Top surnames from the 1881 census in Glenorchy Inishail, Argyll

Glenorchy Inishail is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Argyll

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
CAMPBELL747.880746.57
CAMERON495.218367.14
SINCLAIR444.685890.85
ROBERTSON293.088418.43
MACFARLANE202.1299372.44
MACINTYRE161.7039683.76
DEWAR131.3845106.12
RANKIN131.384593.19
MUNRO131.384531.01
CARMICHAEL121.278089.29
ANDERSON121.27806.47
BLACK111.171518.09
KENNEDY101.065017.66
LEITCH101.0650111.61
BROWN90.95851.45
MACDOUGALL80.8520563.38
CUNNINGHAM80.852018.09
JOHNSTON70.74559.24
RENNIE70.745542.68
SMITH70.74550.53
MACNAB70.7455823.53
BELL70.74553.97
BAIRD60.639029.88
CARSWELL60.6390174.93
MACDONALD60.639016.10
FRASER60.63907.18
DUNN50.53256.40
JACKSON50.53251.91
HARPER50.53258.32
GEORGE50.53259.07
HENDERSON50.53254.90
BUCHANAN40.426016.48
MACARTHUR40.4260353.98
LIVINGSTON40.426047.45
HARRIS40.42601.68
GRIEVE40.426036.76
LIVINGSTONE40.426045.71
COLLIE40.4260119.05
MARQUIS30.3195184.05
THORNTON30.31956.35
MACVEAN30.31954,285.71
STEWART30.31952.04
SWAN30.319512.34
DOWNIE20.213018.17
KEMP20.21303.84
MACEWEN20.21301,666.67
GARDNER20.21303.14
ORR20.213012.64
HODGE20.21308.45
CLARK20.21300.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACVEAN0.949394285.7143
MACEWEN0.949391666.6667
MACNAB0.94939823.5294
MACINTYRE0.94939683.7607
MACDOUGALL0.94939563.3803
KINNISON0.94939416.6667
MACFARLANE0.94939372.4395
MACARTHUR0.94939353.9823
MACKILLOP0.94939277.7778
MACNAUGHTON0.94939250.0000
CAMPELL0.94939222.2222
GILLET0.94939185.1852
MARQUIS0.94939184.0491
CARSWELL0.94939174.9271
HOBB0.94939169.4915
COLLIE0.94939119.0476
LEITCH0.94939111.6071
GILLIS0.94939106.3830
DEWAR0.94939106.1224
RANKIN0.9493993.1900
MACQUEEN0.9493991.7431
SINCLAIR0.9493990.8528
CARMICHAEL0.9493989.2857
CAMBELL0.9493977.2201
BAILIE0.9493976.9231
CRAN0.9493975.1880
CAMERON0.9493967.1417
LIVINGSTON0.9493947.4496
CAMPBELL0.9493946.5672
LIVINGSTONE0.9493945.7143
RENNIE0.9493942.6829
MACMILLAN0.9493938.3142
SCOTLAND0.9493937.3134
GRIEVE0.9493936.7647
MILL0.9493935.3357
MUNRO0.9493931.0115
BAIRD0.9493929.8805
MACLENNAN0.9493928.4900
MACGREGOR0.9493925.5102
FULLERTON0.9493925.1889
JORDON0.9493923.6967
COSGROVE0.9493921.8818
ROBERTSON0.9493918.4303
DOWNIE0.9493918.1653
BLACK0.9493918.0921
CUNNINGHAM0.9493918.0914
KENNEDY0.9493917.6647
BUCHANAN0.9493916.4813
MACPHERSON0.9493916.4474
MACDONALD0.9493916.1031

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 939 people called MACVEAN in Glenorchy Inishail 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 4285.7143 in Glenorchy Inishail means that 4285.7143% of the people in Glenorchy Inishail on census day were called MACVEAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACVEAN 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 MACVEAN 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 MACVEAN 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 MACVEAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.94 in Glenorchy Inishail means that you are 0.94 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACVEAN in Glenorchy Inishail than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Glenorchy Inishail in 1881

