Top surnames from the 1881 census in Assynt, Sutherland

Assynt is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Sutherland

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
MACLEOD1289.3294660.82
KERR564.081674.84
GRAHAM523.790133.01
STEWART352.551016.30
MUNRO322.332452.24
MATHESON231.6764122.60
MACDONALD201.457736.74
ROSS161.166210.67
MORRISON130.947512.05
CAMPBELL100.72894.31
WILSON100.72891.59
CLARK100.72892.42
FORBES90.656019.58
BEATON80.583150.73
SUTHERLAND80.583111.57
ROBERTSON80.58313.48
MCLEOD70.5102308.37
BEATTIE60.437320.43
TURNBULL60.437310.38
GRANT60.43734.41
CLARKE60.43732.16
SMITH60.43730.31
SINCLAIR60.43738.48
MACKENZIE50.364413.02
SCOBIE50.3644167.79
BROWN50.36440.55
MACLEAN50.364432.94
WEIR50.364414.01
FRASER50.36444.09
PATERSON40.29154.28
BETHUNE40.2915188.68
MACKAY40.29158.06
LAMONT40.291532.79
ANGUS40.291520.38
MENZIES40.291522.42
BURD40.2915300.75
AIRD30.218742.02
CAMERON30.21872.81
BEGG30.218735.93
GREY30.218710.08
MURPHY20.14581.82
MURCHISON20.1458144.93
WILLIAMSON20.14581.63
GORDON20.14582.31
LESLIE10.07294.40
JACK10.07293.43
MACRAE10.07299.35
FRAZER10.07299.41
THOMSON10.07290.55
MILNE10.07291.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACLEOD660.821289.3294
MCLEOD308.3770.5102
BURD300.7540.2915
BETHUNE188.6840.2915
SCOBIE167.7950.3644
MURCHISON144.9320.1458
MATHESON122.60231.6764
KERR74.84564.0816
MUNRO52.24322.3324
BEATON50.7380.5831
AIRD42.0230.2187
MACDONALD36.74201.4577
BEGG35.9330.2187
GRAHAM33.01523.7901
MACLEAN32.9450.3644
LAMONT32.7940.2915
MENZIES22.4240.2915
BEATTIE20.4360.4373
ANGUS20.3840.2915
FORBES19.5890.6560
STEWART16.30352.5510
WEIR14.0150.3644
MACKENZIE13.0250.3644
MORRISON12.05130.9475
SUTHERLAND11.5780.5831
ROSS10.67161.1662
TURNBULL10.3860.4373
GREY10.0830.2187
SINCLAIR8.4860.4373
MACKAY8.0640.2915
GRANT4.4160.4373
CAMPBELL4.31100.7289
PATERSON4.2840.2915
FRASER4.0950.3644
ROBERTSON3.4880.5831
CAMERON2.8130.2187
CLARK2.42100.7289
GORDON2.3120.1458
CLARKE2.1660.4373
MURPHY1.8220.1458
WILLIAMSON1.6320.1458
WILSON1.59100.7289
BROWN0.5550.3644
SMITH0.3160.4373

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 128 people called MACLEOD in Assynt 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 9.3294 in Assynt means that 9.3294% of the people in Assynt on census day were called MACLEOD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACLEOD 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 MACLEOD 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 MACLEOD 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 MACLEOD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 660.82 in Assynt means that you are 660.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACLEOD in Assynt than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Assynt in 1881

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

AIRD (3)  ANGUS (4)  BEATON (8)  BEATTIE (6)  BEGG (3)  BETHUNE (4)  BURD (4)  BLACK (1)  BORTHWICK (1)  BROWN (5)  CAMERON (3)  CAMPBELL (10)  CLARKE (6)  CLARK (10)  EMSLIE OR ENISLIE (2)  FORBES (9)  FRASER (5)  FRAZER (1)  GORDON (2)  GRAHAM (52)  GRANT (6)  GREY (3)  GUNN (1)  JACK (1)  MC KAY (25)  KERR (56)  LAMONT (4)  LESLIE (1)  MANN (1)  MATHESON (23)  MC CASKILL (16)  MC CRIMMON (1)  MC AULAY (4)  MC DERMID (4)  MACDONALD (20)  MC DONALD (48)  MC DOUGALL (5)  MC EWEN (4)  MC FARLANE (4)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC INTOSH (3)  MC IVER (8)  MC KASKLE (3)  MACKAY (4)  MC KENZIE (172)  MACKENZIE (5)  MORRISON (MKENZIE) (2)  MC KINNON (1)  MACKINNON (1)  MC KINTOSH (1)  MC LEAN (36)  MACLEAN (5)  MORRISON (MC LEAN) (4)  MC LENNAN (1)  MC LEOD (394)  MACLEOD (128)  MCLEOD (7)  MC PHAIL (1)  MC PHERSON (9)  MACPHERSON (1)  MC RAE (39)  MACRAE (1)  MENZIES (4)  MILNE (1)  MORRISON (13)  MUNRO (32)  MURCHISON (2)  MURDIE (6)  MURPHY (2)  NIELSON (1)  PATERSON (4)  ROBERTSON (8)  ROSS (16)  SANDIESON (4)  SCOBIE (5)  CRERAR (1)  SINCLAIR (6)  SMITH (6)  STEWART (35)  SUTHERLAND (8)  THOMSON (1)  TURNBULL (6)  TURNER (1)  WEIR (5)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (10)