1881 census place

Renfrew surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Renfrew, 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

282 surnames are listed for Renfrew, Renfrewshire, covering 2,363 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Crawford, with 45 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Renfrew

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	Crawford	45	0.600%	12.30x
2	Barr	44	0.590%	24.34x
3	Vernal	42	0.560%	1787.23x
4	Ritchie	41	0.550%	15.87x
5	Morton	40	0.540%	10.01x
6	Allison	39	0.520%	18.36x
7	Buchanan	39	0.520%	20.18x
8	Houston	36	0.480%	37.81x
9	Findlay	35	0.470%	22.60x
10	Knox	35	0.470%	27.27x
11	Jack	33	0.440%	20.77x
12	Park	33	0.440%	14.24x
13	Weir	33	0.440%	16.97x
14	Irvine	32	0.430%	19.43x
15	Todd	31	0.410%	8.15x
16	Blair	29	0.390%	14.96x
17	Elder	29	0.390%	36.73x
18	Fleming	29	0.390%	9.34x
19	Adam	28	0.370%	21.81x
20	Cochrane	28	0.370%	24.18x
21	Hay	28	0.370%	10.21x
22	Hutchison	27	0.360%	21.97x
23	Lawrie	26	0.350%	36.31x
24	Boyle	24	0.320%	12.37x
25	Ewing	23	0.310%	33.37x
26	Lang	23	0.310%	13.80x
27	Lamont	22	0.290%	33.09x
28	Bryce	21	0.280%	28.07x
29	Paton	21	0.280%	12.56x
30	Baird	20	0.270%	12.51x
31	Glen	20	0.270%	27.03x
32	Kilpatrick	20	0.270%	51.96x
33	Rankin	20	0.270%	18.01x
34	Docherty	19	0.250%	17.09x
35	Howat	19	0.250%	82.82x
36	Dickie	18	0.240%	30.69x
37	Smellie	18	0.240%	54.38x
38	Colquhoun	17	0.230%	38.39x
39	Leslie	17	0.230%	13.74x
40	Rowan	17	0.230%	35.32x
41	Whitehill	17	0.230%	281.46x
42	Calderwood	16	0.210%	59.61x
43	Gallacher	16	0.210%	24.81x
44	Inglis	16	0.210%	12.81x
45	Moffat	16	0.210%	11.81x
46	Fairlie	15	0.200%	82.42x
47	Killin	15	0.200%	301.81x
48	Neilson	15	0.200%	14.24x
49	Stirling	15	0.200%	15.44x
50	Bowie	14	0.190%	21.50x
51	Bryans	14	0.190%	263.16x
52	Loudon	14	0.190%	65.91x
53	Lyle	14	0.190%	40.03x
54	Steven	14	0.190%	24.72x
55	Hillcoat	13	0.170%	464.29x
56	Morrow	13	0.170%	42.69x
57	Cuthbertson	12	0.160%	20.77x
58	Purdon	12	0.160%	86.64x
59	Speirs	12	0.160%	41.05x
60	Vicars	12	0.160%	92.81x
61	Birrell	11	0.150%	30.18x
62	Edmiston	11	0.150%	157.37x
63	Lapsley	11	0.150%	238.10x
64	Naismith	11	0.150%	55.28x
65	Struthers	11	0.150%	32.90x
66	Townsley	11	0.150%	75.34x
67	Waterston	11	0.150%	101.57x
68	Brownlee	10	0.130%	38.70x
69	Downie	10	0.130%	11.40x
70	Faulds	10	0.130%	43.82x
71	Greenlees	10	0.130%	68.73x
72	Holms	10	0.130%	47.46x
73	Richie	10	0.130%	142.05x
74	Tyre	10	0.130%	149.03x
75	Foulds	9	0.120%	17.79x
76	Frame	9	0.120%	18.98x
77	Gentles	9	0.120%	107.66x
78	Hainey	9	0.120%	252.10x
79	Harkness	9	0.120%	21.48x
80	Herbertson	9	0.120%	145.87x
81	Mcfadyen	9	0.120%	1636.36x
82	Pass	9	0.120%	24.66x
83	Yuill	9	0.120%	56.78x
84	Coyle	8	0.110%	15.75x
85	Cree	8	0.110%	35.84x
86	Dougal	8	0.110%	58.69x
87	Gaston	8	0.110%	58.39x
88	Girvin	8	0.110%	305.34x
89	Howley	8	0.110%	49.60x
90	Macgregor	8	0.110%	25.62x
91	Meechan	8	0.110%	107.24x
92	Milliken	8	0.110%	127.59x
93	Wardlaw	8	0.110%	58.91x
94	Bauchop	7	0.090%	216.05x
95	Carruth	7	0.090%	156.60x
96	Cavanagh	7	0.090%	12.41x
97	Corrigan	7	0.090%	20.90x
98	Hanlan	7	0.090%	95.37x
99	Hendrie	7	0.090%	38.21x
100	Henney	7	0.090%	67.24x