Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lairg, Sutherland

Lairg 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
MACKAY22616.5326457.12
ROSS15911.6313106.43
SUTHERLAND815.9254117.60
MURRAY624.535536.58
MACDONALD614.4623112.44
MUNRO292.121447.52
MATHESON282.0483149.81
MACKENZIE282.048373.18
CAMERON231.682521.65
FRASER221.609418.08
CAMPBELL191.38998.21
GUNN181.316853.78
GRANT161.170411.79
GRAHAM141.02418.92
MACPHERSON130.9510146.89
MACLEOD130.951067.36
INNES120.877856.68
BETHUNE120.8778568.72
GRAY110.80475.64
WILSON110.80471.75
ROBERTSON100.73154.37
HUNTER90.65846.41
HENDERSON80.58525.38
MERCHANT80.585287.05
BURGESS80.58528.43
BRYDEN70.5121121.32
CORBETT70.512126.13
BIRNIE70.5121120.27
BROWN70.51210.78
MACAULAY60.4389123.20
BLACK60.43896.78
MUNN60.438960.91
HART60.43895.15
BRUCE60.43899.37
MCKENZIE60.4389131.29
STEWART60.43892.81
SIMPSON50.36582.09
CLARK50.36581.22
MORRISON50.36584.65
AULD40.292648.54
MATHIESON40.292627.78
WATSON40.29261.26
WHYTE30.219512.94
BUCHANAN30.21958.49
CRAWFORD30.21954.49
REID30.21952.09
DAY20.14631.55
GORDON20.14632.32
TELFORD20.146316.60
SOUTER20.146326.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BETHUNE568.72120.8778
MACKAY457.1222616.5326
MATHESON149.81282.0483
MACPHERSON146.89130.9510
MCKENZIE131.2960.4389
MACAULAY123.2060.4389
BRYDEN121.3270.5121
BIRNIE120.2770.5121
SUTHERLAND117.60815.9254
MACDONALD112.44614.4623
ROSS106.4315911.6313
MACDOUGALL96.6220.1463
MERCHANT87.0580.5852
MACKENZIE73.18282.0483
MACLEOD67.36130.9510
MUNN60.9160.4389
INNES56.68120.8778
GUNN53.78181.3168
AULD48.5440.2926
MUNRO47.52292.1214
FINNIE42.1120.1463
MACKINNON40.7320.1463
MURRAY36.58624.5355
MATHIESON27.7840.2926
SOUTER26.9220.1463
CORBETT26.1370.5121
CAMERON21.65231.6825
FRASER18.08221.6094
TELFORD16.6020.1463
MELVILLE13.8620.1463
WHYTE12.9430.2195
GRANT11.79161.1704
URQUHART10.4220.1463
BRUCE9.3760.4389
GRAHAM8.92141.0241
BUCHANAN8.4930.2195
BURGESS8.4380.5852
CAMPBELL8.21191.3899
CUMMING7.6720.1463
BLACK6.7860.4389
HORNE6.7220.1463
HUNTER6.4190.6584
GRAY5.64110.8047
HENDERSON5.3880.5852
HART5.1560.4389
MORRISON4.6550.3658
CRAWFORD4.4930.2195
ROBERTSON4.37100.7315
SINCLAIR2.8420.1463
STEWART2.8160.4389

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 12 people called BETHUNE in Lairg 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 0.8778 in Lairg means that 0.8778% of the people in Lairg 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 568.72 in Lairg means that you are 568.72 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BETHUNE in Lairg than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lairg in 1881

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

AIRD (1)  ANDERSON (2)  ARMSTRONG (1)  AULD (4)  BANNERMAN (1)  BELL (1)  BETHUNE (12)  BLACK (6)  BORTHWICK (1)  BOWIE (1)  BROCK (1)  BROWN (7)  BRUCE (6)  BRYDEN (7)  BUCHANAN (3)  BURGESS (8)  BURNET (1)  BIRNIE (7)  CADGER (1)  MC CALL (7)  CAMERON (23)  CAMPBELL (19)  CHISHOLM (1)  CLARK (5)  CORBETT (7)  CORMICK (1)  MC CORMACK (1)  CRAWFORD (3)  CUMMING (2)  DAY (2)  DEAN (1)  DINGWALL (1)  DONALDSON (1)  DORMER (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  EDDIE (1)  FINNIE (2)  FORBES (1)  FRASER (22)  GALLON (1)  MACGILL (1)  GILLANDERS (7)  GORDON (2)  GRAHAM (14)  GRANT (16)  GRAY (11)  GUNN (18)  HART (6)  HAYLON (1)  HENDERSON (8)  HENRY (1)  HOGAN (1)  HORNE (2)  HUNTER (9)  INCH OR IVER (18)  INNES (12)  IRVINE (1)  MC KAY (47)  KENNEDY (1)  SUTHERLAND ((MACKAY)) (2)  MERCHANT (8)  MATHESON (28)  MATHISON (1)  MATHIESON (MATHISON) (6)  MATHIESON (4)  MC ANDREW (7)  MACAULAY (6)  MACDONALD (61)  MC DONALD (40)  MACDOUGALL (2)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC INNES (8)  MC INTOSH (10)  MACINTOSH (1)  MC INTYRE (8)  MC IVOR (7)  MC IVER (1)  MACIVER (1)  MACKAY (226)  MACKENZIE (28)  MCKENZIE (6)  MC KENZIE (25)  MACKINNON (2)  MC LEAN (11)  MACLEAN (1)  MACLENNAN (1)  MC LENNAN (1)  MC LEOD (68)  MACLEOD (13)  MACPHERSON (13)  MC PHERSON (1)  MC RAE (2)  MC TAVISH (8)  MEIKLEJOHN (1)  MELVILLE (2)  MORRISON (5)  MUNN (6)  MUNRO (29)  MURRAY (62)  MC NEIL (7)  PAUL (1)  REID (3)  RENNIE (1)  ROBERTSON (10)  ROSS (159)  SCOTT (2)  SIMPSON (5)  SINCLAIR (2)  SOUTER (2)  STEWART (6)  STRACHEN (1)  STRATH (1)  SUTHERLAND (81)  TELFORD (2)  URQUHART (2)  WATSON (4)  WHYTE (3)  WILSON (11)  YOUNG (1)