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

ANDERSON (12)  MC ARTHUR (5)  MACARTHUR (4)  BAILIE (1)  BAIRD (6)  BELL (7)  BLACK (11)  BOWDEN (1)  BROWN (9)  MC BRAYEN (1)  BRYSON (1)  BUCHANAN (4)  BYRNE (1)  KANE (1)  CAMERON (49)  CAMPBELL (74)  CAMBELL (2)  CAMPELL (1)  CARMICHAEL (12)  CARSWELL (6)  CLARK (2)  MC COLL (9)  MC INTYRE (MC COLL) (2)  COLLIE (4)  CRUICKSHANK (COLLIE) (2)  COLQUHOUN (4)  COLQUHON (1)  COSGROVE (1)  CRAN (1)  CUNNINGHAM (8)  CURRER (2)  CURRIE (1)  DEWAR (13)  DOCHAOD (1)  DOUGLAS (2)  DOVE (1)  DOWNIE (2)  DRYSDALE (1)  DUNN (5)  ELLIOT (JACKSON) (2)  MC PHEE (3)  FERGUSON (2)  FLETCHER (1)  FOY (1)  FRASER (6)  FULLERTON (1)  GARDNER (2)  GEORGE (5)  GILLIS (2)  GILLIES (1)  GILLET (2)  JORDON (1)  GORRIE (1)  GRIEVE (4)  HARDIE (1)  HARPER (5)  HARRIS (4)  HENDERSON (5)  HOBB (1)  HODGE (2)  HOGG (2)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSTON (7)  MC KAY (6)  KEMP (2)  KENNEDY (10)  KINNISON (1)  LEITCH (10)  LINDSAY (1)  LIVINGSTON (4)  LIVINGSTONE (4)  LOW (1)  MACCATTURN (1)  MACOLL (1)  MACQUORQUODALE (1)  MARQUISE (2)  MARQUIS (3)  MARTIN (1)  MATHIESON (1)  MACALISTER (6)  MC CALLUM (9)  MC CALMAN (3)  MACALLUM (2)  MC CICH (1)  MC DONALD (33)  MACDONALD (6)  MC DONELL (1)  MC DOUGALL (15)  MC INTYRE (MAC DOUGALL) (2)  MACDOUGALL (8)  DOWALL (1)  MC EWEN (5)  MACEWEN (2)  MC FARLANE (6)  MACFARLANE (20)  MC FARLAND (1)  MC GILVERAY (1)  MC GILLIVRAY (1)  MC GILP (7)  MC GREGOR (9)  MACGREGOR (1)  MC INNES (7)  MC INTOSH (3)  MC INTYRE (40)  MACINTYRE (16)  MACKAY (1)  MACKENZIE (2)  MC KENZIE (9)  MC KERACHER (1)  MC KILLOP (8)  MACKILLOP (1)  MC KINNON (1)  MC LACHLAN (6)  MC LAREN (3)  MC LEAN (15)  MC LELLAN (1)  MACLENNAN (1)  MACMILLAN (1)  MC NAB (11)  MACNAB (7)  MC NEE (3)  MC NAIR (1)  MACNAUGHTON (1)  MC NAUGHTAN (2)  MC NAUGHTON (5)  MACNIVEN (2)  MC NIVEN (12)  MC PHAIL (3)  MC PHERSON (8)  MACPHERSON (1)  MACQUEEN (1)  MC CRAY (1)  MC VANISH (1)  MC VEAN (14)  MACVEAN (3)  MENZIES (1)  MILL (2)  MORRISON (1)  MUNRO (13)  MC NICOL (24)  MACNICOL (25)  OGILVIE (1)  OGLVIE (1)  ORR (2)  POWSTIE (12)  RANKIN (13)  RANKEN (1)  RENNIE (7)  RHIND (1)  ROBERTSON (29)  RODGER (1)  ROSS (2)  SCOTLAND (1)  SCOTT (2)  SHEPHERD (1)  CRERAR (4)  SINCLAIR (44)  SMITH (7)  SOMERVILLE (1)  STEEL (2)  STEWART (3)  STRACHAN (1)  SWAN (3)  TAYLOR (1)  THORNTON (3)  TYSON (1)  VILLIERS (4)  WELSH (2)  WHITE (1)  WHYTE (1)  WILKIE (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (1)