Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wandell Lamington, Lanarkshire

Wandell Lamington 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
BROWN247.594911.52
WATSON226.962030.01
GIBSON154.746839.10
FORREST123.7975147.24
TELFER113.4810582.01
RANKIN103.1646213.22
HUDSON92.848134.79
MITCHELL82.531612.48
CARRICK82.5316352.42
LINDSAY72.215267.96
ROBB72.2152128.21
GEDDES72.2152184.70
DENHOLM72.2152530.30
AITKEN72.215284.44
BLACK61.898729.33
JACKSON61.89876.79
MOFFAT61.8987104.90
ANDERSON61.89879.61
WIGHTMAN51.5823240.38
WALLACE51.582323.11
FORDYCE51.5823724.64
HAMILTON51.582321.09
YUILL51.5823746.27
LAUDER41.2658240.96
INCH41.2658444.44
SMITH41.26580.90
RUSSELL41.265810.37
ROBERTSON41.26587.55
WEBSTER30.949410.92
COTTER30.9494250.00
PORTEOUS30.9494142.18
CALLAN30.9494294.12
FRENCH30.949419.44
DEMPSTER30.9494135.14
HADDOW30.9494312.50
JACK20.632929.76
STEWART20.63294.05
HENDERSON20.63295.82
SCOTT20.63292.50
TWEEDIE20.6329163.93
TAIT20.632921.51
WHYTE20.632937.31
COCKBURN20.632949.63
WEIR20.632924.33
VEITCH10.316548.08
CAMPBELL10.31651.87
YOUNG10.31651.47
JOHNSTONE10.31657.00
NEILSON10.316522.47
BROWNLEE10.316591.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
YUILL0.32316746.2687
FORDYCE0.32316724.6377
TELFER0.32316582.0106
DENHOLM0.32316530.3030
INCH0.32316444.4444
CARRICK0.32316352.4229
HADDOW0.32316312.5000
CALLAN0.32316294.1176
COTTER0.32316250.0000
LAUDER0.32316240.9639
WIGHTMAN0.32316240.3846
RANKIN0.32316213.2196
GEDDES0.32316184.6966
TWEEDIE0.32316163.9344
FORREST0.32316147.2393
WARNOCK0.32316144.9275
PORTEOUS0.32316142.1801
DEMPSTER0.32316135.1351
ROBB0.32316128.2051
ORMISTON0.32316109.8901
MOFFAT0.32316104.8951
MASTERTON0.3231698.0392
BROWNLEE0.3231691.7431
AITKEN0.3231684.4391
BLACKIE0.3231676.9231
STRANG0.3231670.4225
LINDSAY0.3231667.9612
GOLD0.3231655.5556
COCKBURN0.3231649.6278
VEITCH0.3231648.0769
JERVIS0.3231641.1523
BRUNTON0.3231640.3226
GIBSON0.3231639.1032
WHYTE0.3231637.3134
HUDSON0.3231634.7893
WATSON0.3231630.0136
JACK0.3231629.7619
BLACK0.3231629.3255
WEIR0.3231624.3309
CARRUTHERS0.3231623.9234
WALLACE0.3231623.1054
WISEMAN0.3231623.0415
NEILSON0.3231622.4719
TAIT0.3231621.5054
HAMILTON0.3231621.0881
FRENCH0.3231619.4426
DODDS0.3231615.0376
LANG0.3231614.2045
DICK0.3231614.1844
MAXWELL0.3231613.3156

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 316 people called YUILL in Wandell Lamington 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 746.2687 in Wandell Lamington means that 746.2687% of the people in Wandell Lamington on census day were called YUILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called YUILL 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 YUILL 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 YUILL 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 YUILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Wandell Lamington means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of YUILL in Wandell Lamington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wandell Lamington in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ANDERSON (6)  AITKEN (7)  BELL (1)  BLACK (6)  BLAKELAW (1)  BLACKLY (3)  BLACKIE (1)  BROWN (24)  BROWNLEE (1)  BRUNTON (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARRICK (8)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CLARKSON (1)  COCKBURN (2)  CONNAR (1)  COTTER (3)  DEMPSTER (3)  DENHOLM (7)  DICK (1)  DODDS (1)  MC PHEE (4)  FORDYCE (5)  FORREST (12)  FRENCH (3)  GEDDES (7)  GIBSON (15)  MC GILL (1)  GOLD (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREENSHIELDS (1)  HADDOW (3)  HAMILTON (5)  HENDERSON (2)  HUDSON (9)  HUTCHIESON (1)  INCH (4)  JACK (2)  JACKSON (6)  JERVIS (1)  JOHNSTONE (1)  KERR (1)  LANG (1)  LAUDER (4)  LEES (1)  LINDSAY (7)  LITHGOW (1)  MASTERTON (1)  MAXWELL (1)  CALLAN (3)  MC OWAN (1)  MC FARLANE (1)  MC LEAN (4)  MC RAE (1)  MITCHELL (8)  MOFFAT (6)  MORGAN (1)  NEILSON (1)  ORMISTON (1)  PILLANS (2)  PORTEOUS (3)  RANKIN (10)  REID (1)  ROBB (7)  ROBERTSON (4)  RUSSELL (4)  SCOTT (2)  SINCLAIR (1)  SMITH (4)  STEWART (2)  STRANG (1)  TAIT (2)  TELFER (11)  THOMSON (1)  TWEEDIE (2)  VEITCH (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (5)  WARNOCK (1)  WATSON (22)  WEIR (2)  WEBSTER (3)  WHYTE (2)  WIGHTMAN (5)  WISEMAN (1)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (1)  YUILL (5)