Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dolphinton, Lanarkshire

Dolphinton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lanarkshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
BLACK154.966976.69
AITKEN134.3046164.14
BROWN123.97356.03
KAY113.642470.11
GRAY92.980120.87
SMITH92.98012.11
BOYD82.649075.54
WATSON72.31799.99
SOMERVILLE72.3179278.88
PRENTICE72.3179197.18
GRANGER72.3179226.54
FRIER72.31791,147.54
REID61.986818.92
FORREST61.986877.02
WHITE61.98686.18
COWAN61.986897.40
FRASER51.655618.60
RITCHIE51.655647.94
DUNLOP51.6556102.67
RENWICK51.6556242.72
BERTRAM41.3245277.78
GLADSON41.324513,333.33
PENMAN41.3245202.02
COUPER41.3245296.30
LINTON41.3245161.29
DICKSON30.993426.83
STEVENSON30.993414.16
RUSSELL30.99348.14
CRANSTON30.9934245.90
STEVEN30.9934131.00
MUIR30.993425.95
SCOTT20.66232.62
MILLAR20.662318.15
CORE20.6623465.12
HUTCHISON10.331120.12
FORDYCE10.3311151.52
HADDOW10.3311108.70
RODGERS10.331112.09
LOCKHART10.331147.62
TENNANT10.331131.06
GRAHAM10.33112.88
CUNNINGHAM10.33117.03
KERR10.33116.07
BARRIE10.331145.87
IRELAND10.331114.27
ALLAN10.33115.27
MOSS10.33115.37
CALDWELL10.331121.14
WHITTON10.331154.05
HOGG10.33119.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GLADSON0.3030213333.3333
FRIER0.303021147.5410
CORE0.30302465.1163
HANNIGAN0.30302400.0000
COUPER0.30302296.2963
SOMERVILLE0.30302278.8845
BERTRAM0.30302277.7778
CRANSTON0.30302245.9016
RENWICK0.30302242.7184
GRANGER0.30302226.5372
PENMAN0.30302202.0202
PRENTICE0.30302197.1831
AITKEN0.30302164.1414
LINTON0.30302161.2903
FORDYCE0.30302151.5152
LOCKIE0.30302144.9275
SUMMER0.30302144.9275
STEVEN0.30302131.0044
BLACKLEY0.30302121.9512
HADDOW0.30302108.6957
LECKIE0.30302105.2632
DUNLOP0.30302102.6694
COWAN0.3030297.4026
FORREST0.3030277.0218
BLACK0.3030276.6871
BOYD0.3030275.5430
KAY0.3030270.1083
PETTIGREW0.3030268.0272
WHITTON0.3030254.0541
RITCHIE0.3030247.9386
LOCKHART0.3030247.6190
BARRIE0.3030245.8716
GOSS0.3030238.0228
TENNANT0.3030231.0559
BEATON0.3030228.8184
FINLAYSON0.3030228.7356
DICKSON0.3030226.8336
MUIR0.3030225.9516
GARLAND0.3030225.0000
CALDWELL0.3030221.1416
GRAY0.3030220.8720
HUTCHISON0.3030220.1207
INGLIS0.3030219.8413
STRACHAN0.3030219.1939
REID0.3030218.9155
FRASER0.3030218.6012
MOFFAT0.3030218.2815
MILLAR0.3030218.1488
JACK0.3030215.5763
DICK0.3030214.8368

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 302 people called GLADSON in Dolphinton 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 13333.3333 in Dolphinton means that 13333.3333% of the people in Dolphinton on census day were called GLADSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GLADSON 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 GLADSON 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 GLADSON 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 GLADSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Dolphinton means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GLADSON in Dolphinton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dolphinton in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  AITKEN (13)  BEATON (1)  BELL (1)  BARRIE (1)  BERTRAM (4)  BLACK (15)  CLAMISON (BLACK) (2)  BLACKLEY (1)  BOYD (8)  BRYNS (1)  BROWN (12)  CALDWELL (1)  CORE (2)  CAUTHBART (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLAMISOM (1)  COLLVILLE (1)  COUPER (4)  COWAN (6)  CRANSTON (3)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DICK (1)  DECHMAN (7)  DICKSON (3)  DUNLOP (5)  FRASER (DUNLOP) (10)  FINLAYSON (1)  FORDYCE (1)  FORREST (6)  ROBERTSON (FORREST) (2)  FRASER (5)  FRIER (7)  GARLAND (1)  MC GILL (1)  GLADSON (4)  GOATSTRAW (1)  GORDON (1)  GOSS (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRANGER (7)  GRAY (9)  GREENSHIELDS (1)  HADDOW (1)  HANNIGAN (1)  HOGG (1)  HUTCHISON (1)  INGLIS (1)  INGILS (1)  IRELAND (1)  JACK (1)  JONSTON (2)  KAY (11)  KAY (WATSON) (2)  MC KAY (8)  KERR (1)  LECKIE (1)  LINTON (4)  LOCKHART (1)  LOCKIE (1)  LITHGOW (1)  MARTIN (1)  MC DONALD (2)  MC GILVIARY (3)  MC MORRAN (1)  MC PHERSON (1)  MILLAR (2)  MOFFAT (1)  MUIR (3)  MOSS (1)  MURRAY (1)  NEWLANDS (5)  PENMAN (4)  PERRIE (1)  PETTIGREW (1)  PRENTICE (7)  REID (6)  RENWICK (5)  RITCHIE (5)  RODGERS (1)  ROSS (1)  RUSSELL (3)  WATSON (RUSSELL) (2)  SCOTT (2)  SMITH (9)  SOMERVILLE (7)  STEEL (1)  STEVEN (3)  STEVENSON (3)  STRACHAN (1)  SUMMER (1)  TENNANT (1)  THOMPSON (WATSON) (2)  TODD (1)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (7)  WHITE (6)  WHITTON (1)