Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dunbartonshire

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
CAMPBELL1,2701.61779.56
SMITH9221.17440.83
STEWART8561.09046.97
WILSON7470.95152.07
BROWN7460.95021.44
CAMERON6430.819010.54
THOMSON6360.81016.06
ROBERTSON5750.73244.37
MILLER5650.71974.02
GRAHAM5420.69046.01
BUCHANAN5340.680226.32
WALKER4530.57701.72
MURRAY4160.52994.27
ANDERSON4150.52862.68
REID3840.48914.66
SCOTT3700.47131.86
WATSON3650.46492.00
FERGUSON3530.44966.34
STIRLING3350.426732.84
KERR3310.42167.73
YOUNG3230.41141.92
KENNEDY3130.39876.61
PATERSON3080.39235.77
CLARK3060.38981.30
WALLACE2900.36945.39
DOCHERTY2870.365624.58
HENDERSON2800.35673.28
TAYLOR2800.35670.56
HAMILTON2790.35544.74
ALLAN2770.35285.62
CRAIG2760.35168.01
GRAY2630.33502.35
KELLY2590.32993.01
STEVENSON2580.32864.68
MORRISON2550.32484.13
MARTIN2520.32101.30
MARSHALL2520.32101.91
WHITE2480.31590.98
ROSS2450.31212.86
WEIR2440.310811.95
CUNNINGHAM2410.30706.52
MITCHELL2410.30701.51
LANG2380.303213.60
BELL2330.29681.58
BLACK2310.29424.54
AITKEN2280.290411.07
HUNTER2180.27772.70
BURNS2160.27514.10
SINCLAIR2110.26885.21
LOGAN2030.258610.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KINLOCH74.221290.1643
BULLOCH70.051100.1401
HAGGARTY34.38520.0662
STIRLING32.843350.4267
JARVIE30.09620.0790
URE28.71700.0892
BUCHANAN26.325340.6802
DOCHERTY24.582870.3656
GLEN24.321890.2407
FAULDS23.79570.0726
RALSTON23.46620.0790
EWING21.831580.2013
JARDINE20.641510.1923
GALLACHER20.091360.1732
CONNELLY19.201400.1783
SEMPLE18.71700.0892
COYLE18.38980.1248
MULHOLLAND17.48510.0650
KEIR16.82660.0841
HUTCHESON16.63670.0853
GALBRAITH16.161160.1478
KIRKWOOD15.641110.1414
MACFARLANE15.59700.0892
LENNOX14.81690.0879
BLACKWOOD14.42660.0841
MEIKLE13.81780.0994
LANG13.602380.3032
NIVEN13.55740.0943
MELVIN13.49510.0650
STARK13.301430.1822
GOURLAY13.10570.0726
BRYSON12.79770.0981
RENNIE12.691740.2216
MAITLAND12.37630.0802
GILLIES12.291380.1758
TOOLE12.26520.0662
DAVIE12.17880.1121
WHITELAW11.97560.0713
WEIR11.952440.3108
HOWIE11.17860.1095
CONNOLLY11.081010.1287
AITKEN11.072280.2904
KANE10.91690.0879
LOGAN10.902030.2586
GILLESPIE10.841350.1720
PATON10.761890.2407
RODGER10.691180.1503
MONTGOMERY10.681330.1694
CAMERON10.546430.8190
ORR10.281360.1732

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 129 people called KINLOCH in Dunbartonshire at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 0.1643 in Dunbartonshire means that 0.1643% of the people in Dunbartonshire on census day were called KINLOCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KINLOCH in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called KINLOCH as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called KINLOCH here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called KINLOCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 74.22 in Dunbartonshire means that you are 74.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KINLOCH in Dunbartonshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Dunbartonshire comprises 12 registration districts

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