Top surnames from the 1881 census in Glenaray, Argyll

Glenaray is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Argyll

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
MUNRO629.4656212.04
CAMPBELL497.480944.20
FERGUSON436.564992.61
BELL274.122121.94
SINCLAIR263.969576.97
CLARK253.816812.70
CAMERON182.748135.36
BAIN121.832173.85
GARDNER121.832126.99
CRAWFORD101.526731.20
GRIEVE81.2214105.40
FLEMING81.221429.39
REID71.068710.17
TURNER71.06873.84
MOORE71.06875.34
GAULD71.0687406.98
GILLIES60.916064.03
BAIRD60.916042.83
MORRISON50.76349.71
THOMSON50.76345.71
WILSON50.76341.66
DREW40.610723.12
STEWART40.61073.90
GIBSON30.45803.77
BLAIR30.458017.67
DAVIDSON30.45805.45
FLETCHER30.45804.01
BUCHANAN20.305311.81
PHILIP20.305345.77
IRVINE20.305313.86
TAYLOR20.30530.48
CARMICHAEL20.305321.34
BIRD20.30534.00
STRUTHERS10.152734.13
CANNEY10.1527400.00
LIVINGSTON10.152717.01
SMITH10.15270.11
KERR10.15272.80
ROBERTSON10.15270.91
HORNE10.15277.01
WESTON10.15273.74
GRANT10.15271.54
STRACHAN10.15278.86
LAUDER10.152729.07
GALLACHER10.152717.70
FISHER10.15271.30
ROBERTS10.15270.41
HANNAH10.152711.75
WEIR10.15275.87
GRAHAM10.15271.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GAULD0.66655406.9767
CANNEY0.66655400.0000
MUNRO0.66655212.0383
GRIEVE0.66655105.4018
FERGUSON0.6665592.6125
MARQUIS0.6665587.7193
SINCLAIR0.6665576.9686
BAIN0.6665573.8462
GILLIES0.6665564.0342
PHILIP0.6665545.7666
CAMPBELL0.6665544.2039
BAIRD0.6665542.8266
CAMERON0.6665535.3565
STRUTHERS0.6665534.1297
CRAWFORD0.6665531.2012
FLEMING0.6665529.3902
LAUDER0.6665529.0698
GARDNER0.6665526.9906
DREW0.6665523.1214
BELL0.6665521.9370
CARMICHAEL0.6665521.3447
GALLACHER0.6665517.6991
BLAIR0.6665517.6678
LIVINGSTON0.6665517.0068
HOWIE0.6665515.5521
IRVINE0.6665513.8600
CLARK0.6665512.6987
BUCHANAN0.6665511.8133
HANNAH0.6665511.7509
REID0.6665510.1744
SHIELDS0.666559.8814
MORRISON0.666559.7125
STRACHAN0.666558.8574
HORNE0.666557.0126
LAKE0.666556.8871
WEIR0.666555.8720
THOMSON0.666555.7130
DAVIDSON0.666555.4476
MOORE0.666555.3443
FLETCHER0.666554.0123
BIRD0.666553.9960
STEWART0.666553.9032
TURNER0.666553.8392
GIBSON0.666553.7731
WESTON0.666553.7439
KERR0.666552.7996
WILSON0.666551.6621
GRANT0.666551.5385
GRAHAM0.666551.3298
FISHER0.666551.3045

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 655 people called GAULD in Glenaray 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 406.9767 in Glenaray means that 406.9767% of the people in Glenaray on census day were called GAULD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GAULD 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 GAULD 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 GAULD 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 GAULD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Glenaray means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GAULD in Glenaray than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Glenaray in 1881

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

MC ARDLE (5)  MAC ARTHUR (9)  MC ARTHUR (18)  BAIN (12)  BAIRD (6)  BELL (27)  BIRD (2)  BLAIR (3)  BUCHANAN (2)  MAC CALL (3)  CAMERON (18)  CAMPBELL (49)  CANNEY (1)  CARMICHAEL (2)  CLARK (25)  CRAWFORD (10)  DAVIDSON (3)  DREW (4)  FERGUSON (43)  FISHER (1)  FLEMING (8)  FLETCHER (3)  GALLACHER (1)  GARDNER (12)  GAULD (7)  GIBSON (3)  GILLIES (6)  GRAHAM (1)  GRANT (1)  GRIEVE (8)  HANNAH (1)  HORNE (1)  HOWIE (1)  IRVINE (2)  MC KAY (3)  KERR (1)  KIDDIE (3)  LAKE (1)  LAUDER (1)  LIVINGSTON (1)  MAC KELLAR (4)  MARQUIS (1)  MC ALPINE (1)  MAC BRIDE (2)  MC CALLUM (6)  MC DONALD (3)  MC DOUGALE (6)  MAC DOUGALL (2)  MC DOUGALL (1)  MC EACHERN (1)  MC FADYEN (1)  MC FARLANE (17)  MC FAYDEN (3)  MC GILP (1)  MC GANN (1)  MAC GUFFIE (4)  MC GUGAN (4)  MC INNIS (1)  MAC INTOSH (1)  MC INTYRE (1)  MC KELLAR (8)  MC KENZIE (6)  MC LACHLAN (15)  MC LAREN (5)  MC LEAN (2)  MAC LEOD (3)  MC LEOD (1)  MC MILLAN (5)  MC NAB (2)  MC PHAIL (8)  MAC PHAIL (8)  MC PHEDERAN (7)  MAC VEAN (6)  MOORE (7)  MORRISON (5)  MUNRO (62)  MC NEILL (1)  MAC NICOL (16)  MC NICOLL (9)  MC NICOL (6)  PHILIP (2)  REID (7)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  SHIELDS (1)  SINCLAIR (26)  SMITH (1)  STEWART (4)  STRACHAN (1)  STRUTHERS (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TELTORD ? (1)  THOMSON (5)  TURNER (7)  MC VICAR (37)  WEIR (1)  WESTON (1)  WILSON (5)