1881 census place

Slamannan surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Slamannan, Stirlingshire 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

184 surnames are listed for Slamannan, Stirlingshire, covering 2,462 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gray, with 93 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Slamannan

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	93	1.58%	11.04x
2	Baxter	88	1.49%	25.03x
3	Hunter	80	1.36%	13.20x
4	Waugh	74	1.25%	92.02x
5	Hamilton	71	1.20%	16.04x
6	Johnstone	65	1.10%	24.37x
7	Sneddon	50	0.850%	142.33x
8	Gardner	45	0.760%	11.24x
9	Allan	42	0.710%	11.34x
10	Dobbie	35	0.590%	135.82x
11	Fleming	35	0.590%	14.28x
12	Penman	35	0.590%	90.70x
13	Nisbet	33	0.560%	52.98x
14	Beveridge	31	0.530%	50.48x
15	Hutchison	31	0.530%	31.96x
16	Blair	28	0.470%	18.31x
17	Donaldson	27	0.460%	16.05x
18	Swan	27	0.460%	17.67x
19	Forrester	26	0.440%	32.83x
20	Love	26	0.440%	18.59x
21	Meek	26	0.440%	37.90x
22	Nimmo	26	0.440%	98.93x
23	Myles	25	0.420%	90.45x
24	Baillie	24	0.410%	39.20x
25	Binnie	24	0.410%	97.60x
26	Easton	24	0.410%	26.82x
27	Main	24	0.410%	24.85x
28	Rankin	24	0.410%	27.38x
29	Barr	23	0.390%	16.12x
30	Gibb	23	0.390%	22.08x
31	Ure	23	0.390%	125.55x
32	Cowan	22	0.370%	18.28x
33	Gilchrist	22	0.370%	25.44x
34	Hoggan	22	0.370%	259.13x
35	Cupples	21	0.360%	1666.67x
36	Rae	21	0.360%	15.62x
37	Russel	21	0.360%	51.60x
38	Auld	20	0.340%	56.24x
39	Baird	20	0.340%	15.85x
40	Burt	20	0.340%	14.27x
41	Irvine	20	0.340%	15.39x
42	Shanks	20	0.340%	44.58x
43	Archibald	19	0.320%	37.31x
44	Rintoul	19	0.320%	140.95x
45	Horne	18	0.310%	14.02x
46	Roy	18	0.310%	33.56x
47	Shields	18	0.310%	19.74x
48	Hind	17	0.290%	22.82x
49	Inverarity	17	0.290%	674.60x
50	Kidd	17	0.290%	14.15x
51	Snedden	17	0.290%	213.57x
52	Strang	17	0.290%	64.20x
53	Laird	16	0.270%	24.16x
54	Quin	16	0.270%	25.31x
55	Stars	16	0.270%	1481.48x
56	Gilmour	15	0.250%	17.97x
57	Lafferty	15	0.250%	111.28x
58	Leishman	14	0.240%	69.93x
59	Wotherspoon	14	0.240%	74.67x
60	Harley	13	0.220%	17.09x
61	Neilson	13	0.220%	15.63x
62	Storie	13	0.220%	188.13x
63	Storrar	13	0.220%	227.67x
64	Topping	13	0.220%	32.02x
65	Cairney	12	0.200%	90.77x
66	Gay	12	0.200%	15.26x
67	Harvie	12	0.200%	62.14x
68	Liddell	12	0.200%	22.17x
69	Boslem	11	0.190%	2682.93x
70	Freckleton	11	0.190%	410.45x
71	Hail	11	0.190%	292.55x
72	Heaps	11	0.190%	42.82x
73	Ingles	11	0.190%	61.49x
74	Sim	11	0.190%	16.60x
75	Somerville	11	0.190%	22.40x
76	Stirling	11	0.190%	14.35x
77	Dillan	10	0.170%	469.48x
78	Given	10	0.170%	204.50x
79	Kelso	10	0.170%	72.20x
80	Lambie	10	0.170%	51.95x
81	Mulholland	10	0.170%	45.60x
82	Neish	10	0.170%	83.33x
83	Salmond	10	0.170%	80.58x
84	Stenhouse	10	0.170%	41.00x
85	Wardrop	10	0.170%	74.18x
86	Bennie	9	0.150%	55.18x
87	Buchannan	9	0.150%	108.30x
88	Carlisle	9	0.150%	28.97x
89	Fotheringham	9	0.150%	36.29x
90	Glasgow	9	0.150%	69.66x
91	Heeps	9	0.150%	252.10x
92	Marrs	9	0.150%	150.75x
93	Mungall	9	0.150%	234.38x
94	Scobbie	9	0.150%	159.29x
95	Tulloch	9	0.150%	22.99x
96	Vass	9	0.150%	44.96x
97	Caithness	8	0.140%	178.17x
98	Coulter	8	0.140%	27.00x
99	Meikle	8	0.140%	18.84x
100	Michael	8	0.140%	25.22x