Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fort Augustusor, Inverness-shire

Fort Augustusor 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
COULL610.00002,857.14
BLAIR35.0000192.31
MUNRO23.333374.63
CAMERON23.333342.92
SMITH11.66671.18
GILCHRIST11.6667113.64
ARCHIBALD11.6667192.31
REID11.666715.87
FINLAYSON11.6667144.93
NICOLL11.6667181.82
MACPHERSON11.6667256.41
BRUCE11.666735.59
TAYLOR11.66672.61
GREEN11.66675.92
BLACK11.666725.71
ROBERTSON11.66679.95
GEDDES11.6667138.89
PATERSON11.666724.51
DUNN11.666720.04
CAMPBELL11.66679.85
WILLIAMSON11.666718.59
IRON11.66673,333.33
BROWN11.66672.53
SORENSON11.666710,000.00
GILLIES11.6667116.28
BAIN11.666767.11
RENNIE11.666795.24
FLETCHER11.666714.60
NICOLSON11.6667144.93
DARROCH11.6667625.00
MAIR11.6667181.82
WELSH11.666742.02
INNES11.6667107.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SORENSON0.066010000.0000
IRON0.06603333.3333
COULL0.06602857.1429
DARROCH0.0660625.0000
MACPHERSON0.0660256.4103
ARCHIBALD0.0660192.3077
BLAIR0.0660192.3077
MAIR0.0660181.8182
NICOLL0.0660181.8182
FINLAYSON0.0660144.9275
NICOLSON0.0660144.9275
GEDDES0.0660138.8889
GILLIES0.0660116.2791
GILCHRIST0.0660113.6364
INNES0.0660107.5269
RENNIE0.066095.2381
MUNRO0.066074.6269
BAIN0.066067.1141
CAMERON0.066042.9185
WELSH0.066042.0168
BRUCE0.066035.5872
BLACK0.066025.7069
PATERSON0.066024.5098
DUNN0.066020.0401
WILLIAMSON0.066018.5874
REID0.066015.8730
FLETCHER0.066014.5985
ROBERTSON0.06609.9502
CAMPBELL0.06609.8522
GREEN0.06605.9172
TAYLOR0.06602.6062
BROWN0.06602.5284
SMITH0.06601.1804

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 60 people called SORENSON in Fort Augustusor 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 10000.0000 in Fort Augustusor means that 10000.0000% of the people in Fort Augustusor on census day were called SORENSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SORENSON 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 SORENSON 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 SORENSON 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 SORENSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Fort Augustusor means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SORENSON in Fort Augustusor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fort Augustusor in 1881

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

ARCHIBALD (1)  BAIN (1)  BLACK (1)  BLAIR (3)  BROWN (1)  BRUCE (1)  CAMERON (2)  CAMPBELL (1)  COULL (6)  DARROCH (1)  DUNN (1)  FINLAYSON (1)  FLETCHER (1)  GEDDES (1)  GILCHRIST (1)  GILLIES (1)  GREEN (1)  INNES (1)  IRON (1)  MC CONNELL (1)  MC DONALD (2)  MC DOUGALL (3)  MACEWAN (1)  MC EWEAN (1)  MAC INTYRE (1)  MC KENZIE (2)  MC KINTOSH (1)  MC LAUCHLAN (1)  MUTRIE (1)  MC PHAIL (1)  MC PHERSON (1)  MACPHERSON (1)  MC TAVISH (2)  MUNRO (2)  MAIR (1)  NICOLL (1)  NICOLSON (1)  PATERSON (1)  REID (1)  RENNIE (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  SMITH (1)  SORENSON (1)  TAYLOR (1)  WELSH (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)