1881 census place

Shettleston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Shettleston, Lanarkshire 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

329 surnames are listed for Shettleston, Lanarkshire, covering 2,766 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gray, with 79 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Shettleston

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	Gray	79	0.930%	6.54x
2	Stevenson	78	0.920%	13.14x
3	Hamilton	71	0.840%	11.19x
4	Paterson	54	0.640%	9.38x
5	Allan	44	0.520%	8.29x
6	Ramsay	44	0.520%	20.20x
7	Buchanan	43	0.510%	19.67x
8	Kerr	43	0.510%	9.32x
9	Gilmour	40	0.470%	33.41x
10	Haddow	35	0.410%	135.71x
11	Speirs	34	0.400%	102.78x
12	Rankin	33	0.390%	26.26x
13	Boyle	31	0.370%	14.12x
14	Neilson	31	0.370%	26.00x
15	Docherty	30	0.350%	23.85x
16	Boyd	29	0.340%	9.77x
17	Fleming	29	0.340%	8.25x
18	Murdoch	29	0.340%	20.18x
19	Deans	28	0.330%	48.81x
20	Kirkwood	27	0.320%	35.31x
21	Lindsay	27	0.320%	9.79x
22	Roy	23	0.270%	29.92x
23	Rodger	22	0.260%	18.50x
24	Sergeant	22	0.260%	54.62x
25	Bryce	21	0.250%	24.81x
26	Crichton	21	0.250%	29.10x
27	Downie	21	0.250%	21.16x
28	Bolling	20	0.240%	694.44x
29	Dick	20	0.240%	10.60x
30	Archibald	19	0.220%	26.02x
31	Barrowman	19	0.220%	163.23x
32	Cairns	19	0.220%	10.39x
33	Goldie	19	0.220%	36.09x
34	Smillie	19	0.220%	113.23x
35	Travers	18	0.210%	42.40x
36	Borland	17	0.200%	46.47x
37	Barrie	16	0.190%	26.21x
38	Connelly	16	0.190%	20.37x
39	Corrigan	16	0.190%	42.21x
40	Edmiston	16	0.190%	202.28x
41	Edmond	16	0.190%	56.02x
42	Frater	16	0.190%	103.03x
43	Greer	16	0.190%	56.32x
44	Waddell	16	0.190%	21.31x
45	Warnock	16	0.190%	87.00x
46	Alston	15	0.180%	27.22x
47	Baillie	15	0.180%	17.09x
48	Begg	15	0.180%	29.15x
49	Clyde	15	0.180%	125.21x
50	Conner	15	0.180%	22.92x
51	Crossan	15	0.180%	129.87x
52	Gallacher	15	0.180%	20.56x
53	Sneddon	15	0.180%	29.79x
54	Steven	15	0.180%	23.40x
55	Frame	14	0.170%	26.09x
56	Pollock	14	0.170%	11.39x
57	Robb	14	0.170%	9.57x
58	Shields	14	0.170%	10.71x
59	Stodart	14	0.170%	166.27x
60	Whitelaw	14	0.170%	27.77x
61	Blackley	13	0.150%	56.69x
62	Gallocher	13	0.150%	55.58x
63	Gillan	13	0.150%	43.71x
64	Nesbitt	13	0.150%	55.91x
65	Brechin	12	0.140%	156.86x
66	Canning	12	0.140%	19.96x
67	Cardwell	12	0.140%	29.48x
68	Key	12	0.140%	10.28x
69	Madden	12	0.140%	16.41x
70	Maguire	12	0.140%	13.88x
71	Perrie	12	0.140%	123.84x
72	Shanks	12	0.140%	18.66x
73	Spittal	12	0.140%	135.75x
74	Winters	12	0.140%	33.48x
75	Bryson	11	0.130%	16.96x
76	Cassidy	11	0.130%	10.64x
77	Colvin	11	0.130%	37.52x
78	Devlin	11	0.130%	15.88x
79	Galbraith	11	0.130%	14.22x
80	Greenshields	11	0.130%	72.80x
81	Liddel	11	0.130%	180.33x
82	Livingstone	11	0.130%	13.95x
83	Niven	11	0.130%	18.69x
84	Pinkerton	11	0.130%	52.83x
85	Winning	11	0.130%	57.96x
86	Wooler	11	0.130%	73.78x
87	Beaton	10	0.120%	10.28x
88	Burness	10	0.120%	61.69x
89	Connely	10	0.120%	64.14x
90	Houston	10	0.120%	9.28x
91	Kernan	10	0.120%	209.64x
92	Mair	10	0.120%	12.79x
93	Neilan	10	0.120%	598.80x
94	Samson	10	0.120%	16.55x
95	Auld	9	0.110%	17.65x
96	Cooney	9	0.110%	25.63x
97	Dobbie	9	0.110%	24.36x
98	Dunigan	9	0.110%	538.92x
99	Haig	9	0.110%	27.08x
100	Imrie	9	0.110%	27.21x