Top surnames from the 1881 census in Arrochar, Dunbartonshire

Arrochar is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Dunbartonshire

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
CAMPBELL397.543544.58
MACFARLANE254.8356844.59
CAMERON183.481644.80
KENNEDY122.321138.50
DOUGLAS112.127743.91
STEWART101.934212.36
SINCLAIR91.740833.75
CLARK81.54745.15
CARMICHAEL81.5474108.11
KEIR81.5474310.08
ROSS81.547414.16
STEVENSON71.354019.29
DEWAR71.3540103.86
THOMSON61.16058.69
CARSWELL61.1605317.46
GLEN61.1605117.19
MACDONALD50.967124.37
DODDS50.967145.96
BARTON50.967117.90
WALKER40.77372.31
FISHER40.77376.61
BLAIR30.580322.39
FERGUSON30.58038.19
FORBES30.580317.32
SCOTT30.58032.29
CULLEN30.580333.11
WILSON30.58031.26
TURNER30.58032.08
BROWN30.58030.88
REID30.58035.52
NICHOLSON20.38685.45
CRAWFORD20.38687.91
BRODIE20.386828.82
HAGGART20.3868160.00
RITCHIE20.386811.20
HUTCHISON20.386823.53
HAINS10.1934113.64
CARNIE10.1934112.36
GRAHAM10.19341.68
BANNERMAN10.193455.25
MITCHELL10.19340.95
LENNOX10.193432.57
SHANKLAND10.1934108.70
GILLIES10.193413.53
MARTIN10.19340.79
DEMPSTER10.193427.47
WEIR10.19347.44
BUCHANAN10.19347.49
ROBERTSON10.19341.15
FRIEL10.1934285.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUNTAIN0.525171111.1111
MACFARLANE0.52517844.5946
GALLY0.52517769.2308
STRAUSS0.52517476.1905
MACCABE0.52517400.0000
CARSWELL0.52517317.4603
KEIR0.52517310.0775
MACKINLAY0.52517303.0303
FRIEL0.52517285.7143
HAGGART0.52517160.0000
CORE0.52517136.9863
GLEN0.52517117.1875
HAINS0.52517113.6364
CARNIE0.52517112.3596
SHANKLAND0.52517108.6957
CARMICHAEL0.52517108.1081
CONNEL0.52517105.2632
DEWAR0.52517103.8576
GILFILLAN0.52517100.0000
BANNERMAN0.5251755.2486
MACKINNON0.5251753.7634
DODDS0.5251745.9559
CAMERON0.5251744.7984
CAMPBELL0.5251744.5765
DOUGLAS0.5251743.9122
LEEK0.5251740.0000
KENNEDY0.5251738.4986
FORTUNE0.5251737.0370
BORTHWICK0.5251734.4828
SINCLAIR0.5251733.7458
CULLEN0.5251733.1126
LENNOX0.5251732.5733
GOLDIE0.5251731.0559
BRODIE0.5251728.8184
DEMPSTER0.5251727.4725
MACDONALD0.5251724.3665
HUTCHISON0.5251723.5294
CRICHTON0.5251722.6757
BLAIR0.5251722.3881
LIVINGSTONE0.5251720.7469
STEVENSON0.5251719.2944
BENTON0.5251718.6916
BARTON0.5251717.9019
MACLEAN0.5251717.4825
FORBES0.5251717.3210
MARR0.5251716.9492
MILLIGAN0.5251716.4204
HOUSTON0.5251715.1976
BUCHAN0.5251714.9701
ROSS0.5251714.1593

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 517 people called BUNTAIN in Arrochar 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 1111.1111 in Arrochar means that 1111.1111% of the people in Arrochar on census day were called BUNTAIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUNTAIN 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 BUNTAIN 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 BUNTAIN 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 BUNTAIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Arrochar means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUNTAIN in Arrochar than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Arrochar in 1881

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

MC ARTHUR (1)  BANNERMAN (1)  BARTON (5)  BENTON (1)  BLAIR (3)  BOOG (1)  BORTHWICK (1)  BRODIE (2)  BROWN (3)  BUCHAN (1)  BUCHANAN (1)  BUNTAIN (1)  CARNIE (1)  CALDER (1)  CAMERON (18)  CAMPBELL (39)  CAIRD (1)  CARMICHAEL (8)  CORE (1)  CARSWELL (6)  CLARK (8)  MC LAY (1)  MC COLL (1)  COLQUHOUN (6)  CONNEL (1)  CRAWFORD (2)  CRICHTON (1)  CRINAL (1)  CULLEN (3)  DEMPSTER (1)  DEWAR (7)  DODDS (5)  DOUGLAS (11)  DREW (1)  EADDIE (1)  ELLISON (1)  FERGUSON (3)  FISHER (4)  FORBES (3)  FORTUNE (1)  FRIEL (1)  FRASER (1)  GALLY (1)  GILFILLAN (1)  GILLIES (1)  GLEN (6)  GOLDIE (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRANT (1)  HADATH (3)  HADDATH (1)  HAGGART (2)  HAINS (1)  HENRY (1)  HOUSTON (1)  HOOME (2)  HUTCHISON (2)  MC KAY (4)  KEIR (8)  MC CAIL (1)  KENNEDY (12)  MC KILLAR (1)  KINMET (1)  KIPPEN (2)  KIRK (1)  LEEK (1)  LENNOX (1)  LIVINGSTONE (1)  LOCHRIE (1)  MAC...AL (5)  MARTIN (1)  MATHER (1)  MC ADAM (1)  MC ALISTER (1)  MC ALPINE (1)  MC ALROY (1)  MC BRIDE (1)  MACCABE (1)  MC CALLUM (35)  MC CALMAN (1)  MC CONACHIE (1)  MC DIARMID (3)  MACDONALD (5)  MC DONALD (11)  O DONNELL (1)  MC DOUGALL (1)  MC ELIVARN (1)  MC FADYEN (3)  MACFARLANE (25)  MC FARLANE (12)  MC GHEE (1)  MC GREGOR (4)  MC HURRICH (2)  MC GINNES (1)  MC INTYRE (12)  MACKIE (1)  MC KELLAR (7)  MACKENZIE (1)  MC KINLAY (1)  MACKINLAY (1)  MACKINNON (1)  MC LEAN (8)  MACLEAN (1)  MC LELLAN (4)  MC MASTER (2)  MC MILLAN (2)  MC NAUGHT (1)  MC NAUGHTAN (25)  MC PHERSON (9)  MC MURRICH (6)  MILLIGAN (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MONTGOMERIE (1)  MUNRO (1)  MURRAY (1)  MARR (1)  MC NEIL (1)  MC NICOL (11)  NICHOLSON (2)  O GORMAN (1)  PHILIPS (1)  RANKIN (1)  REID (3)  RHIND (5)  RITCHIE (2)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROSS (8)  SCOTT (3)  SCRIMINGOUR (1)  SHANKLAND (1)  SINCLAIR (9)  SMEATON (1)  SMITH (1)  STEVENSON (7)  STEWART (10)  STRAUSS (1)  SUTHERLAND (1)  SWAN (1)  THOMSON (6)  TURNER (3)  WALKER (4)  WEIR (1)  WILSON (3)  YUILE (1)