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

Strath 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
ROBERTSON2589.728558.06
GRANT1204.524945.60
NICOLSON893.3560290.47
MATHESON662.4887182.02
ROSS562.111619.32
CAMPBELL562.111612.48
MUNRO511.923143.07
FINLAYSON461.7345150.57
MACKINNON411.5460430.22
FLETCHER351.319811.56
FRASER331.244313.98
ANDERSON281.05585.35
MACLEOD220.829658.75
GRAHAM200.75416.57
CAMERON140.52796.79
MACKENZIE130.490217.51
NICHOLSON130.49026.90
MACRAE120.452558.03
MACDONALD110.414810.45
MARTIN110.41481.68
BUCHANAN90.339413.13
LOGAN70.264011.13
MACLEAN60.226220.45
GILLIES60.226215.82
SHAW60.22621.23
COULL50.188555.07
CHRISTIE50.18855.81
BOWER40.15088.23
TORRIE40.1508212.77
BEATON40.150813.12
MACMILLAN40.150854.35
RITCHIE30.11313.27
MACPHERSON30.113117.47
KELLY30.11311.03
DOUGLAS30.11312.34
GIBSON30.11310.93
STEWART30.11310.72
CHISHOLM20.07545.19
KENNEDY20.07541.25
MORRISON20.07540.96
DUFF20.07544.24
RICHMOND20.07543.44
SUTHERLAND20.07541.50
MCLEOD20.075445.66
REID20.07540.72
SAYLE10.037718.62
HOWIESON10.037730.49
MITCHELL10.03770.19
DAVIES10.03770.07
MAY10.03770.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACKINNON2.652,652430.2204
NICOLSON2.652,652290.4700
TORRIE2.652,652212.7660
MATHESON2.652,652182.0188
FINLAYSON2.652,652150.5728
MACLEOD2.652,65258.7450
ROBERTSON2.652,65258.0571
MACRAE2.652,65258.0271
COULL2.652,65255.0661
MACMILLAN2.652,65254.3478
GRANT2.652,65245.5962
MUNRO2.652,65243.0743
MACLEAN2.652,65220.4499
ROSS2.652,65219.3217
MACKENZIE2.652,65217.5131
MACPHERSON2.652,65217.4723
GILLIES2.652,65215.8186
FRASER2.652,65213.9783
BUCHANAN2.652,65213.1310
BEATON2.652,65213.1191
CAMPBELL2.652,65212.4777
FLETCHER2.652,65211.5607
LOGAN2.652,65211.1305
MACDONALD2.652,65210.4523
BOWER2.652,6528.2338
NICHOLSON2.652,6526.8987
CAMERON2.652,6526.7918
GRAHAM2.652,6526.5684
CHRISTIE2.652,6525.8146
ANDERSON2.652,6525.3454
RITCHIE2.652,6523.2740
DOUGLAS2.652,6522.3352
MARTIN2.652,6521.6838
SHAW2.652,6521.2317
KELLY2.652,6521.0329
GIBSON2.652,6520.9319
STEWART2.652,6520.7230

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2,652 people called MACKINNON in Strath 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 430.2204 in Strath means that 430.2204% of the people in Strath on census day were called MACKINNON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACKINNON 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 MACKINNON 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 MACKINNON 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 MACKINNON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2.65 in Strath means that you are 2.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACKINNON in Strath than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Strath in 1881

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

ANDERSON (28)  MC ARTHUR (13)  ARTHUR (1)  BALDIE (1)  BEATON (4)  BOWER (4)  BUCHANAN (9)  CAMERON (14)  CAMPBELL (56)  CHISHOLM (2)  CHRISTIE (5)  ST CLAIR (2)  COULL (5)  CRAIG (1)  CRAWFORD (1)  DAVIES (1)  DOUGLAS (3)  DUFF (2)  DUNCAN (1)  ELDER (1)  FAICHNEY (4)  MC PHEE (18)  FINLAYSON (46)  FLETCHER (35)  FRASER (33)  GIBSON (3)  GILLIES (6)  GRAHAM (20)  GRAHAME (1)  GRANT (120)  GRASLEY (1)  GREIVE (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HOWIESON (1)  MC KAY (8)  KELLY (3)  KENNEDY (2)  LEITCH (1)  LOGAN (7)  LORIMER (1)  MC CRIMMON (MACCRIMMON) (2)  MACCRIMMOND (2)  MACGILLVRAY (1)  MC INTOSH (MACINTOSH) (2)  MACPHERSON (MC PHERSON) (10)  MANN (1)  MARTIN (11)  MATHESON (66)  MATHIESON (1)  MAY (1)  MC ALISTER (2)  MC ASKIL (2)  MC CASKIL (1)  MC LURE (18)  MACCOLL (1)  MACCRIMMON (3)  MC AULAY (3)  MC DERMID (1)  MC DONALD (101)  MACDONALD (11)  MC DOUGALL (2)  MC DOUGAL (1)  MC GILLVRAY (6)  MC GILVRAY (18)  MC GILLIVRAY (12)  MC GREGOR (2)  MC INNES (201)  MACINNES (1)  MACINNES (MC INNES) (8)  MC INNES ((MCKINNON)) (2)  MC INTOSH (35)  MACINTOSH (1)  MC INTYRE (8)  MC KENZIE (57)  MACKENZIE (13)  MC KERNIE (1)  MC KINNON (480)  MACKINNON (41)  MACKINNON (MC KINNON) (16)  MC KINNON (MACKINNON) (8)  MC LACHLAN (2)  MC LEAN (140)  MACLEAN (6)  MC LENNAN (10)  MACLEOD (22)  MC LEOD (121)  MC LEOD (MACLEOD) (6)  MACLEOD (MC LEOD) (6)  MCLEOD (2)  MC MILLAN (22)  MACMILLAN (4)  MC MILLAN (MACMILLAN) (12)  MC PHERSON (53)  MACPHERSON (3)  MC RAE (89)  MACRAE (12)  MC RAE (MACRAE) (2)  MENZIES (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOIR (1)  MORRISON (2)  MUNRO (51)  MURCHISON (1)  NICOLSON (89)  NICHOLSON (13)  MC QUEEN (6)  RAE (1)  REID (2)  RICHMOND (2)  RITCHIE (3)  ROBERTSON (258)  ROSS (56)  SHAW (6)  SHEARER (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SKINNER (1)  STEVENSON (1)  STEWART (3)  STUDARD (1)  SUTHERLAND (2)  MC SWAN (2)  TORRIE (4)  WILSON (1)  WINNE (1)  BURNIE (1)  CLARK (1)  CLUES (1)  ENRIGHT (1)  LARSEN (1)  MYLEHREEST (2)  NIELSON (1)  RINLEY (1)  SAYLE (1)