From the 1881 census, a list was later compiled of the most common and popular names found in Blantyre. The most popular name was Smith, closely followed by Kelly, then Wilson. Looking through the list, there are many prominent and well known Blantyre family names in there! Maybe one is yours?! The list below details the number of people and what percentage of the population of Blantyre those families represented at that time.

1	Smith	122	1.24
2	Kelly	104	1.06
3	Wilson	97	0.99
4	Thomson	89	0.90
5	Brown	87	0.88
6	Paterson	84	0.85
7	Robertson	83	0.84
8	Watson	80	0.81
9	Struthers	71	0.72
10	Scott	67	0.68
11	Stewart	66	0.67
12	Ferguson	64	0.65
13	Burns	63	0.64
14	Miller	62	0.63
15	Russell	62	0.63
16	Muir	62	0.63
17	Jackson	61	0.62
18	McDonald	61	0.62
19	Campbell	59	0.60
20	Anderson	57	0.58
21	Allan	56	0.57
22	Murray	51	0.52
23	Young	50	0.51
24	Hamilton	50	0.51
25	Clark	48	0.49
26	Black	46	0.47
27	Kerr	46	0.47
28	Reid	45	0.46
29	Morrison	45	0.46
30	Cameron	44	0.45
31	McMillan	44	0.45
32	Craig	42	0.43
33	Dickson	42	0.43
34	McKie	39	0.40
35	McDougall	39	0.40
36	Neilson	39	0.40
37	Murphy	38	0.39
38	Forrest	38	0.39
39	Bell	36	0.37
40	Gibson	36	0.37
41	McFarlane	36	0.37
42	McCallum	36	0.37
43	Walker	35	0.36
44	White	35	0.36
45	Maxwell	35	0.36
46	Lyon	35	0.36
47	McKay	34	0.35
48	Higgins	34	0.35
49	Speirs	34	0.35
50	Weir	32	0.33
51	McQuade	32	0.33
52	Aitkenhead	32	0.33
53	Martin	31	0.32
54	Kennedy	31	0.32
55	Todd	31	0.32
56	Frame	31	0.32
57	Shaw	30	0.31
58	Connelly	30	0.31
59	Napier	30	0.31
60	Kyle	30	0.31
61	Naismith	30	0.31
62	Dunsmore	30	0.31
63	Graham	29	0.29
64	Cunningham	29	0.29
65	Boyle	29	0.29
66	Chalmers	29	0.29
67	McGuire	29	0.29
68	Sharp	28	0.28
69	McIntyre	28	0.28
70	Barr	28	0.28
71	Malone	28	0.28
72	Semple	28	0.28
73	Mann	27	0.27
74	Paton	27	0.27
75	Duffy	26	0.26
76	Simpson	25	0.25
77	Hunter	25	0.25
78	McLean	25	0.25
79	Welsh	25	0.25
80	Currie	25	0.25
81	Cummings	25	0.25
82	Rooney	25	0.25
83	McDade	25	0.25
84	Mitchell	24	0.24
85	Gray	24	0.24
86	Davidson	24	0.24
87	Stevenson	24	0.24
88	Crawford	24	0.24
89	Christie	24	0.24
90	Baird	24	0.24
91	Downie	24	0.24
92	Hughes	23	0.23
93	Millar	23	0.23
94	McKenna	23	0.23
95	Laird	23	0.23
96	McKinlay	23	0.23
97	McNair	23	0.23
98	Arbuckle	23	0.23
99	Henderson	22	0.22
100	Harper	22	0.22