1881 census place

Paisley Middle Church surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Paisley Middle 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

516 surnames are listed for Paisley Middle Church, Renfrewshire, covering 5,875 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Stewart, with 169 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Paisley Middle 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	Stewart	169	1.28%	8.19x
2	Campbell	139	1.05%	6.23x
3	Kerr	118	0.900%	16.41x
4	Thomson	103	0.780%	5.85x
5	Adam	94	0.710%	41.52x
6	Paterson	79	0.600%	8.81x
7	Russell	78	0.590%	4.85x
8	Muir	73	0.550%	14.47x
9	Kennedy	71	0.540%	8.93x
10	Stevenson	70	0.530%	7.57x
11	Reid	69	0.520%	4.98x
12	Cameron	63	0.480%	6.15x
13	Hunter	63	0.480%	4.65x
14	Docherty	60	0.460%	30.61x
15	Hamilton	59	0.450%	5.97x
16	Millar	59	0.450%	12.26x
17	Black	58	0.440%	6.80x
18	Morrison	58	0.440%	5.60x
19	Irvine	53	0.400%	18.25x
20	Ritchie	52	0.390%	11.42x
21	Crawford	50	0.380%	7.75x
22	Caldwell	49	0.370%	23.76x
23	Pattison	47	0.360%	22.41x
24	Sutherland	45	0.340%	6.78x
25	Bryce	40	0.300%	30.32x
26	Fleming	40	0.300%	7.30x
27	Lang	40	0.300%	13.61x
28	Quin	40	0.300%	28.32x
29	Gilmour	38	0.290%	20.37x
30	Love	38	0.290%	12.16x
31	Moffat	37	0.280%	15.50x
32	Gillespie	35	0.270%	16.74x
33	Johnstone	35	0.270%	5.87x
34	Pollock	35	0.270%	18.28x
35	Gilchrist	33	0.250%	17.08x
36	Lawrie	33	0.250%	26.14x
37	Jamieson	32	0.240%	8.72x
38	Lindsay	31	0.240%	7.22x
39	Orr	31	0.240%	13.96x
40	Wylie	31	0.240%	20.21x
41	Aitken	30	0.230%	8.67x
42	Blair	30	0.230%	8.78x
43	Boyd	30	0.230%	6.49x
44	Foulds	30	0.230%	33.64x
45	Gemmell	30	0.230%	37.87x
46	Allison	29	0.220%	7.74x
47	Paton	29	0.220%	9.83x
48	Christie	28	0.210%	6.55x
49	Conway	28	0.210%	11.34x
50	Cowan	28	0.210%	10.42x
51	Barr	27	0.200%	8.47x
52	Carmichael	27	0.200%	14.31x
53	Dick	27	0.200%	9.18x
54	Hillcoat	27	0.200%	547.67x
55	Ronald	27	0.200%	57.43x
56	Scollan	27	0.200%	1058.82x
57	Weir	27	0.200%	7.88x
58	Brodie	26	0.200%	14.70x
59	Goudie	26	0.200%	62.32x
60	Holms	26	0.200%	69.99x
61	Logan	26	0.200%	8.32x
62	Andrew	25	0.190%	5.99x
63	Barclay	25	0.190%	9.22x
64	Shearer	25	0.190%	14.78x
65	Bowie	24	0.180%	20.90x
66	Donald	24	0.180%	9.04x
67	Fulton	24	0.180%	14.43x
68	Hendry	24	0.180%	11.49x
69	Cassidy	23	0.170%	14.27x
70	Cochrane	23	0.170%	11.26x
71	Dickie	23	0.170%	22.24x
72	Elliot	23	0.170%	6.84x
73	Leitch	23	0.170%	18.29x
74	Maxwell	23	0.170%	7.34x
75	Spence	23	0.170%	5.28x
76	Buchanan	22	0.170%	6.46x
77	Drummond	22	0.170%	8.40x
78	Stobo	22	0.170%	154.28x
79	Boyle	21	0.160%	6.14x
80	Donnelly	21	0.160%	12.66x
81	Glen	21	0.160%	16.10x
82	Drennan	20	0.150%	112.23x
83	Oneill	20	0.150%	23.84x
84	Templeton	20	0.150%	20.54x
85	Calder	19	0.140%	10.31x
86	Colquhoun	19	0.140%	24.33x
87	Forsyth	19	0.140%	6.76x
88	Sproul	19	0.140%	114.53x
89	Fitch	18	0.140%	17.46x
90	Kirkwood	18	0.140%	15.11x
91	Lochhead	18	0.140%	75.73x
92	Monaghan	18	0.140%	18.84x
93	Queen	18	0.140%	33.33x
94	Renfrew	18	0.140%	85.55x
95	Shedden	18	0.140%	78.95x
96	Whyte	18	0.140%	8.05x
97	Yuill	18	0.140%	64.40x
98	Arthur	17	0.130%	5.92x
99	Barbour	17	0.130%	23.46x
100	Calderwood	17	0.130%	35.93x