1881 census place

Neilston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Neilston, 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

405 surnames are listed for Neilston, Renfrewshire, covering 4,635 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Stewart, with 140 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Neilston

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	Stewart	140	1.23%	7.87x
2	Anderson	138	1.21%	6.15x
3	Ferguson	119	1.05%	14.77x
4	Hamilton	76	0.670%	8.91x
5	Kerr	58	0.510%	9.36x
6	Leggat	56	0.490%	212.93x
7	Docherty	55	0.480%	32.54x
8	Johnston	55	0.480%	6.00x
9	Gilmour	52	0.460%	32.33x
10	Pollock	52	0.460%	31.50x
11	Lindsay	50	0.440%	13.50x
12	Muir	49	0.430%	11.27x
13	Paterson	49	0.430%	6.34x
14	Stevenson	49	0.430%	6.14x
15	Blair	48	0.420%	16.29x
16	Colquhoun	44	0.390%	65.36x
17	Orr	44	0.390%	22.98x
18	Dunlop	42	0.370%	22.93x
19	Hay	41	0.360%	9.84x
20	Cochrane	39	0.340%	22.15x
21	Carswell	37	0.330%	89.05x
22	Parkhill	37	0.330%	658.36x
23	Buchanan	36	0.320%	12.26x
24	Kirkwood	36	0.320%	35.04x
25	Boyd	35	0.310%	8.78x
26	Lynch	35	0.310%	11.67x
27	Stirling	34	0.300%	23.03x
28	Wylie	34	0.300%	25.71x
29	Andrew	32	0.280%	8.89x
30	Barr	32	0.280%	11.64x
31	Fleming	32	0.280%	6.78x
32	Caldwell	31	0.270%	17.43x
33	Gallocher	31	0.270%	98.66x
34	Jack	31	0.270%	12.84x
35	Leitch	31	0.270%	28.59x
36	Aitken	30	0.260%	10.06x
37	Neilson	29	0.260%	18.10x
38	Patrick	29	0.260%	12.81x
39	Currie	28	0.250%	8.75x
40	Lochead	28	0.250%	405.21x
41	Speirs	27	0.240%	60.76x
42	Birtwell	25	0.220%	236.07x
43	Connelly	25	0.220%	23.69x
44	Gillespie	25	0.220%	13.87x
45	Kean	25	0.220%	32.48x
46	Quin	25	0.220%	20.53x
47	Duffy	24	0.210%	9.67x
48	Howie	24	0.210%	21.52x
49	Knox	24	0.210%	12.30x
50	Logan	24	0.210%	8.90x
51	Queen	24	0.210%	51.55x
52	Heys	23	0.200%	27.70x
53	Whyte	23	0.200%	11.94x
54	Baird	22	0.190%	9.05x
55	Easdon	22	0.190%	880.00x
56	Kilpatrick	22	0.190%	37.59x
57	Irvine	21	0.180%	8.39x
58	Niven	21	0.180%	26.55x
59	Renfrew	21	0.180%	115.77x
60	Cairns	20	0.180%	8.14x
61	Catterson	20	0.180%	371.06x
62	Chalmers	20	0.180%	7.39x
63	Elliot	20	0.180%	6.90x
64	Leckie	20	0.180%	56.13x
65	Meikle	20	0.180%	24.46x
66	Pattison	20	0.180%	11.06x
67	Rodger	20	0.180%	12.52x
68	Sproul	20	0.180%	139.76x
69	Cuthbertson	19	0.170%	21.64x
70	Downs	19	0.170%	9.40x
71	Laird	19	0.170%	14.89x
72	Muirhead	19	0.170%	21.67x
73	Obrien	19	0.170%	11.31x
74	Shedden	19	0.170%	96.64x
75	Cochran	18	0.160%	41.49x
76	Conway	18	0.160%	8.45x
77	Farrell	18	0.160%	8.35x
78	Gormly	18	0.160%	455.70x
79	Hutcheson	18	0.160%	30.86x
80	Kincaid	18	0.160%	129.22x
81	Livingston	18	0.160%	17.63x
82	Mair	18	0.160%	17.14x
83	Pasley	18	0.160%	233.77x
84	Donnelly	17	0.150%	11.89x
85	Gallacher	17	0.150%	17.34x
86	Keith	17	0.150%	13.96x
87	Braidwood	16	0.140%	98.28x
88	Burlington	16	0.140%	363.64x
89	Farquhar	16	0.140%	18.10x
90	Pinkerton	16	0.140%	57.20x
91	Connell	15	0.130%	7.59x
92	Coyle	15	0.130%	19.43x
93	Duguid	15	0.130%	39.22x
94	Edgar	15	0.130%	8.57x
95	Galbraith	15	0.130%	14.43x
96	Whitelaw	15	0.130%	22.14x
97	Coulter	14	0.120%	24.53x
98	Faulds	14	0.120%	40.37x
99	Finlay	14	0.120%	12.00x
100	Gebbie	14	0.120%	120.59x