1881 census place

Lesmahagow surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lesmahagow, 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

297 surnames are listed for Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, covering 5,078 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Brown, with 424 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lesmahagow

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	Brown	424	4.24%	6.44x
2	Hamilton	185	1.85%	24.68x
3	Scott	181	1.81%	7.16x
4	Thomson	172	1.72%	12.88x
5	Robertson	131	1.31%	7.82x
6	Pate	120	1.20%	290.07x
7	Muir	109	1.09%	28.50x
8	Barr	100	1.00%	41.39x
9	Forrest	95	0.950%	36.88x
10	Meikle	92	0.920%	127.96x
11	Weir	83	0.830%	31.94x
12	Gilchrist	73	0.730%	49.84x
13	Baxter	71	0.710%	11.92x
14	Frame	70	0.700%	110.43x
15	Dickson	69	0.690%	18.65x
16	Allan	65	0.650%	10.36x
17	Paterson	63	0.630%	9.27x
18	Steele	55	0.550%	20.57x
19	Yuill	55	0.550%	259.56x
20	Ritchie	49	0.490%	14.19x
21	Caldwell	47	0.470%	30.06x
22	Orr	43	0.430%	25.54x
23	Dyet	41	0.410%	841.89x
24	Lang	39	0.390%	17.51x
25	Gold	37	0.370%	65.08x
26	Neilson	37	0.370%	26.27x
27	Sandilands	37	0.370%	168.03x
28	Dempster	35	0.350%	49.79x
29	Brownlie	34	0.340%	77.73x
30	Aird	33	0.330%	63.49x
31	Whitefield	33	0.330%	160.04x
32	Ballantyne	31	0.310%	40.91x
33	Crosbie	31	0.310%	60.45x
34	Prentice	31	0.310%	26.36x
35	Jack	30	0.300%	14.13x
36	Somerville	30	0.300%	36.07x
37	Tudhope	29	0.290%	386.15x
38	Harvie	28	0.280%	85.63x
39	Sommerville	28	0.280%	71.07x
40	Barrie	27	0.270%	37.45x
41	Gall	27	0.270%	41.89x
42	Perrie	27	0.270%	236.01x
43	Bryson	26	0.260%	33.94x
44	Hair	26	0.260%	66.72x
45	Hannah	25	0.250%	19.25x
46	Pringle	25	0.250%	15.89x
47	Waddell	25	0.250%	28.19x
48	Burnside	24	0.240%	68.51x
49	Forest	24	0.240%	83.74x
50	Gilmour	24	0.240%	16.97x
51	Menzies	24	0.240%	18.48x
52	Torrance	24	0.240%	54.50x
53	Dick	23	0.230%	10.32x
54	Pelling	23	0.230%	88.06x
55	Stark	23	0.230%	16.81x
56	Dunlop	22	0.220%	13.66x
57	Gracie	22	0.220%	105.52x
58	Wardrop	22	0.220%	96.41x
59	Letham	21	0.210%	199.81x
60	Lockhart	21	0.210%	30.17x
61	Steven	21	0.210%	27.74x
62	Affleck	20	0.200%	86.77x
63	Bertram	20	0.200%	41.86x
64	Clelland	20	0.200%	72.49x
65	Dodds	20	0.200%	9.51x
66	Twaddle	20	0.200%	192.12x
67	Arneil	19	0.190%	437.79x
68	Cranston	19	0.190%	46.98x
69	Pettigrew	19	0.190%	39.17x
70	Rankin	19	0.190%	12.80x
71	Stodart	19	0.190%	191.15x
72	Baird	18	0.180%	8.42x
73	Blackwood	18	0.180%	30.90x
74	Carruthers	18	0.180%	13.62x
75	Dougall	18	0.180%	57.88x
76	Easton	18	0.180%	11.88x
77	Leiper	18	0.180%	78.43x
78	Murdoch	18	0.180%	10.61x
79	Semple	18	0.180%	37.81x
80	Adam	17	0.170%	9.91x
81	Stein	17	0.170%	71.85x
82	Fairley	16	0.160%	32.71x
83	Moffat	16	0.160%	8.84x
84	Naismith	16	0.160%	60.17x
85	Ramage	16	0.160%	28.50x
86	Rodger	16	0.160%	11.39x
87	Symington	16	0.160%	57.91x
88	Finlay	15	0.150%	14.63x
89	Whyte	15	0.150%	8.85x
90	Callander	14	0.140%	68.80x
91	Cleland	14	0.140%	52.99x
92	Cochrane	14	0.140%	9.05x
93	Lambie	14	0.140%	42.94x
94	Mayes	14	0.140%	14.54x
95	Porteous	14	0.140%	21.01x
96	Sneddon	14	0.140%	23.53x
97	Wharrie	14	0.140%	364.58x
98	Elder	13	0.130%	12.32x
99	Gillies	13	0.130%	9.10x
100	Hastie	13	0.130%	20.55x