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1881 census place

West Greenock surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in West Greenock, 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

1,252 surnames are listed for West Greenock, Renfrewshire, covering 24,209 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Parkhill, with 9 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in West Greenock

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
501Parkhill944.82x
502Poustie9120.64x
503Rattray94.53x
504Ronson922.33x
505Russel93.21x
506Shanks92.91x
507Thaw950.25x
508Tierney95.37x
509Wark918.37x
510Winton95.91x
511Younger94.09x
512Alcorn825.20x
513Brisland844.32x
514Brome8115.61x
515Byers83.80x
516Caird89.68x
517Charters87.21x
518Dempsey83.14x
519Doherty82.41x
520Drennan814.56x
521Duffey85.49x
522Duthie83.67x
523Fergusson83.89x
524Fife87.40x
525Flanigan811.40x
526Folley89.18x
527Fotheringham84.68x
528Gemmel821.92x
529Getty848.72x
530Gilles813.13x
531Gormley816.85x
532Greenlaw829.34x
533Gush831.87x
534Hanna812.44x
535Hector811.77x
536Kinnaird811.21x
537Kinnell824.57x
538Laverty813.37x
539Leask84.79x
540Mahan858.39x
541Mains812.01x
542Malone82.46x
543Mckay88.22x
544Mckenzie85.89x
545More82.53x
546Odonnel830.55x
547Paden858.95x
548Peddie87.38x
549Pigott85.14x
550Polson88.48x
551Sime84.91x
552Speirs85.03x
553Sweenie822.59x
554Wymer822.50x
555Armit721.06x
556Atcheson756.68x
557Ballantyne72.27x
558Bankhead787.39x
559Bendell720.72x
560Berryman73.10x
561Bickell719.69x
562Brittlebank741.94x
563Cambridge75.63x
564Carrigan78.83x
565Carrol73.80x
566Carstairs710.44x
567Clelland76.24x
568Comrie710.57x
569Dalrymple73.96x
570Deas75.87x
571Denney77.13x
572Diver79.28x
573Dorian767.90x
574Dowds762.17x
575Fernie75.77x
576Ferrie79.52x
577Forester75.98x
578Frew73.43x
579Friel725.16x
580Goldie72.77x
581Gowans75.35x
582Haggarty78.94x
583Handyside712.22x
584Haxton711.70x
585Holan7258.30x
586Holdon742.30x
587Hutchieson724.33x
588Isbister712.87x
589Jeffers719.92x
590Justice76.79x
591Knaggs76.67x
592Lappin722.14x
593Lightbody79.81x
594Lochhead79.55x
595Mcarthur749.61x
596Meldrum72.74x
597Meyer75.30x
598Moodie73.67x
599Muirhead72.23x
600Muldoon78.74x