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

Kilmuir 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
NICOLSON2258.7719759.37
MACLEOD1796.9786494.20
MACDONALD1666.4717163.08
MATHESON1315.1072373.54
LAMONT873.3918381.41
CAMPBELL692.690115.90
STEWART542.105313.46
MACKENZIE481.871366.86
ROSS451.754416.05
MACLEAN411.5984144.47
MARTIN351.36455.54
GRAHAM351.364511.88
MACKAY351.364537.73
BEATON311.2086105.12
GILLIS281.0916543.69
GILLES271.0526701.30
MACQUEEN261.0136875.42
LAMOND190.7407216.90
CAMERON160.62388.03
MUNRO160.623813.97
GORDON150.58489.28
BUDGE140.5458107.03
BUCHANAN110.428816.59
NICHOLSON100.38995.49
GRANT100.38993.93
MACKINNON90.350997.61
GILLIES80.311921.81
MURRAY80.31192.52
MACPHEE80.3119439.56
MACVICAR70.2729660.38
MACPHERSON70.272942.14
JOHNSON70.27290.81
BRUCE70.27295.83
FERGUSON60.23393.30
MONRO60.2339112.57
MACDOUGALL50.1949128.53
STEWARD50.194915.17
MACMILLAN40.155956.18
RAMAGE40.155927.76
MATHISON40.155957.64
GELLIS30.11701,578.95
BETTON30.1170145.63
MCLEOD20.078047.17
MATHIESON20.07807.40
FRASER20.07800.88
CLOW20.078025.81
MACARTHUR20.078065.15
BRANAGAN10.039058.82
BATRUM10.03902,000.00
LOWRIE10.039011.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GELLIS2.572,5651578.9474
MACQUEEN2.572,565875.4209
NICOLSON2.572,565759.3655
GILLES2.572,565701.2987
MACVICAR2.572,565660.3774
GILLIS2.572,565543.6893
MACLEOD2.572,565494.2021
MACPHEE2.572,565439.5604
LAMONT2.572,565381.4117
MATHESON2.572,565373.5386
LAMOND2.572,565216.8950
MACDONALD2.572,565163.0809
BETTON2.572,565145.6311
MACLEAN2.572,565144.4679
MACDOUGALL2.572,565128.5347
MONRO2.572,565112.5704
BUDGE2.572,565107.0336
BEATON2.572,565105.1204
MACKINNON2.572,56597.6139
MACKENZIE2.572,56566.8617
MATHISON2.572,56557.6369
MACMILLAN2.572,56556.1798
MACPHERSON2.572,56542.1433
MACKAY2.572,56537.7277
RAMAGE2.572,56527.7585
GILLIES2.572,56521.8103
BUCHANAN2.572,56516.5938
ROSS2.572,56516.0531
CAMPBELL2.572,56515.8957
STEWARD2.572,56515.1699
MUNRO2.572,56513.9726
STEWART2.572,56513.4553
GRAHAM2.572,56511.8846
GORDON2.572,5659.2787
CAMERON2.572,5658.0253
BRUCE2.572,5655.8265
MARTIN2.572,5655.5391
NICHOLSON2.572,5655.4870
GRANT2.572,5653.9287
FERGUSON2.572,5653.3000
MURRAY2.572,5652.5152
JOHNSON2.572,5650.8122

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2,565 people called GELLIS in Kilmuir 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 1578.9474 in Kilmuir means that 1578.9474% of the people in Kilmuir on census day were called GELLIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GELLIS 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 GELLIS 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 GELLIS 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 GELLIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2.57 in Kilmuir means that you are 2.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GELLIS in Kilmuir than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kilmuir in 1881

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

MC ARTHUR (30)  MACARTHUR (2)  MC ASKILL (1)  BATHREM (1)  BATRUM (1)  BEATON (31)  BETTON (3)  BETTON (BEATON) (2)  BRUCE (7)  BUCHANAN (11)  BUCHANNAN (1)  BUDGE (14)  CAMERON (16)  CAMPBELL (69)  CLOW (2)  CUMING (5)  DINGWALL (1)  MACPHIE (3)  MC PHIE (42)  MACPHEE (8)  MACFIE (1)  MACFEE (2)  FERGUSON (6)  FRASER (2)  GILLIES (8)  GILLIS (28)  GILLES (27)  GELLIS (3)  GELLIES (20)  GORDON (15)  GRAHAM (35)  GRAHAME (3)  GRANT (10)  MC ISAAC (2)  JOHNSON (7)  MC KAY (16)  KENNEDY (1)  LAMONT (87)  LAMOND (19)  LOWRIE (1)  MACCULUM (1)  MACRAILD (7)  MARTIN (35)  MATHESON (131)  MATHISON (4)  MATHIESON (2)  MC LURE (1)  MACDONALD (166)  MC DONALD (217)  MAC DONALD (4)  MC DOUGALD (2)  MACDOUGALL (5)  MC DOUGALL (1)  MC INNES (32)  MC INNIS (1)  MACINNIS (1)  MC INTOSH (28)  MAC INTOSH (1)  MACKAY (35)  MC KENZIE (116)  MACKENZIE (48)  MC KINLAY (2)  MC KINNON (50)  MACKINNON (9)  MC KINNION (5)  MCKINNON (1)  ROSS (MCKINNON) (4)  MC KINTOSH (2)  MACLAUCHLAN (1)  MC LEAN (124)  MACLEAN (41)  MC LEANAN (3)  MACLENAN (2)  MACLEOD (179)  MC LEOD (185)  MC LOED (8)  MCLEOD (2)  MAC LEOD (1)  MC MILLAN (10)  MACMILLAN (4)  MC MILLIAN (1)  MC NAB (10)  MC PHAIL (5)  MACPHERSON (7)  MC PHERSON (80)  MAC PHERSON (5)  MACQUEEN (26)  MAC QUEEN (5)  MC CRAE (7)  MACRAE (1)  MC RAILD (7)  MONTGOMERY (1)  MORRISON (1)  MONRO (6)  MUNRO (16)  MURRAY (8)  NICOLSON (225)  NICHOLSON (10)  MC QUEEN (3)  RAMAGE (4)  RANKEN (2)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROSS (45)  SHAWEN (1)  SMITH (1)  STEWARD (5)  STEWART (54)  URQUHART (1)  MACVICAR (7)  BRANAGAN (1)  CAUGHER (1)  MC KEOWN (1)  MC GIFFIN (2)  STRACHAN (1)