1881 census place

Mearns surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Mearns, 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

137 surnames are listed for Mearns, Renfrewshire, covering 1,036 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pollock, with 68 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Mearns

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	Pollock	68	1.71%	118.04x
2	Harvie	46	1.16%	354.39x
3	Aitken	26	0.660%	24.99x
4	Carslaw	26	0.660%	2031.25x
5	Munn	24	0.610%	83.97x
6	Renfrew	24	0.610%	379.15x
7	Reside	24	0.610%	1025.64x
8	Blue	23	0.580%	335.77x
9	Maitland	23	0.580%	89.39x
10	Buchanan	21	0.530%	20.49x
11	Clues	20	0.500%	1136.36x
12	Grady	18	0.450%	68.86x
13	Fulton	17	0.430%	33.97x
14	Gallocher	17	0.430%	154.97x
15	Gilmour	17	0.430%	30.29x
16	Darragh	16	0.400%	981.60x
17	Houston	16	0.400%	31.68x
18	Galbraith	14	0.350%	38.60x
19	Paisley	14	0.350%	158.73x
20	Carson	13	0.330%	29.75x
21	Fitzpatrick	13	0.330%	22.40x
22	Lambie	13	0.330%	100.46x
23	Tracey	13	0.330%	51.71x
24	Calderwood	12	0.300%	84.27x
25	Cuthbertson	12	0.300%	39.16x
26	Dickie	12	0.300%	38.56x
27	Strang	12	0.300%	67.42x
28	Whiteford	12	0.300%	114.18x
29	Agnew	11	0.280%	49.31x
30	Cassidy	11	0.280%	22.69x
31	Dalglish	11	0.280%	151.93x
32	Mount	11	0.280%	71.48x
33	Ballantyne	10	0.250%	33.26x
34	Donahoe	10	0.250%	1219.51x
35	Mathieson	10	0.250%	23.93x
36	Meikle	10	0.250%	35.04x
37	Ogilvie	10	0.250%	26.06x
38	Corrigan	9	0.230%	50.65x
39	Holburn	9	0.230%	339.62x
40	Ralston	9	0.230%	67.42x
41	Sloane	9	0.230%	98.25x
42	Devaney	8	0.200%	161.62x
43	Govan	8	0.200%	110.65x
44	Grierson	8	0.200%	36.30x
45	Humes	8	0.200%	267.56x
46	Kirkwood	8	0.200%	22.32x
47	Scahill	8	0.200%	1290.32x
48	Service	8	0.200%	83.07x
49	Winning	8	0.200%	89.89x
50	Carswell	7	0.180%	48.28x
51	Chesney	7	0.180%	139.17x
52	Coubrough	7	0.180%	400.00x
53	Duffie	7	0.180%	258.30x
54	Gallacher	7	0.180%	20.46x
55	Kier	7	0.180%	397.73x
56	Montague	7	0.180%	35.11x
57	Smellie	7	0.180%	39.86x
58	Aiton	6	0.150%	237.15x
59	Ballantine	6	0.150%	49.34x
60	Caldow	6	0.150%	283.02x
61	Cassie	6	0.150%	90.09x
62	Caul	6	0.150%	697.67x
63	Fullerton	6	0.150%	35.76x
64	Kilpatrick	6	0.150%	29.38x
65	Kinloch	6	0.150%	68.34x
66	Mullin	6	0.150%	33.73x
67	Stodart	6	0.150%	151.90x
68	Ayton	5	0.130%	40.45x
69	Berrie	5	0.130%	161.81x
70	Biggar	5	0.130%	91.24x
71	Dougan	5	0.130%	52.74x
72	Eaglesham	5	0.130%	154.32x
73	Giffen	5	0.130%	155.28x
74	Jarvies	5	0.130%	1020.41x
75	Lavell	5	0.130%	111.36x
76	Malley	5	0.130%	43.44x
77	Raeside	5	0.130%	147.49x
78	Stapelton	5	0.130%	561.80x
79	Carse	4	0.100%	84.21x
80	Donaghue	4	0.100%	88.11x
81	Mains	4	0.100%	61.54x
82	Melvill	4	0.100%	298.51x
83	Pollok	4	0.100%	250.00x
84	Queen	4	0.100%	24.62x
85	Broadly	3	0.080%	86.46x
86	Cassells	3	0.080%	46.51x
87	Faulds	3	0.080%	24.79x
88	Jarvie	3	0.080%	28.82x
89	Lafferty	3	0.080%	33.11x
90	Macnair	3	0.080%	163.93x
91	Skilling	3	0.080%	75.57x
92	Brisbane	2	0.050%	55.10x
93	Cardle	2	0.050%	322.58x
94	Coogan	2	0.050%	78.13x
95	Dollan	2	0.050%	61.35x
96	Eglinton	2	0.050%	65.36x
97	Eugene	2	0.050%	1666.67x
98	Finnegan	2	0.050%	73.26x
99	Kennan	2	0.050%	71.94x
100	Leggat	2	0.050%	21.79x