x
867Wier15.19x
868Willocks16.84x
869Wolton14.80x
870Younie16.11x