Top surnames from the 1881 census in Morven, Argyll

Morven 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
CAMERON11914.1163181.62
CAMPBELL252.965617.52
PATERSON192.253933.12
PALMER131.542113.08
ROBERTSON121.42358.50
SCOTT111.30495.16
CURRIE101.186242.16
DEMPSTER101.1862168.63
LIVINGSTONE91.0676114.50
BLACK91.067616.49
CUMMING91.067655.97
FLETCHER91.06769.35
MORRISON91.067613.58
COWAN91.067652.36
LIVINGSTON80.9490105.68
FERGUSON80.949013.39
HENDERSON80.94908.73
SINCLAIR80.949018.40
ROSS80.94908.68
BEATTIE70.830438.80
GRAHAM70.83047.23
FRASER70.83049.33
CLARKE60.71173.51
GILLIES60.711749.75
KENNEDY60.711711.80
STEWART60.71174.55
HENRY50.593123.46
LESLIE40.474528.65
GORDON40.47457.53
DOUGLAS40.47459.79
DALGLEISH40.4745105.54
DENNISON40.474561.35
NICHOL40.474544.05
MURRAY30.35592.87
WIGHT30.355969.12
SMITH30.35590.25
RIGG30.355942.31
GRAY20.23721.66
BAIRD20.237211.09
SHAW20.23721.29
GRANT20.23722.39
CLARK20.23720.79
BOYD20.23726.76
LINDSAY20.23727.28
HICKMAN20.237214.10
ELLIOT20.23729.30
WILSON10.11860.26
REYNOLDS10.11861.37
WAUGH10.11868.70
JAMIESON10.11864.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CAMERON0.84843181.6239
DEMPSTER0.84843168.6341
LIVINGSTONE0.84843114.5038
LIVINGSTON0.84843105.6803
DALGLEISH0.84843105.5409
BALD0.8484374.6269
WIGHT0.8484369.1244
DENNISON0.8484361.3497
CUMMING0.8484355.9701
COWAN0.8484352.3560
GILLIES0.8484349.7512
HAGGART0.8484349.0196
NICHOL0.8484344.0529
RIGG0.8484342.3131
CURRIE0.8484342.1585
BEATTIE0.8484338.8027
PATERSON0.8484333.1184
LESLIE0.8484328.6533
HENRY0.8484323.4632
SINCLAIR0.8484318.3993
PORTEOUS0.8484317.7936
CAMPBELL0.8484317.5242
BLACK0.8484316.4865
HICKMAN0.8484314.1044
MORRISON0.8484313.5829
FERGUSON0.8484313.3891
PALMER0.8484313.0824
MITCHEL0.8484312.1359
KENNEDY0.8484311.8041
BAIRD0.8484311.0926
BROCK0.8484310.2041
DOUGLAS0.848439.7943
FLETCHER0.848439.3516
FRASER0.848439.3284
ELLIOT0.848439.3023
HENDERSON0.848438.7308
WAUGH0.848438.7032
ROSS0.848438.6834
ROBERTSON0.848438.4950
CHISHOLM0.848438.1699
GORDON0.848437.5287
LINDSAY0.848437.2780
GRAHAM0.848437.2322
INGLIS0.848437.1023
BOYD0.848436.7636
MOFFAT0.848436.5488
HALLIDAY0.848435.7405
SCOTT0.848435.1571
STEWART0.848434.5489
JAMIESON0.848434.2589

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 843 people called CAMERON in Morven 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 181.6239 in Morven means that 181.6239% of the people in Morven on census day were called CAMERON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CAMERON 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 CAMERON 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 CAMERON 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 CAMERON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.84 in Morven means that you are 0.84 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CAMERON in Morven than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Morven in 1881

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

MC ARTHUR (2)  BAIRD (2)  BALD (1)  MC BEAN (1)  BEATTIE (7)  BLACK (9)  BOYD (2)  BROCK (1)  BURNS (1)  CAMERON (119)  CAMPBELL (25)  CHEAPE (2)  CHISHOLM (1)  CLARKE (6)  CLARK (2)  MC COLL (6)  COWAN (9)  CRAWFORD (1)  CUMMING (9)  CURRIE (10)  DALGLEISH (4)  DEMPSTER (10)  DENNISON (4)  DOUGLAS (4)  ELLIOT (2)  MC PHEE (24)  MC PHEE (MC MILLAN) (2)  FERGUSON (8)  FLETCHER (9)  FRASER (7)  MC GILL (4)  GILLIES (6)  GORDON (4)  GRAHAM (7)  GRAHAME (GRAHAM) (2)  GRANT (2)  GRAY (2)  HAGGART (1)  HALL (1)  HALLIDAY (1)  HEDNERSON (1)  HENDERSON (8)  HENRY (5)  HENDRY (HENRY) (8)  HICKMAN (2)  INGLIS (1)  JAMIESON (1)  MC KAY (5)  KENNEDY (6)  KING (1)  LAM...T (1)  LESLIE (4)  LINDSAY (2)  LIVINGSTON (8)  LIVINGSTONE (9)  MC MAHON (1)  MC CALMAN (4)  MC CALLUM (7)  MC CULLOCH (2)  MC DONALD (51)  MC DOUGALL (10)  MC DOUGAL (1)  MC EACHERN (6)  MC FARLANE (1)  MC FAYDEN (1)  MC GILVARY (4)  MC GREGOR (10)  MC INNES (13)  MC INTOSH (1)  MC INTYRE (25)  MC IVER (1)  MC KECHNIE (9)  MC KENZIE (12)  MC KICHAN (6)  MC KINNON (13)  MC LACHLAN (29)  MC LEAN (16)  MC LELLAN (7)  MC LEOD (17)  MC MASTER (4)  MC MILLAN (5)  MC NAUGHTON (8)  MC NEVIN OR MC PEVIN (12)  MC PHAIL (22)  MC PHERSON (9)  MC QUORQUDALE (1)  MC RAE (8)  MC VEAN (4)  MITCHELL (1)  MITCHEL (1)  MOFFAT (1)  MORRISON (9)  MURRAY (3)  NICHOL (4)  PALMER (13)  PATERSON (19)  PATTERSON (1)  PORTEOUS (1)  RANKINE (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIGG (3)  ROBERTSON (12)  ROSS (8)  SCOULAR (6)  SCOTT (11)  SHAW (2)  SINCLAIR (8)  SMITH (3)  STEVENSON (1)  STEWART (6)  SUTHERLAND (1)  MC VICAR (17)  WAUGH (1)  WHITE (1)  WIGHT (3)  WIGHTON (1)  WILSON (1)