1881 census place

Whitburn surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Whitburn, West Lothian 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

231 surnames are listed for Whitburn, West Lothian, covering 2,747 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thomson, with 137 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Whitburn

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	Thomson	137	2.16%	16.13x
2	Russell	115	1.81%	14.82x
3	Weir	75	1.18%	45.37x
4	Black	71	1.12%	17.25x
5	Reid	66	1.04%	9.89x
6	Meek	61	0.960%	82.54x
7	Bryce	59	0.930%	92.75x
8	Muir	58	0.910%	23.84x
9	Calder	56	0.880%	63.01x
10	Sommerville	52	0.820%	207.50x
11	Hamilton	50	0.790%	10.49x
12	Ramsay	45	0.710%	27.49x
13	Donaldson	43	0.680%	23.72x
14	Forsyth	43	0.680%	31.71x
15	Greenhorn	42	0.660%	990.57x
16	Bishop	40	0.630%	9.01x
17	Johnstone	39	0.610%	13.58x
18	Forrest	33	0.520%	20.14x
19	Waugh	32	0.500%	36.94x
20	Cowan	31	0.490%	23.91x
21	Dunlop	30	0.470%	29.29x
22	Nimmo	30	0.470%	105.97x
23	Prentice	29	0.460%	38.76x
24	Millar	28	0.440%	12.07x
25	Tennant	27	0.420%	39.79x
26	Pringle	26	0.410%	25.97x
27	Galloway	23	0.360%	21.01x
28	Clarkson	22	0.350%	13.05x
29	Livingston	22	0.350%	38.54x
30	Livingstone	22	0.350%	37.12x
31	Brannan	21	0.330%	48.86x
32	Chalmers	21	0.330%	13.88x
33	Finlay	20	0.310%	30.66x
34	Shanks	20	0.310%	41.38x
35	Tweedie	20	0.310%	81.60x
36	Dewar	19	0.300%	22.92x
37	Mackie	19	0.300%	13.98x
38	Neilson	19	0.300%	21.21x
39	Whitfield	19	0.300%	14.97x
40	Hendry	18	0.280%	17.88x
41	Mullen	18	0.280%	29.62x
42	Steven	18	0.280%	37.38x
43	Aitchison	17	0.270%	38.16x
44	Clelland	17	0.270%	96.87x
45	Fordyce	17	0.270%	123.01x
46	Gillon	17	0.270%	104.55x
47	Laing	17	0.270%	13.31x
48	Loch	17	0.270%	342.05x
49	Easton	16	0.250%	16.60x
50	Yeardley	16	0.250%	239.16x
51	Fell	15	0.240%	16.80x
52	Hair	15	0.240%	60.51x
53	Lawrie	15	0.240%	24.64x
54	Meikle	15	0.240%	32.79x
55	Britton	14	0.220%	12.44x
56	Mooney	14	0.220%	18.97x
57	Murnin	14	0.220%	2641.51x
58	Purdie	14	0.220%	53.29x
59	Barrie	13	0.200%	28.35x
60	Combe	13	0.200%	90.22x
61	Brownlie	12	0.190%	43.13x
62	Callaghan	12	0.190%	16.67x
63	Geddes	12	0.190%	15.75x
64	Kearney	12	0.190%	40.68x
65	Malcolm	12	0.190%	14.36x
66	Melvin	12	0.190%	39.22x
67	Bonnar	11	0.170%	127.61x
68	Brownlee	11	0.170%	50.07x
69	Falconer	11	0.170%	14.51x
70	Reilly	11	0.170%	16.30x
71	Stirling	11	0.170%	13.32x
72	Topping	11	0.170%	25.15x
73	Crichton	10	0.160%	18.44x
74	Doonan	10	0.160%	367.65x
75	Ferns	10	0.160%	73.05x
76	Hastie	10	0.160%	24.85x
77	Macguire	10	0.160%	287.36x
78	Sangster	10	0.160%	32.91x
79	Strang	10	0.160%	35.06x
80	Carlaw	9	0.140%	461.54x
81	Gatenby	9	0.140%	61.02x
82	Harkness	9	0.140%	25.27x
83	Harrigan	9	0.140%	102.16x
84	Howison	9	0.140%	235.60x
85	Larkin	9	0.140%	15.76x
86	Peggie	9	0.140%	258.62x
87	Phair	9	0.140%	303.03x
88	Smellie	9	0.140%	31.98x
89	Waddell	9	0.140%	15.95x
90	Wardrope	9	0.140%	144.23x
91	Wheelan	9	0.140%	156.52x
92	Wyper	9	0.140%	94.24x
93	Carrick	8	0.130%	17.50x
94	Cowen	8	0.130%	22.94x
95	Giffen	8	0.130%	155.04x
96	Haddow	8	0.130%	41.28x
97	Leishman	8	0.130%	37.11x
98	Loy	8	0.130%	143.37x
99	Mullan	8	0.130%	69.44x
100	Newlands	8	0.130%	31.15x