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

Bracadale 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
CAMPBELL929.714957.41
CAMERON768.0253103.25
STEWART313.273520.92
MACDONALD293.062377.17
MACLEOD282.9567209.42
GILLIES222.3231162.48
NICOLSON192.0063173.67
MACRAE141.4784189.70
MATHESON141.4784108.11
CHISHOLM141.4784101.82
BEATON131.3728119.38
LOCKHART121.2672181.82
ROSS111.161610.63
FRASER101.056011.86
MORRISON90.950412.09
FALCONER80.844870.80
FINLAYSON80.844873.33
MACLEAN80.844876.34
CAMPBLE50.52801,250.00
MURCHISON50.5280526.32
WILSON50.52801.15
SINCLAIR40.42248.19
GRANT40.42244.26
MACKAY40.422411.68
TAYLOR40.42240.66
NICHOLSON30.31684.46
MUNRO30.31687.10
DRUMMOND30.316815.94
CRAWFORD30.31686.47
MACQUEEN30.3168272.73
RUSSEL20.211230.63
FERGUSON20.21122.98
LAMONT20.211223.75
SCOTT20.21120.83
GILLIS20.2112105.26
FLETCHER20.21121.85
MUNROE10.105639.06
BISSET10.105613.48
MACDIARMID10.1056526.32
MCKENZIE10.105631.55
ANDERSON10.10560.53
LAIDLAW10.105611.92
SATOW10.10563,333.33
COLVILLE10.105630.86
MARTIN10.10560.43
RITCHIE10.10563.06
MACNEIL10.1056156.25
WATSON10.10560.46
BUTTERS10.105621.51
SHAW10.10560.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SATOW0.959473333.3333
CAMPBLE0.959471250.0000
MURCHISON0.95947526.3158
MACDIARMID0.95947526.3158
MACQUEEN0.95947272.7273
MACLEOD0.95947209.4241
MACRAE0.95947189.7019
LOCKHART0.95947181.8182
NICOLSON0.95947173.6746
GILLIES0.95947162.4815
MACNEIL0.95947156.2500
BEATON0.95947119.3756
MATHESON0.95947108.1081
GILLIS0.95947105.2632
CAMERON0.95947103.2468
CHISHOLM0.95947101.8182
MACDONALD0.9594777.1687
MACLEAN0.9594776.3359
FINLAYSON0.9594773.3272
FALCONER0.9594770.7965
BOYNE0.9594767.1141
CAMPBELL0.9594757.4067
MATHISON0.9594739.0625
MUNROE0.9594739.0625
MCKENZIE0.9594731.5457
COLVILLE0.9594730.8642
RUSSEL0.9594730.6279
LAMONT0.9594723.7530
BUTTERS0.9594721.5054
STEWART0.9594720.9219
DRUMMOND0.9594715.9405
BISSET0.9594713.4771
STODDART0.9594712.6422
MORRISON0.9594712.0919
LAIDLAW0.9594711.9190
FRASER0.9594711.8624
MACKAY0.9594711.6788
ROSS0.9594710.6280
SINCLAIR0.959478.1900
MUNRO0.959477.0956
CRAWFORD0.959476.4739
NICHOLSON0.959474.4583
GRANT0.959474.2562
BAIN0.959474.2553
RITCHIE0.959473.0562
FERGUSON0.959472.9793
STEEL0.959472.5907
FLETCHER0.959471.8500
PATERSON0.959471.5516
WILSON0.959471.1496

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 947 people called SATOW in Bracadale 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 3333.3333 in Bracadale means that 3333.3333% of the people in Bracadale on census day were called SATOW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SATOW 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 SATOW 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 SATOW 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 SATOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.95 in Bracadale means that you are 0.95 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SATOW in Bracadale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bracadale in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  MC ASKILL (9)  BAIN (1)  BEATHON (1)  BEATON (13)  BISSET (1)  BOYNE (1)  BUTTERS (1)  CAMERIN (1)  CAMERON (76)  CAMPBELL (92)  CAMPBLE (5)  MC CASKIE (1)  CHISHOLM (14)  CLARK (1)  COLVILLE (1)  CRAWFORD (3)  DRUMMOND (3)  FALCONER (8)  MC PHEE (5)  FERGUSON (2)  FINLAYSON (8)  FLETCHER (2)  FRASER (10)  GILLIES (22)  GILLIS (2)  GRAHAM (1)  GRANT (4)  JONES (1)  MC KAY (5)  KELLY (1)  LAMONT (2)  M LEAN (6)  LAIDLAW (1)  LOCKHART (12)  MACLEANAN (4)  MARTIN (1)  MATHESON (14)  MATHISON (1)  MC BETLE (1)  MC CASKELL (11)  MC CASKILE (1)  MC CASKILL (30)  MACCASKILL (1)  MC CASKLE (1)  MACLURE (1)  MC CRIMMON (13)  MC DIARMID (7)  MACDIARMID (1)  MC DONALD (69)  MACDONALD (29)  MAC DONALD (6)  MACDONALD (MC DONALD) (4)  MC DURMID (4)  MC GILVRAY (1)  MC GREGOR (2)  MC INNIS (10)  MC INNES (1)  MC INTOSH (4)  MC INTYRE (1)  MACKAY (4)  MC KENZIE (22)  MCKENZIE (1)  MC KINNON (27)  MC LACHLAN (1)  MAC LEAN (1)  MC LEAN (49)  MACLEAN (8)  MC LEANAN (7)  MC LENNAN (7)  MACLEOD (28)  MC LEOD (35)  MC MILLAN (6)  MC PHERSON (7)  MC PHIEO (2)  MACQUEEN (3)  MC RAE (41)  MACRAE (14)  MC RAY (1)  MC SWEYNE (2)  MORRISON (9)  MUNRO (3)  MUNROE (1)  MURCHISON (5)  MC NEILL (1)  MACNEIL (1)  NICOLSON (19)  NICHOLSON (3)  PATERSON (1)  MC QUIEN (10)  MC QUEEN (3)  RITCHIE (1)  ROSS (11)  WATSON ((ROSS)) (16)  RUSSEL (2)  SATOW (1)  SCOTT (2)  SHAW (1)  SINCLAIR (4)  STEEL (1)  STEWART (31)  STODDARK (9)  STODDART (1)  TAYLOR (4)  WATSON (1)  WILSON (5)