Top surnames from the 1881 census in Symington, Lanarkshire

Symington 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
MITCHELL245.194825.61
SMITH214.54553.22
BROWN163.46325.25
MOFFAT143.0303167.26
LEAN132.8139970.15
HISLOP122.5974431.65
CRAIG102.164549.29
WATSON102.16459.33
THORBURN102.1645374.53
GRAHAM91.948116.97
MARSHALL91.948111.61
AITKEN91.948174.26
THOMSON91.948114.58
JACKSON81.73166.20
TURNBULL81.731641.09
FORREST81.731667.17
COOK81.73168.72
GRANT81.731617.45
HASTIE71.5152239.73
LANG71.515267.96
PENMAN61.2987198.68
LAING61.298764.66
BARR61.298753.72
HOWIESON61.29871,052.63
TELFER61.2987217.39
VEITCH61.2987196.72
LINDSAY61.298739.84
ROBERTSON61.29877.75
HUNTER61.298712.65
RENTON61.2987212.01
MUIR51.082328.28
PAUL51.082343.25
DAVIDSON51.082312.87
CALLAN51.0823335.57
SPENCE51.082332.72
DONALD51.082353.76
WHITELAW51.0823181.82
GLASGOW51.0823495.05
REID40.86588.24
RAE40.865837.99
YOUNG40.86584.03
JOHNSTON40.865810.73
BELL40.86584.61
CLARKSON40.865832.65
FORSYTH40.865840.57
LINTON30.649478.95
FINLAYSON30.649456.39
BROWNLIE30.6494148.51
WEIR30.649424.98
JOHNSTONE30.649414.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRODDY0.4646210000.0000
HOWIESON0.464621052.6316
LEAN0.46462970.1493
GLASGOW0.46462495.0495
HISLOP0.46462431.6547
THORBURN0.46462374.5318
CALLAN0.46462335.5705
HASTIE0.46462239.7260
BULLOCH0.46462217.3913
GIFFIN0.46462217.3913
TELFER0.46462217.3913
RENTON0.46462212.0141
PENMAN0.46462198.6755
VEITCH0.46462196.7213
WHITELAW0.46462181.8182
MOFFAT0.46462167.2640
BROWNLIE0.46462148.5149
BERTRAM0.46462135.7466
LOCKHART0.4646293.1677
LAUDER0.4646282.3045
LINTON0.4646278.9474
AITKEN0.4646274.2574
LANG0.4646267.9612
FORREST0.4646267.1704
LAING0.4646264.6552
FINLAYSON0.4646256.3910
DONALD0.4646253.7634
BARR0.4646253.7153
CRAIG0.4646249.2854
CALDER0.4646246.4396
PAUL0.4646243.2526
WIGHT0.4646242.0168
TURNBULL0.4646241.0889
FORSYTH0.4646240.5680
LINDSAY0.4646239.8406
HARKNESS0.4646238.6100
GOLD0.4646238.0228
RAE0.4646237.9867
SPENCE0.4646232.7225
CLARKSON0.4646232.6531
RENWICK0.4646231.7460
RODGER0.4646230.8166
GILCHRIST0.4646229.5421
MUIR0.4646228.2805
BRUNTON0.4646227.5482
RIDDELL0.4646225.7732
MITCHELL0.4646225.6082
WEIR0.4646224.9792
CULLEN0.4646224.6914
HALLIDAY0.4646220.9424

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 462 people called BRODDY in Symington 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 10000.0000 in Symington means that 10000.0000% of the people in Symington on census day were called BRODDY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRODDY 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 BRODDY 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 BRODDY 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 BRODDY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Symington means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRODDY in Symington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Symington in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (2)  ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (1)  AITKEN (9)  BARR (6)  BELL (4)  BERTRAM (3)  BRODDY (1)  BROWN (16)  BROWNLIE (3)  BRUNTON (1)  BULLOCH (2)  CAIRNS (1)  CALDER (3)  CLARK (1)  CLARKSON (4)  COOK (8)  CRAIG (10)  CULLEN (2)  DAVIDSON (5)  DICKSON (1)  FINLAYSON (3)  FLEMING (1)  FORBES (1)  FORREST (8)  FORSYTH (4)  GIFFIN (1)  GILCHRIST (2)  GLASGOW (5)  GOLD (1)  GRAHAM (9)  GRANT (8)  HALL (1)  HALLIDAY (2)  HAMILTON (1)  HARKNESS (1)  HASTIE (7)  HISLOP (12)  HOWIESON (6)  HUNTER (6)  INGLIS (1)  JACKSON (8)  JOHNSTONE (3)  JOHNSTON (4)  MC KAY (2)  MC KENDRICK (17)  LEAN (13)  LANG (7)  LAING (6)  LAUDER (2)  LILLICO (1)  LINDSAY (6)  LINTON (3)  LOCKHART (3)  LOGAN (1)  LITHGOW (2)  MARSHALL (9)  MARTIN (1)  CALLAN (5)  DONALD (5)  MC FARLANE (2)  MC GHIE (1)  MC KELLAR (1)  MEEK (1)  MELVILLE (1)  MITCHELL (24)  MOFFAT (14)  MUIR (5)  NEWBIGGING (5)  PARK (1)  PAUL (5)  PENMAN (6)  PLENDERLEITH (9)  RAE (4)  REID (4)  RENTON (6)  RENWICK (1)  RIDDELL (1)  ROBERTSON (6)  RODGER (2)  RUSSELL (1)  SAIDLER (3)  SCOTT (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (21)  SPENCE (5)  STERUCK (1)  STODART (1)  TELFER (6)  THOMSON (9)  THORBURN (10)  TERVIT (1)  TURNBULL (8)  TURNER (1)  VEITCH (6)  WATSON (10)  WAUGH (1)  WEIR (3)  WHITE (1)  WIGHT (1)  WHITELAW (5)  WILSON (1)  YOUNG (4)