1881 census place

Paisley Low Church surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Paisley Low Church, 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

266 surnames are listed for Paisley Low Church, Renfrewshire, covering 2,466 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hamilton, with 122 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Paisley Low Church

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	Hamilton	122	1.70%	22.69x
2	Stewart	98	1.37%	8.74x
3	Paterson	62	0.870%	12.71x
4	Kerr	60	0.840%	15.35x
5	Adam	55	0.770%	44.68x
6	Millar	40	0.560%	15.29x
7	Barr	37	0.520%	21.35x
8	Allison	33	0.460%	16.20x
9	Ritchie	33	0.460%	13.33x
10	Cockburn	32	0.450%	35.00x
11	Aitken	31	0.430%	16.48x
12	Glen	31	0.430%	43.71x
13	Alexander	30	0.420%	7.91x
14	Orr	29	0.400%	24.01x
15	Fleming	28	0.390%	9.40x
16	Connell	26	0.360%	20.87x
17	Lang	26	0.360%	16.27x
18	Lyle	26	0.360%	77.54x
19	Woodrow	25	0.350%	56.32x
20	Forsyth	24	0.330%	15.70x
21	Kilpatrick	22	0.310%	59.62x
22	Hutchison	21	0.290%	17.82x
23	Malcolm	21	0.290%	22.28x
24	Cochrane	20	0.280%	18.01x
25	Donald	20	0.280%	13.86x
26	Haran	20	0.280%	542.01x
27	Houston	20	0.280%	21.91x
28	Bowie	19	0.270%	30.43x
29	Deans	19	0.270%	39.09x
30	Dunlop	19	0.270%	16.45x
31	Guy	19	0.270%	12.11x
32	Niven	19	0.270%	38.10x
33	Cowden	17	0.240%	300.89x
34	Earl	17	0.240%	18.14x
35	Hannah	17	0.240%	18.25x
36	Holms	17	0.240%	84.16x
37	Semple	17	0.240%	49.78x
38	Brodie	16	0.220%	16.63x
39	Gibb	16	0.220%	12.64x
40	Greig	16	0.220%	14.10x
41	Hair	16	0.220%	57.25x
42	Inglis	16	0.220%	13.37x
43	Borland	15	0.210%	48.40x
44	Calderwood	15	0.210%	58.30x
45	Carruth	15	0.210%	350.47x
46	Fulton	15	0.210%	16.59x
47	Renfrew	15	0.210%	131.12x
48	Shannon	15	0.210%	27.04x
49	Carswell	14	0.200%	53.44x
50	Docherty	14	0.200%	13.13x
51	Fitzpatrick	14	0.200%	13.35x
52	Speirs	14	0.200%	49.96x
53	Beith	13	0.180%	187.86x
54	Galbraith	13	0.180%	19.83x
55	Colquhoun	12	0.170%	28.27x
56	Dickie	12	0.170%	21.34x
57	Gemmell	12	0.170%	27.86x
58	Livingstone	12	0.170%	17.96x
59	Lochead	12	0.170%	275.23x
60	Lockhead	12	0.170%	234.38x
61	Pollock	12	0.170%	11.53x
62	Sorbie	12	0.170%	236.69x
63	Whiteford	12	0.170%	63.16x
64	Baillie	11	0.150%	14.79x
65	Begg	11	0.150%	25.23x
66	Carmichael	11	0.150%	10.72x
67	Lochhead	11	0.150%	85.14x
68	Macfarlane	11	0.150%	26.84x
69	Wylie	11	0.150%	13.19x
70	Brock	10	0.140%	12.01x
71	Clelland	10	0.140%	50.53x
72	Cochran	10	0.140%	36.56x
73	Finlayson	10	0.140%	12.11x
74	Leitch	10	0.140%	14.63x
75	Mitchel	10	0.140%	14.28x
76	Percy	10	0.140%	14.96x
77	Sandilands	10	0.140%	63.33x
78	Trench	10	0.140%	147.06x
79	Watters	10	0.140%	43.76x
80	Auld	9	0.130%	20.83x
81	Drennan	9	0.130%	92.88x
82	Fairlie	9	0.130%	51.58x
83	Lockie	9	0.130%	55.21x
84	Macewan	9	0.130%	671.64x
85	Napier	9	0.130%	15.63x
86	Pinkerton	9	0.130%	51.02x
87	Purdie	9	0.130%	30.37x
88	Tannahill	9	0.130%	126.58x
89	Thorburn	9	0.130%	21.75x
90	Tweedale	9	0.130%	41.42x
91	Waterston	9	0.130%	86.62x
92	Bryson	8	0.110%	14.56x
93	Carse	8	0.110%	93.13x
94	Erskine	8	0.110%	18.04x
95	Galletly	8	0.110%	149.81x
96	Gemmill	8	0.110%	76.48x
97	Giffen	8	0.110%	137.46x
98	Lappin	8	0.110%	143.37x
99	Monaghan	8	0.110%	15.40x
100	Ness	8	0.110%	24.60x