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 |