1881 census place

Kilbarchan surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire 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

215 surnames are listed for Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, covering 2,979 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Houston, with 144 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kilbarchan

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
1	Houston	144	2.09%	164.42x
2	Stevenson	144	2.09%	29.84x
3	Stewart	97	1.41%	9.01x
4	Barr	91	1.32%	54.72x
5	Muir	73	1.06%	27.74x
6	Crawford	71	1.03%	21.10x
7	Reid	65	0.950%	9.00x
8	Millar	54	0.790%	21.51x
9	Ritchie	54	0.790%	22.73x
10	Lyle	50	0.730%	155.42x
11	Gardner	49	0.710%	10.50x
12	Fulton	48	0.700%	55.31x
13	Kerr	46	0.670%	12.26x
14	Buchanan	41	0.600%	23.07x
15	Caldwell	40	0.580%	37.17x
16	Lang	40	0.580%	26.09x
17	Brodie	39	0.570%	42.25x
18	Semple	39	0.570%	119.01x
19	Currie	38	0.550%	19.63x
20	Inglis	37	0.540%	32.21x
21	Meikle	36	0.520%	72.74x
22	Love	35	0.510%	21.47x
23	Neil	34	0.490%	37.38x
24	Douglas	33	0.480%	9.91x
25	Holms	32	0.470%	165.12x
26	Aitken	29	0.420%	16.07x
27	Blair	29	0.420%	16.27x
28	Orr	28	0.410%	24.17x
29	Blackwood	27	0.390%	67.35x
30	Elliot	27	0.390%	15.39x
31	Borland	26	0.380%	87.42x
32	Woodrow	26	0.380%	61.03x
33	Boyle	24	0.350%	13.45x
34	Develin	24	0.350%	411.66x
35	Devlin	24	0.350%	42.62x
36	Lamont	24	0.350%	39.25x
37	Flinn	23	0.330%	55.40x
38	Prentice	23	0.330%	28.41x
39	Eadie	22	0.320%	67.65x
40	Oneil	21	0.310%	30.42x
41	Deans	19	0.280%	40.74x
42	Gallocher	19	0.280%	99.95x
43	Wilkie	19	0.280%	19.37x
44	Barbour	18	0.260%	47.62x
45	Carruth	18	0.260%	437.96x
46	Gavin	17	0.250%	49.99x
47	Leitch	17	0.250%	25.91x
48	Renfrew	17	0.250%	154.83x
49	Wylie	17	0.250%	21.24x
50	Brandon	16	0.230%	45.85x
51	Corrigan	16	0.230%	51.91x
52	Gemmill	16	0.230%	159.52x
53	Connell	15	0.220%	12.55x
54	Dunning	15	0.220%	25.70x
55	Hanlon	15	0.220%	47.23x
56	Munn	15	0.220%	30.27x
57	Archibald	14	0.200%	23.58x
58	Docherty	14	0.200%	13.69x
59	Purdon	14	0.200%	109.89x
60	Rough	14	0.200%	90.21x
61	Baillie	13	0.190%	18.21x
62	Fairley	13	0.190%	38.62x
63	Galbraith	13	0.190%	20.67x
64	Glen	13	0.190%	19.10x
65	Kirkwood	13	0.190%	20.91x
66	Purdie	13	0.190%	45.73x
67	Darroch	12	0.170%	66.93x
68	Erskine	12	0.170%	28.20x
69	Gillespie	12	0.170%	11.00x
70	Laird	12	0.170%	15.54x
71	Lochhead	12	0.170%	96.77x
72	Quin	12	0.170%	16.28x
73	Speirs	12	0.170%	44.63x
74	Brydson	11	0.160%	402.93x
75	Davie	11	0.160%	17.36x
76	Leckie	11	0.160%	51.02x
77	Macfarlane	11	0.160%	27.96x
78	Scobie	11	0.160%	73.58x
79	Armour	10	0.150%	23.20x
80	Candlish	10	0.150%	124.38x
81	Gault	10	0.150%	108.93x
82	Greenlees	10	0.150%	74.68x
83	Henney	10	0.150%	104.38x
84	Jardine	10	0.150%	15.60x
85	Muldoon	10	0.150%	73.80x
86	Colquhoun	9	0.130%	22.09x
87	Dunsmore	9	0.130%	50.91x
88	Ewing	9	0.130%	14.20x
89	Maxton	9	0.130%	193.97x
90	Obrian	9	0.130%	39.88x
91	Ohara	9	0.130%	22.77x
92	Beith	8	0.120%	120.48x
93	Cheyne	8	0.120%	34.98x
94	Couper	8	0.120%	25.96x
95	Cuthbertson	8	0.120%	15.05x
96	Daily	8	0.120%	44.89x
97	Drain	8	0.120%	66.12x
98	Farnon	8	0.120%	1052.63x
99	Gollan	8	0.120%	160.64x
100	Greer	8	0.120%	34.63x