1881 census place

Lanark surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lanark, 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

315 surnames are listed for Lanark, Lanarkshire, covering 3,022 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dickson, with 81 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lanark

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	Dickson	81	1.07%	28.78x
2	Hamilton	79	1.04%	13.85x
3	Dunlop	73	0.960%	59.59x
4	Muir	68	0.890%	23.37x
5	Bryce	60	0.790%	78.86x
6	Frame	58	0.760%	120.26x
7	Keith	57	0.750%	69.96x
8	Peat	52	0.680%	85.75x
9	Morrison	51	0.670%	8.54x
10	Barrie	47	0.620%	85.67x
11	Purdie	47	0.620%	149.54x
12	Forrest	44	0.580%	22.45x
13	Barr	40	0.530%	21.76x
14	Kay	40	0.530%	10.13x
15	Ritchie	37	0.490%	14.09x
16	Somerville	35	0.460%	55.31x
17	Lindsay	34	0.450%	13.72x
18	Cassels	33	0.430%	239.83x
19	Christie	33	0.430%	13.39x
20	Steele	32	0.420%	15.73x
21	Weir	30	0.390%	15.18x
22	Gilchrist	29	0.380%	26.02x
23	Prentice	29	0.380%	32.41x
24	Whitefield	29	0.380%	184.83x
25	Lockhart	28	0.370%	52.88x
26	Tennant	28	0.370%	34.50x
27	Aitken	27	0.360%	13.54x
28	Bennet	27	0.360%	25.72x
29	Inglis	27	0.360%	21.26x
30	Lyon	27	0.360%	16.95x
31	Neil	26	0.340%	25.86x
32	Currie	25	0.330%	11.69x
33	Whiteford	25	0.330%	124.07x
34	Denholm	24	0.320%	75.40x
35	Lithgow	24	0.320%	178.70x
36	Elder	23	0.300%	28.65x
37	Mochrie	23	0.300%	616.62x
38	Paton	23	0.300%	13.52x
39	Bogle	21	0.280%	221.75x
40	Boyle	20	0.260%	10.14x
41	Cuthbertson	20	0.260%	34.05x
42	Jack	20	0.260%	12.38x
43	Chalmers	19	0.250%	10.50x
44	Glaister	19	0.250%	146.49x
45	Malone	19	0.250%	31.22x
46	Cogan	18	0.240%	116.66x
47	Cowan	18	0.240%	11.61x
48	Steven	18	0.240%	31.25x
49	Bowie	17	0.220%	25.67x
50	Sandilands	17	0.220%	101.49x
51	Abernethy	16	0.210%	91.06x
52	Ballantyne	16	0.210%	27.75x
53	Prosser	16	0.210%	13.44x
54	Adam	15	0.200%	11.49x
55	Carson	15	0.200%	17.91x
56	Frood	15	0.200%	256.85x
57	Lightbody	15	0.200%	112.36x
58	Newbigging	15	0.200%	233.64x
59	Stodart	15	0.200%	198.41x
60	Symington	15	0.200%	71.36x
61	Waugh	15	0.200%	14.48x
62	Yuill	15	0.200%	93.05x
63	Fergusson	14	0.180%	36.38x
64	Hislop	14	0.180%	30.61x
65	Maguire	14	0.180%	18.02x
66	Munn	14	0.180%	25.56x
67	Pairman	14	0.180%	315.32x
68	Ramage	14	0.180%	32.77x
69	Doherty	13	0.170%	20.95x
70	Greenshields	13	0.170%	95.73x
71	Hepburn	13	0.170%	19.23x
72	Hosie	13	0.170%	80.15x
73	Mullen	13	0.170%	17.89x
74	Davie	12	0.160%	17.14x
75	Dickie	12	0.160%	20.12x
76	Findlater	12	0.160%	106.95x
77	Kean	12	0.160%	23.31x
78	Kennon	12	0.160%	459.77x
79	Larkin	12	0.160%	17.57x
80	Rourke	12	0.160%	32.03x
81	Shankie	12	0.160%	542.99x
82	Vassie	12	0.160%	446.10x
83	Braidwood	11	0.140%	101.01x
84	Calderwood	11	0.140%	40.31x
85	Crichton	11	0.140%	16.96x
86	Gilroy	11	0.140%	35.69x
87	Goldie	11	0.140%	23.25x
88	Heron	11	0.140%	15.09x
89	Munroe	11	0.140%	53.50x
90	Alston	10	0.130%	20.19x
91	Dalglish	10	0.130%	71.99x
92	Dollan	10	0.130%	160.26x
93	Flinn	10	0.130%	21.79x
94	Gallacher	10	0.130%	15.25x
95	Kilpatrick	10	0.130%	25.55x
96	Mcdowall	10	0.130%	275.48x
97	Mclauchlin	10	0.130%	3333.33x
98	Merry	10	0.130%	17.60x
99	Blackwood	9	0.120%	20.31x
100	Breckenridge	9	0.120%	116.58x