Top surnames from the 1881 census in Creich, Sutherland

Creich 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
ROSS29913.3601122.25
MUNRO1556.9258155.14
MURRAY1205.361943.24
CALDER753.3512239.62
MATHESON622.7703202.61
CAMPBELL592.636315.58
SUTHERLAND522.323546.12
FRASER522.323526.10
GUNN502.234191.24
GORDON371.653326.23
CHISHOLM351.5639107.69
MACKAY281.251134.59
FORBES261.161834.67
GRANT251.117111.26
MACKENZIE210.938333.52
LOGAN200.893737.69
MACDONALD200.893722.52
MACINTOSH180.8043186.34
LEITH160.7149138.05
STEVENSON160.714910.19
GRAHAM160.71496.23
BRUCE140.625613.36
MACLEOD130.580941.14
CAMERON130.58097.47
URQUHART130.580941.35
YOUNG120.53622.50
BETHUNE110.4915318.84
DOUGLAS90.40218.30
BROWN90.40210.61
BORTHWICK90.402171.66
HOLMES90.40213.30
CLARK90.40211.34
BLACK90.40216.21
STEWART80.35752.28
MELDRUM80.357556.78
MARTIN80.35751.45
MACKINTOSH80.357553.40
BARCLAY70.312815.20
SHARP70.31283.75
POLSON70.3128134.87
HORN70.312813.77
REID70.31282.98
IRVINE70.312814.20
ANDERSON70.31281.58
LESLIE70.312818.89
MENZIES70.312824.06
STRACHAN70.312818.14
MOORE60.26811.34
BOWIE60.268130.77
MACKINNON60.268174.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BETHUNE318.84110.4915
CALDER239.62753.3512
KELLIE235.2940.1787
MATHESON202.61622.7703
MACINTOSH186.34180.8043
MUNRO155.141556.9258
LEITH138.05160.7149
POLSON134.8770.3128
TRAILL129.4540.1787
ROSS122.2529913.3601
CHISHOLM107.69351.5639
GUNN91.24502.2341
NEISH87.9140.1787
MACAULEY84.9930.1340
MACKINNON74.6360.2681
BORTHWICK71.6690.4021
BURNET61.0550.2234
MELDRUM56.7880.3575
DINGWALL56.3750.2234
WILL54.7650.2234
MACKINTOSH53.4080.3575
GAIR50.5930.1340
MICHAEL49.8860.2681
EWART47.6960.2681
SUTHERLAND46.12522.3235
SIME44.5940.1787
MURRAY43.241205.3619
URQUHART41.35130.5809
MACLEOD41.14130.5809
LOGAN37.69200.8937
FORBES34.67261.1618
MACKAY34.59281.2511
MACKENZIE33.52210.9383
BOWIE30.7760.2681
GORDON26.23371.6533
FRASER26.10522.3235
LAURIE26.0050.2234
MATHIESON25.4560.2681
MENZIES24.0670.3128
MACDONALD22.52200.8937
KEITH20.8450.2234
BEATON19.4350.2234
LESLIE18.8970.3128
STRACHAN18.1470.3128
CAMPBELL15.58592.6363
BARCLAY15.2070.3128
IRVINE14.2070.3128
HORN13.7770.3128
BRUCE13.36140.6256
CUMMING11.7150.2234

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called BETHUNE in Creich 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 0.4915 in Creich means that 0.4915% of the people in Creich on census day were called BETHUNE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BETHUNE 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 BETHUNE 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 BETHUNE 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 BETHUNE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 318.84 in Creich means that you are 318.84 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BETHUNE in Creich than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Creich in 1881

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

AIRD (2)  ANDERSON (7)  MC ARTNEY (2)  MC ARTHUR (8)  BAIN (6)  BARCLAY (7)  BEATON (5)  BETHUNE (11)  BLACK (9)  BORTHWICK (9)  BOWIE (6)  BROOKS (5)  BROWN (9)  BRUCE (14)  BUCHAN (1)  BURNET (5)  KEDDIE (1)  CADGER (6)  CAIRNS (1)  CALDAIR (4)  CALDER (75)  CAMERON (13)  CAMPBELL (59)  CHISHOLM (35)  CHRISTIE (5)  CLARK (9)  MC LEAY (9)  CLUNAS (1)  MC COLL (1)  COOPER (3)  CORMACK (1)  CUMMING (5)  CUTHBERT (1)  CYLE (1)  DAVIDSON (4)  DINGWALL (5)  DOUGLAS (9)  DOUGLASS (2)  DRYSDALE (1)  DUFF (2)  DUNCAN (1)  ELLISON (1)  EWART (6)  FALCONER (3)  MC PHEE (9)  FERGUSON (3)  FINLAYSON (2)  FINLAY (1)  FINIE (2)  FORBES (26)  FORSYTH (1)  FRASER (52)  GAIR (3)  GALLIE (1)  GILCHRIST (2)  GORDON (37)  GOW (2)  GRAHAM (16)  GRANT (25)  GRAY (5)  GUNN (50)  HADWEN (1)  HENDERSON (6)  HERBERT (2)  HOLMES (9)  HORN (7)  HUNTER (2)  IRVINE (7)  JOHNSON (6)  MC KAY (116)  MC KAY OR MC RAY (18)  KAYE (1)  MACKAY (MC KAY) (2)  KEELEY (1)  KEITH (5)  KELLIE (4)  KERR (4)  LANG (1)  LAURIE (5)  LEIGH (1)  LEITH (16)  LESLIE (7)  LOBBON (4)  LOGAN (20)  MANN (2)  MARTIN (8)  MATHESON (62)  MATHIESON (6)  MC AULEY (2)  MACAULEY (3)  MC DONALD (58)  MACDONALD (20)  MC GREGOR (MC DONALD) (2)  MC GILLIVRAY (5)  MC GREGOR (20)  MACINTOSH (18)  MACKINTOSH (8)  MC INTOSH (25)  MCIVOR (1)  MACKAY (28)  MCKAY (1)  MACKENZIE (21)  MC KENZIE (91)  MC KINLEY (1)  MACKINNON (6)  MC KINNON (7)  MC LAREN (3)  MC LEAN (24)  MACLEAN (1)  MC LENNAN (8)  MACLEOD (13)  MC LEOD (79)  MC MILLAN (5)  MACNAB (MC NAB) (2)  MC NAB (1)  MC PHERSON (11)  MACPHERSON (2)  MC RAE (14)  MC KRAE (11)  MACRAE (2)  MC RAE (MC KRAE) (4)  MCRAE (1)  MELDRUM (8)  MELROSE (1)  MENZIES (7)  MILLAR (1)  MILLISON (1)  MICHAEL (6)  MOFFAT (4)  MOORE (6)  MORRISON (4)  MUNRO (155)  MURRAY (120)  NEISH (4)  MC NEIL (5)  MACNICOLL (1)  POLSON (7)  RAMSAY (1)  REID (7)  ROBERTSON (4)  ROSS (299)  RUSSELL (1)  SHARP (7)  SHAW (1)  SKERRET (6)  SIMPSON (1)  SIME (4)  SINCLAIR (1)  SINTON (2)  SMITH (2)  SPITTAL (2)  STEVENSON (16)  STEWART (8)  STRACHAN (7)  STRATH (3)  STRAITH (4)  SUTHERLAND (52)  TASER (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THISTLETHWAITE (1)  TRAILL (4)  TRAIL (2)  TULLOCH (1)  URQUHART (13)  VASS (1)  WALKER (2)  WATSON (4)  WATT (1)  WILL (5)  WILSON (1)  WATTON (1)  YOUNG (12)