Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alvie, Inverness-shire

Alvie is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Inverness-shire

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
GRANT527.344674.01
FRASER385.367260.29
MACDONALD304.2373106.76
CAMERON283.954850.88
KENNEDY243.389856.22
MACGREGOR182.5424608.11
CAMPBELL152.118612.52
CUMMING141.9774103.63
STEWART131.836211.74
ROBERTSON121.694910.11
MACPHERSON121.6949262.01
ROSS121.694915.51
FERGUSON121.694923.91
GORDON111.553724.65
GILLIES101.412498.72
WARREN101.412421.12
BELL101.41247.52
TAYLOR101.41242.21
MACKINTOSH81.1299168.78
GOW81.1299143.11
REID81.129910.76
MACLENNAN81.1299303.03
CRUICKSHANK70.988788.05
ANGUS70.988769.10
SUTHERLAND70.988719.62
MELDRUM60.8475134.53
ANDERSON50.70623.58
MACKENZIE50.706225.23
CLARK50.70622.35
WILSON40.56501.23
DAVIDSON40.56506.72
WILKIE40.565039.60
MUNRO40.565012.65
CALDER30.423730.30
GREIG30.423726.76
DUNBAR30.423736.90
MACLEAN30.423738.31
MARTIN20.28251.15
CATTANACH20.2825222.22
KERR20.28255.18
ELLIS20.28251.95
GILKISON20.28251,333.33
MANN20.28255.36
LESLIE20.282517.06
FORBES20.28258.43
MACGILLIVRAY20.2825476.19
MACINTYRE10.141256.50
BURGESS10.14122.03
SANDISON10.141256.18
DEAN10.14122.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILKISON0.717081333.3333
MACGREGOR0.71708608.1081
DUMBAR0.71708588.2353
MACGILLIVRAY0.71708476.1905
MACLENNAN0.71708303.0303
MACPHERSON0.71708262.0087
CATTANACH0.71708222.2222
MACBEAN0.71708188.6792
MACKINTOSH0.71708168.7764
GOW0.71708143.1127
MCINTOSH0.71708138.8889
MELDRUM0.71708134.5291
MCPHERSON0.71708107.5269
MACDONALD0.71708106.7616
CUMMING0.71708103.6269
GILLIES0.7170898.7167
MACDOUGALL0.7170893.4579
CRUICKSHANK0.7170888.0503
GRANT0.7170874.0108
ANGUS0.7170869.1017
FRASER0.7170860.2888
MACINTYRE0.7170856.4972
KENNEDY0.7170856.2193
SANDISON0.7170856.1798
CAMERON0.7170850.8813
WILKIE0.7170839.6040
MACLEAN0.7170838.3142
DUNBAR0.7170836.9004
DINGWALL0.7170835.5872
CALDER0.7170830.3030
GREIG0.7170826.7618
MACKENZIE0.7170825.2270
MACFARLANE0.7170824.6914
GORDON0.7170824.6526
FERGUSON0.7170823.9091
WARREN0.7170821.1238
SUTHERLAND0.7170819.6243
MORE0.7170818.1488
MACRAE0.7170818.1159
LESLIE0.7170817.0648
PEACE0.7170815.5763
ROSS0.7170815.5079
MITCHEL0.7170814.4509
MUNRO0.7170812.6542
CAMPBELL0.7170812.5188
POOL0.7170812.1951
GEDDES0.7170811.7786
STEWART0.7170811.7350
REID0.7170810.7570
ROBERTSON0.7170810.1146

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 708 people called GILKISON in Alvie 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 1333.3333 in Alvie means that 1333.3333% of the people in Alvie on census day were called GILKISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILKISON 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 GILKISON 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 GILKISON 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 GILKISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Alvie means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILKISON in Alvie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Alvie in 1881

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

ANDERSON (5)  ANGUS (7)  MACBAIN (30)  MACBEAN (1)  BELL (10)  BURGESS (1)  BURNS (1)  CALDER (3)  CAMERON (28)  CAMPBELL (15)  CATTANACH (2)  CLARK (5)  COBB (1)  CRUICKSHANK (7)  CUMMING (14)  DAVIDSON (4)  DEAN (1)  DINGWALL (1)  DUFF (1)  DUNBAR (3)  DUMBAR (1)  ELLIS (2)  FERGUSON (12)  FORBES (2)  FRASER (38)  GEDDES (1)  GILKISON (2)  GILLIES (10)  GORDON (11)  GOW (8)  GRANT (52)  GRAY (1)  GREIG (3)  HAY (1)  IRONSIDE (4)  KENNEDY (24)  KERR (2)  LAING (1)  LESLIE (2)  MALONIE (1)  MANN (2)  MARTIN (2)  MC AUSLIN (5)  MC BAIN (25)  MC DEAD (1)  MACDONALD (30)  MC DONALD (51)  MELDRUM (MC DONALD) (2)  MACDOUGALL (1)  MACFARLANE (1)  MACGILLIVRAY (2)  MC GILLOP (1)  MACGREGOR (18)  MC GREGOR (1)  MACKINTOSH (8)  MC INTOSH (50)  MCINTOSH (1)  MACINTYRE (1)  MC KENZIE (11)  MACKENZIE (5)  MC KESSACK (1)  MC KILLOP (2)  MC KINNON (1)  MC KINTOSH (1)  MC LEAN (8)  MACLEAN (3)  MC LENNAN (4)  MACLENNAN (8)  MC LEOD (1)  MC MILLAN (2)  MACPHERSON (12)  MC PHERSON (18)  MCPHERSON (1)  MACRAE (1)  MELDRUM (6)  MITCHEL (1)  MORE (1)  MORRISON (1)  MUNRO (4)  MURCHESON (1)  MURRAY (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  PATERSON (1)  PEACE (1)  POOL (1)  REAT (1)  REID (8)  ROBERTSON (12)  ROSS (12)  ROSE (1)  SANDISON (1)  SHAW (1)  SINCLAIR (1)  SMITH (1)  STUT (1)  STEWART (13)  STUART (1)  SUTHERLAND (7)  TAYLOR (10)  TOOL (1)  WARREN (10)  WATSON (1)  WILKIE (4)  WILSON (4)