1881 census place

Kilsyth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire 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

202 surnames are listed for Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, covering 3,320 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Miller, with 164 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kilsyth

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	Miller	164	2.39%	13.34x
2	Anderson	141	2.05%	10.39x
3	Shaw	135	1.97%	10.70x
4	Burns	105	1.53%	22.77x
5	Patrick	103	1.50%	75.25x
6	Marshall	99	1.44%	8.59x
7	Cleland	87	1.27%	478.81x
8	Provan	76	1.11%	553.13x
9	Jarvie	72	1.05%	399.33x
10	Whyte	70	1.02%	60.09x
11	Boyd	69	1.00%	28.64x
12	Millar	66	0.960%	26.32x
13	Black	56	0.820%	12.59x
14	Rankin	52	0.760%	50.95x
15	Barrie	51	0.740%	102.88x
16	Stark	48	0.700%	51.02x
17	Abercrombie	47	0.680%	388.75x
18	Stevenson	46	0.670%	9.54x
19	Livingstone	44	0.640%	68.70x
20	Fleming	38	0.550%	13.31x
21	Stirling	36	0.520%	40.33x
22	Gillies	35	0.510%	35.62x
23	Dunlop	34	0.490%	30.71x
24	Ralston	34	0.490%	147.06x
25	Bankier	33	0.480%	1114.86x
26	Chalmers	33	0.480%	20.18x
27	Kirkwood	33	0.480%	53.14x
28	Lockhart	33	0.480%	68.97x
29	Irvine	31	0.450%	20.48x
30	Maxwell	30	0.440%	18.38x
31	Donaldson	28	0.410%	14.29x
32	Weir	28	0.410%	15.67x
33	Lang	27	0.390%	17.63x
34	Moffat	27	0.390%	21.70x
35	Aitken	26	0.380%	14.42x
36	Bennie	26	0.380%	136.91x
37	Shearer	26	0.380%	29.49x
38	Baird	25	0.360%	17.02x
39	Coyle	25	0.360%	53.58x
40	Nicol	25	0.360%	17.48x
41	Grindlay	23	0.330%	306.67x
42	Murdoch	23	0.330%	19.71x
43	Comrie	22	0.320%	196.60x
44	Forsyth	22	0.320%	15.01x
45	Hardie	22	0.320%	24.56x
46	Rennie	22	0.320%	18.33x
47	Bald	21	0.310%	191.96x
48	Bryce	21	0.310%	30.55x
49	Frew	20	0.290%	57.94x
50	Inglis	20	0.290%	17.43x
51	Leishman	20	0.290%	85.80x
52	Lowrie	20	0.290%	84.96x
53	Shields	20	0.290%	18.83x
54	Barrowman	19	0.280%	201.06x
55	Fergus	19	0.280%	153.10x
56	Loudon	19	0.280%	97.34x
57	Lourie	19	0.280%	563.80x
58	Bryson	18	0.260%	34.18x
59	Duff	18	0.260%	14.72x
60	Adair	16	0.230%	74.77x
61	Adam	16	0.230%	13.56x
62	Dobbie	16	0.230%	53.32x
63	Docherty	16	0.230%	15.66x
64	Casey	15	0.220%	14.81x
65	Cullen	15	0.220%	12.46x
66	Gourlay	15	0.220%	39.39x
67	Myles	15	0.220%	46.61x
68	Aitchison	14	0.200%	29.08x
69	Bowie	14	0.200%	23.39x
70	Glen	14	0.200%	20.59x
71	Methven	14	0.200%	89.23x
72	Motherwell	14	0.200%	282.83x
73	Mulgrew	14	0.200%	420.42x
74	Connacher	13	0.190%	439.19x
75	Linn	12	0.170%	76.58x
76	Rankine	12	0.170%	34.43x
77	Gemmell	11	0.160%	26.64x
78	Nisbet	11	0.160%	15.16x
79	Cains	10	0.150%	115.34x
80	Carstairs	10	0.150%	88.26x
81	Clelland	10	0.150%	52.71x
82	Doran	10	0.150%	17.51x
83	Erskine	10	0.150%	23.52x
84	Gallacher	10	0.150%	16.88x
85	Gracie	10	0.150%	69.74x
86	Kyle	10	0.150%	26.18x
87	Rowat	10	0.150%	352.11x
88	Abercromby	9	0.130%	209.79x
89	Breton	9	0.130%	180.72x
90	Clyde	9	0.130%	92.50x
91	Drain	9	0.130%	74.44x
92	Glancey	9	0.130%	194.38x
93	Harden	9	0.130%	33.33x
94	Kearney	9	0.130%	28.22x
95	Lennox	9	0.130%	22.08x
96	Bow	8	0.120%	49.81x
97	Kenning	8	0.120%	73.87x
98	Rooney	8	0.120%	13.05x
99	Toy	8	0.120%	31.62x
100	Waddell	8	0.120%	13.12x