Top surnames from the 1881 census in Inishail, Argyll

Inishail 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
CAMPBELL207.751945.81
STEWART155.814037.16
CARMICHAEL103.8760271.00
MARQUIS103.87602,222.22
MUNRO93.488478.13
FARQUHARSON62.3256410.96
SINCLAIR62.325645.08
BLACK51.938029.92
LEITCH41.5504162.60
ROSS31.162810.64
ORR31.162868.97
ROSE31.162815.68
MORRIS20.77523.48
TURNER20.77522.78
JACKSON20.77522.77
NICOL20.775237.24
MUIR20.775220.26
THOMPSON20.77522.59
MCINTYRE10.3876192.31
ANDERSON10.38761.96
SHEARER10.387630.21
PERRETT10.387677.52
HARRIS10.38761.53
WATT10.387610.11
BROWN10.38760.59
MATHESON10.387628.33
KNOWLES10.38767.26
WILSON10.38760.84
MUNN10.387653.76
MONTGOMERY10.387624.45
ELDER10.387636.76
WILLSON10.387634.60
CAMERON10.38764.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARQUIS0.262582222.2222
FARQUHARSON0.26258410.9589
CARMICHAEL0.26258271.0027
MCINTYRE0.26258192.3077
LEITCH0.26258162.6016
MUNRO0.2625878.1250
PERRETT0.2625877.5194
ORR0.2625868.9655
MUNN0.2625853.7634
CAMPBELL0.2625845.8085
SINCLAIR0.2625845.0789
NICOL0.2625837.2439
STEWART0.2625837.1563
ELDER0.2625836.7647
WILLSON0.2625834.6021
SHEARER0.2625830.2115
BLACK0.2625829.9222
MATHESON0.2625828.3286
MONTGOMERY0.2625824.4499
MUIR0.2625820.2634
ROSE0.2625815.6822
ROSS0.2625810.6383
WATT0.2625810.1112
KNOWLES0.262587.2569
CAMERON0.262584.9875
MORRIS0.262583.4825
TURNER0.262582.7847
JACKSON0.262582.7739
THOMPSON0.262582.5877
ANDERSON0.262581.9623
HARRIS0.262581.5251
WILSON0.262580.8440
BROWN0.262580.5880

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 258 people called MARQUIS in Inishail 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 2222.2222 in Inishail means that 2222.2222% of the people in Inishail on census day were called MARQUIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARQUIS 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 MARQUIS 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 MARQUIS 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 MARQUIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Inishail means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARQUIS in Inishail than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Inishail in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  MC ARTHUR (7)  BANINTYME (1)  BLACK (5)  BROWN (1)  CAMERON (1)  CAMPBELL (20)  CARMICHAEL (10)  MC COLL (4)  CORSTON (1)  DALGLIESH (6)  ELDER (1)  ESDAILE (1)  FARQUHARSON (6)  HARRIS (1)  JACKSON (2)  KNOWLES (1)  LEITCH (4)  MARQUIS (10)  MATHESON (1)  MATHIERS (1)  MC CALLUM (3)  MC CALMAN (2)  MC CORQUODALE (15)  MC CULLOCH (7)  MC DAIRMID (5)  MC DONALD (2)  MC DOUGALL (1)  MC FARLAN (6)  MC FARLANE (1)  MC GREGOR (2)  MC INNES (2)  MC INTOSH (1)  MCINTYRE (1)  MC INTYRE (12)  MC KENZIE (7)  MC KICHAN (1)  MC KILLOP (4)  MC KINNON (4)  MC LAGAN (1)  MC LAREN (3)  MC LEAN (2)  MC MASTER (1)  MC MILLAN (3)  MC NAUGHT (2)  SINCLAIR (MC NAUGHT) (4)  MC NIVEN (1)  MC PHAIL (2)  MC PHERSON (12)  MC TAGGART (1)  MONTGOMERY (1)  MONTGOMERIE (6)  MUIR (2)  MORRIS (2)  MUNN (1)  MUNRO (9)  NICOL (2)  MC NICOLL (1)  ORR (3)  PERRETT (1)  RIDDICH (1)  ROSS (3)  ROSE (3)  SHEARER (1)  SINCLAIR (6)  STEWART (15)  THOMPSON (2)  TURNER (2)  TURNISS (1)  WATT (1)  WILSON (1)  WILLSON (1)