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 Penman, with 8 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
101	Penman	8	0.130%	19.24x
102	Polland	8	0.130%	333.33x
103	Runciman	8	0.130%	112.20x
104	Russel	8	0.130%	18.24x
105	Storry	8	0.130%	100.00x
106	Tully	8	0.130%	23.50x
107	Whitefield	8	0.130%	60.98x
108	Whiteford	8	0.130%	47.48x
109	Aikman	7	0.110%	53.27x
110	Broadly	7	0.110%	125.90x
111	Cleland	7	0.110%	41.64x
112	Edmiston	7	0.110%	117.85x
113	Harkins	7	0.110%	48.71x
114	Keddie	7	0.110%	36.80x
115	Legget	7	0.110%	155.56x
116	Loudon	7	0.110%	38.76x
117	Ostler	7	0.110%	52.01x
118	Struthers	7	0.110%	24.63x
119	Bannatyne	6	0.090%	78.33x
120	Beatty	6	0.090%	63.56x
121	Broadie	6	0.090%	245.90x
122	Brockie	6	0.090%	78.53x
123	Carline	6	0.090%	52.63x
124	Conlin	6	0.090%	50.76x
125	Dally	6	0.090%	47.77x
126	Ferry	6	0.090%	29.88x
127	Haston	6	0.090%	115.38x
128	Heaps	6	0.090%	21.68x
129	Merton	6	0.090%	83.45x
130	Pender	6	0.090%	29.06x
131	Dyet	5	0.080%	161.29x
132	Frame	5	0.080%	12.40x
133	Hailstones	5	0.080%	261.78x
134	Jarvey	5	0.080%	413.22x
135	Macmillan	5	0.080%	28.34x
136	Meechan	5	0.080%	78.74x
137	Mutter	5	0.080%	51.12x
138	Sneddon	5	0.080%	13.21x
139	Sorbie	5	0.080%	111.11x
140	Tobin	5	0.080%	19.63x
141	Calderhead	4	0.060%	98.77x
142	Cherrey	4	0.060%	408.16x
143	Conlon	4	0.060%	28.78x
144	Cusick	4	0.060%	54.64x
145	Flemington	4	0.060%	130.72x
146	Forgie	4	0.060%	55.10x
147	Gilles	4	0.060%	41.97x
148	Hickie	4	0.060%	138.41x
149	Macneil	4	0.060%	92.81x
150	Mellish	4	0.060%	29.59x
151	Proven	4	0.060%	128.21x
152	Ronaldson	4	0.060%	42.74x
153	Salmond	4	0.060%	29.92x
154	Waterston	4	0.060%	43.43x
155	Bennie	3	0.050%	17.07x
156	Braddy	3	0.050%	102.39x
157	Bready	3	0.050%	120.97x
158	Carn	3	0.050%	58.14x
159	Caston	3	0.050%	48.39x
160	Connachan	3	0.050%	300.00x
161	Crilly	3	0.050%	83.10x
162	Drinnan	3	0.050%	71.77x
163	Eddie	3	0.050%	32.57x
164	Gibney	3	0.050%	71.77x
165	Girdwood	3	0.050%	37.59x
166	Greenshields	3	0.050%	26.43x
167	Haggerty	3	0.050%	25.51x
168	Lam	3	0.050%	454.55x
169	Lamkin	3	0.050%	123.97x
170	Lind	3	0.050%	27.83x
171	Logie	3	0.050%	16.25x
172	Mains	3	0.050%	28.79x
173	Ormiston	3	0.050%	16.42x
174	Seggie	3	0.050%	86.21x
175	Service	3	0.050%	19.44x
176	Callander	2	0.030%	15.44x
177	Darroch	2	0.030%	12.06x
178	Dowdle	2	0.030%	60.42x
179	Fleck	2	0.030%	27.82x
180	Gemmel	2	0.030%	35.03x
181	Gentles	2	0.030%	28.13x
182	Laverty	2	0.030%	21.37x
183	Leggat	2	0.030%	13.60x
184	Merlin	2	0.030%	188.68x
185	Piggot	2	0.030%	33.78x
186	Wardlaw	2	0.030%	17.32x
187	Yuill	2	0.030%	14.84x
188	Allardice	1	0.020%	11.90x
189	Balloch	1	0.020%	22.68x
190	Barrowman	1	0.020%	11.44x
191	Bookless	1	0.020%	28.57x
192	Brodley	1	0.020%	40.65x
193	Buchannan	1	0.020%	11.16x
194	Colgan	1	0.020%	18.76x
195	Corr	1	0.020%	19.65x
196	Dalling	1	0.020%	12.74x
197	Dever	1	0.020%	64.52x
198	Dogan	1	0.020%	526.32x
199	Doughan	1	0.020%	105.26x
200	Drennan	1	0.020%	11.63x