1881 census place

Stonehouse surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Stonehouse, 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

89 surnames are listed for Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, covering 1,481 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hamilton, with 219 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Stonehouse

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	Hamilton	219	6.83%	91.09x
2	Thomson	139	4.34%	32.46x
3	Millar	92	2.87%	78.65x
4	Sorbie	71	2.22%	3127.75x
5	Shearer	62	1.93%	150.74x
6	Curr	41	1.28%	1093.33x
7	Small	38	1.19%	46.73x
8	Whitelaw	38	1.19%	198.95x
9	Barr	37	1.15%	47.74x
10	Mackie	37	1.15%	54.00x
11	Summers	35	1.09%	38.94x
12	Cuthbertson	34	1.06%	137.32x
13	Murdoch	33	1.03%	60.62x
14	Leith	29	0.900%	174.70x
15	Weir	26	0.810%	31.19x
16	Borland	25	0.780%	180.38x
17	Gilmour	25	0.780%	55.13x
18	Leiper	24	0.750%	326.09x
19	Loudon	19	0.590%	208.56x
20	Torrance	19	0.590%	134.47x
21	Govan	18	0.560%	308.22x
22	Frame	17	0.530%	83.62x
23	Muter	17	0.530%	1588.79x
24	Wardrope	17	0.530%	539.68x
25	Hutchison	14	0.440%	26.57x
26	Whyte	14	0.440%	25.76x
27	Cochrane	13	0.410%	26.18x
28	Laurie	13	0.410%	47.20x
29	Leggat	13	0.410%	175.20x
30	Mair	13	0.410%	43.89x
31	Barrie	12	0.370%	51.88x
32	Brownlie	12	0.370%	85.53x
33	Plenderleith	12	0.370%	352.94x
34	Letham	11	0.340%	326.41x
35	Stobo	11	0.340%	317.00x
36	Leggate	9	0.280%	396.48x
37	Melvin	9	0.280%	58.33x
38	Biggar	8	0.250%	180.59x
39	Frood	8	0.250%	325.20x
40	Kane	8	0.250%	31.00x
41	Leishman	8	0.250%	73.60x
42	Morran	8	0.250%	200.50x
43	Struthers	8	0.250%	55.83x
44	Wardrop	8	0.250%	109.29x
45	Ballantine	7	0.220%	71.28x
46	Connel	7	0.220%	118.64x
47	Meikle	7	0.220%	30.36x
48	Pailing	7	0.220%	564.52x
49	Vallance	7	0.220%	48.44x
50	Blakley	6	0.190%	234.38x
51	Copland	6	0.190%	33.43x
52	Fallow	6	0.190%	275.23x
53	Gentles	6	0.190%	167.13x
54	Summerville	6	0.190%	306.12x
55	Wyper	6	0.190%	124.48x
56	Hodgen	5	0.160%	352.11x
57	Naismith	5	0.160%	58.62x
58	Pettigrew	5	0.160%	32.13x
59	Scoular	5	0.160%	122.85x
60	Soden	5	0.160%	95.60x
61	Tosh	5	0.160%	69.74x
62	Tudhope	5	0.160%	207.47x
63	Sym	4	0.120%	239.52x
64	Twaddle	4	0.120%	119.76x
65	Affleck	3	0.090%	40.60x
66	Boyde	3	0.090%	69.44x
67	Fairly	3	0.090%	250.00x
68	Haddow	3	0.090%	30.71x
69	Smillie	3	0.090%	47.17x
70	Wotherspoon	3	0.090%	29.44x
71	Crosser	2	0.060%	408.16x
72	Cruthers	2	0.060%	165.29x
73	Cuthill	2	0.060%	31.95x
74	Jardin	2	0.060%	183.49x
75	Pithie	2	0.060%	126.58x
76	Speedy	2	0.060%	85.47x
77	Ballintyne	1	0.030%	87.72x
78	Brockie	1	0.030%	25.97x
79	Crozer	1	0.030%	147.06x
80	Devin	1	0.030%	99.01x
81	Dickey	1	0.030%	77.52x
82	Howieson	1	0.030%	25.25x
83	Hutchieson	1	0.030%	44.05x
84	Karr	1	0.030%	131.58x
85	Lightbody	1	0.030%	17.76x
86	Torrence	1	0.030%	78.74x
87	Westwater	1	0.030%	23.98x
88	Wilkison	1	0.030%	106.38x
89	Yuil	1	0.030%	129.87x