1881 census place

Port Glasgow surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Port Glasgow, 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

426 surnames are listed for Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, covering 3,485 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Neill, with 10 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Port Glasgow

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
101	Neill	10	0.090%	13.80x
102	Purdie	10	0.090%	22.10x
103	Queen	10	0.090%	22.30x
104	Skeoch	10	0.090%	192.68x
105	Trail	10	0.090%	50.13x
106	Wraith	10	0.090%	63.05x
107	Bole	9	0.080%	118.42x
108	Darroch	9	0.080%	31.53x
109	Dickie	9	0.080%	10.48x
110	Dollan	9	0.080%	100.11x
111	Easdale	9	0.080%	153.06x
112	Erskine	9	0.080%	13.29x
113	Fullarton	9	0.080%	39.10x
114	Hagan	9	0.080%	16.45x
115	Hampsey	9	0.080%	818.18x
116	Hillock	9	0.080%	227.85x
117	Marley	9	0.080%	14.17x
118	Melrose	9	0.080%	21.21x
119	Niven	9	0.080%	11.82x
120	Pettigrew	9	0.080%	16.94x
121	Rorison	9	0.080%	297.03x
122	Seally	9	0.080%	416.67x
123	Semple	9	0.080%	17.26x
124	Springham	9	0.080%	92.98x
125	Taggart	9	0.080%	21.78x
126	Toomey	9	0.080%	42.61x
127	Ayre	8	0.070%	13.08x
128	Blue	8	0.070%	42.35x
129	Borland	8	0.070%	16.90x
130	Buntin	8	0.070%	156.25x
131	Couper	8	0.070%	16.31x
132	Dingwall	8	0.070%	18.44x
133	Dorrian	8	0.070%	270.27x
134	Dougall	8	0.070%	23.49x
135	Dougherty	8	0.070%	18.90x
136	Dunsmore	8	0.070%	28.43x
137	Farquhar	8	0.070%	9.40x
138	Gault	8	0.070%	54.72x
139	Geraghty	8	0.070%	79.60x
140	Hair	8	0.070%	18.74x
141	Loudon	8	0.070%	25.72x
142	Ohara	8	0.070%	12.72x
143	Scally	8	0.070%	102.30x
144	Steven	8	0.070%	9.65x
145	Tierney	8	0.070%	17.73x
146	Veitch	8	0.070%	11.09x
147	Aitkin	7	0.060%	37.19x
148	Ballingall	7	0.060%	44.44x
149	Broadly	7	0.060%	73.15x
150	Campell	7	0.060%	133.08x
151	Coll	7	0.060%	85.16x
152	Diamond	7	0.060%	13.76x
153	Farran	7	0.060%	87.83x
154	Freebairn	7	0.060%	133.84x
155	Garry	7	0.060%	35.61x
156	Gaston	7	0.060%	34.90x
157	Greer	7	0.060%	19.04x
158	Holm	7	0.060%	83.63x
159	Holms	7	0.060%	22.69x
160	Keir	7	0.060%	12.79x
161	Kinloch	7	0.060%	28.89x
162	Lamond	7	0.060%	18.72x
163	Malloy	7	0.060%	36.76x
164	Roger	7	0.060%	18.61x
165	Sterling	7	0.060%	30.45x
166	Trainor	7	0.060%	51.78x
167	Wight	7	0.060%	12.43x
168	Wingate	7	0.060%	17.99x
169	Adair	6	0.050%	17.60x
170	Agnew	6	0.050%	9.74x
171	Aitcheson	6	0.050%	56.82x
172	Beatson	6	0.050%	29.31x
173	Bogan	6	0.050%	92.31x
174	Bullion	6	0.050%	588.24x
175	Butter	6	0.050%	11.52x
176	Cahill	6	0.050%	11.91x
177	Connel	6	0.050%	29.79x
178	Connoly	6	0.050%	40.93x
179	Cormie	6	0.050%	127.39x
180	Coventry	6	0.050%	13.83x
181	Coyer	6	0.050%	1818.18x
182	Dolen	6	0.050%	372.67x
183	Dorman	6	0.050%	17.05x
184	Garvie	6	0.050%	31.15x
185	Gilfillan	6	0.050%	28.36x
186	Imrie	6	0.050%	14.02x
187	Kearney	6	0.050%	11.81x
188	Keely	6	0.050%	53.81x
189	Killen	6	0.050%	39.47x
190	Kilpatrick	6	0.050%	10.65x
191	Macfarlane	6	0.050%	9.58x
192	Mulligan	6	0.050%	9.80x
193	Patton	6	0.050%	15.42x
194	Purdue	6	0.050%	53.67x
195	Sommerville	6	0.050%	13.90x
196	Stirrat	6	0.050%	39.84x
197	Warnock	6	0.050%	25.22x
198	Bannatyne	5	0.050%	37.91x
199	Bennets	5	0.050%	117.92x
200	Bonar	5	0.050%	28.51x