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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 Easten, with 1 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.

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201Easten152.91x
202Edmonston133.67x
203Galagher135.71x
204Gentleman118.25x
205Gilespie150.25x
206Halkett126.18x
207Halliburton126.95x
208Hark162.89x
209Hearty168.49x
210Hynds125.91x
211Inverarity136.76x
212Isard139.22x
213Issac1117.65x
214Keelan142.02x
215Landless135.71x
216Lavy1250.00x
217Liddy140.00x
218Linnen194.34x
219Macdougal166.23x
220Macewen1120.48x
221Mehan190.91x
222Mongan1204.08x
223Nilson120.24x
224Pane117.99x
225Rushford169.44x
226Seath110.52x
227Sharkie190.91x
228Speedie122.03x
229Torbet130.96x
230Whitlaw132.05x
231Wyse113.53x