Most Common Anglican Surnames in Ireland in 1901

List of the most common Anglican surnames in Ireland in 1901. Each surname is followed by the number of people recorded with this religion and surname in the census.

Note: It was common for people to have the first letter of their surname entered into the census in place of their surname, if for example they were residents in a workhouse or a military base. For this reason, single letters may appear in the rankings.

1 JOHNSTON 5,330
2 WILSON 5,011
3 THOMPSON 4,109
4 MOORE 3,570
5 SMITH 3,351
6 ROBINSON 3,121
7 HAMILTON 3,003
8 ARMSTRONG 2,960
9 BROWN 2,873
10 GRAHAM 2,860
11 SCOTT 2,787
12 CAMPBELL 2,718
13 TAYLOR 2,656
14 SMYTH 2,651
15 STEWART 2,618
16 CLARKE 2,482
17 BELL 2,403
18 MARTIN 2,247
19 WALKER 2,136
20 ANDERSON 2,037
21 JONES 1,972
22 ALLEN 1,930
23 WHITE 1,911
24 HALL 1,895
25 WATSON 1,887
26 PATTERSON 1,859
27 REID 1,824
28 WRIGHT 1,805
29 ELLIOTT 1,734
30 BOYD 1,636
31 KERR 1,618
32 B 1,586
33 IRWIN 1,584
34 HILL 1,581
35 YOUNG 1,564
36 KELLY 1,557
37 JACKSON 1,535
38 MURPHY 1,478
39 KENNEDY 1,398
40 C 1,381
41 H 1,360
42 S 1,356
43 CRAWFORD 1,295
44 MITCHELL 1,295
45 M 1,275
46 WOODS 1,266
47 MONTGOMERY 1,265
48 WILLIAMS 1,265
49 GIBSON 1,257
50 W 1,233
51 FERGUSON 1,230
52 BLACK 1,228
53 MORROW 1,227
54 DAVIS 1,222
55 HUGHES 1,195
56 WALLACE 1,173
57 MORRISON 1,161
58 BROWNE 1,158
59 HENDERSON 1,155
60 MAGEE 1,148
61 NEILL 1,112
62 CRAIG 1,107
63 HUNTER 1,092
64 WILLIAMSON 1,088
65 MILLS 1,052
66 EVANS 1,040
67 GORDON 1,009
68 STEVENSON 1,007
69 CARSON 1,003
70 MILLER 998
71 ROSS 993
72 WEIR 985
73 RUSSELL 978
74 SHAW 978
75 IRVINE 973
76 ORR 969
77 RICHARDSON 956
78 MACCONNELL 953
79 SIMPSON 950
80 PORTER 943
81 MURRAY 929
82 BEATTIE 926
83 MACDOWELL 894
84 GREER 889
85 ADAMS 887
86 MACKEOWN 886
87 COOKE 882
88 HARRISON 881
89 WALSH 880
90 KING 879
91 FLEMING 872
92 GRAY 856
93 ATKINSON 831
94 BURNS 823
95 NIXON 817
96 HEWITT 810
97 NELSON 809
98 HANNA 807
99 MARSHALL 807
100 CHAMBERS 801