Top surnames from the 1881 census in Jura, Argyll

Jura 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
DARROCH9812.34264,734.30
SHAW587.304839.77
CAMPBELL415.163730.51
KEITH405.0378470.04
BUIE313.90437,948.72
CLARKE243.022714.92
LINDSAY192.392973.42
EWING101.2594136.61
BLACK101.259419.45
EDGAR70.881657.24
FERGUSON70.881612.44
GILLIES60.755752.82
TAYLOR50.62970.98
SWANN50.629757.74
FLETCHER50.62975.52
THOMSON50.62974.71
MACFARLANE50.6297110.13
MATHIESON40.503847.85
CLARK40.50381.68
FRASER40.50385.66
NICHOLSON40.50387.09
SUTHERLAND40.503810.00
CAMERON40.50386.48
RUTHERFORD40.503820.64
SYMPSON40.50382,857.14
GALBRAITH30.377841.32
RANKIN30.377825.42
ANDERSON20.25191.28
KENNEDY20.25194.18
MURCHISON20.2519250.00
WHITE20.25190.78
STEWART20.25191.61
NICOLSON20.251921.81
MURCHIE20.2519151.52
GRAHAM10.12591.10
PASCAL10.1259555.56
MACKECHNIE10.1259500.00
NORMAND10.1259250.00
SMITH10.12590.09
WILSON10.12590.27
JAMIESON10.12594.52
MUNRO10.12592.82
BLAIR10.12594.86
HAMILTON10.12591.68
RALSTON10.125937.45
CURRIE10.12594.47
MANN10.12592.39
TANT10.1259200.00
OATES10.12598.08
CHISHOLM10.12598.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUIE0.797947948.7179
DARROCH0.797944734.2995
SYMPSON0.797942857.1429
PASCAL0.79794555.5556
MACKECHNIE0.79794500.0000
KEITH0.79794470.0353
MURCHISON0.79794250.0000
NORMAND0.79794250.0000
TANT0.79794200.0000
MURCHIE0.79794151.5152
EWING0.79794136.6120
MACFARLANE0.79794110.1322
LINDSAY0.7979473.4158
SWANN0.7979457.7367
EDGAR0.7979457.2363
GILLIES0.7979452.8169
MATHIESON0.7979447.8469
FOREST0.7979443.8596
GALBRAITH0.7979441.3223
SHAW0.7979439.7669
PENDER0.7979438.7597
RALSTON0.7979437.4532
MACKINNON0.7979435.0877
SIME0.7979431.4465
CAMPBELL0.7979430.5128
RANKIN0.7979425.4237
NICOLSON0.7979421.8103
RUTHERFORD0.7979420.6398
BLACK0.7979419.4515
CLARKE0.7979414.9170
LIVINGSTON0.7979414.0252
FERGUSON0.7979412.4378
SUTHERLAND0.797949.9975
URQUHART0.797948.9686
CARMICHAEL0.797948.8028
CHISHOLM0.797948.6730
OATES0.797948.0841
CALDWELL0.797948.0515
NICHOLSON0.797947.0897
FLYNN0.797946.5789
CAMERON0.797946.4819
FRASER0.797945.6593
FLETCHER0.797945.5163
BLAIR0.797944.8591
THOMSON0.797944.7130
JAMIESON0.797944.5228
CURRIE0.797944.4743
KENNEDY0.797944.1780
NIXON0.797944.1339
NORRIS0.797942.9326

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 794 people called BUIE in Jura 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 7948.7179 in Jura means that 7948.7179% of the people in Jura on census day were called BUIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUIE 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 BUIE 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 BUIE 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 BUIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.79 in Jura means that you are 0.79 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUIE in Jura than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Jura in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  MC ARTHUR (6)  MC ARTON (3)  BALMAIN (1)  BLACK (10)  BLAIR (1)  BUIE (31)  BRUCE (1)  CALDWELL (1)  CAMERON (4)  CAMERONE (1)  CAMPBELL (41)  MAC CANNEL (1)  MC CANAL (1)  CARMICHAEL (1)  CARMICHAIL (4)  CHISHOLM (1)  CLARKE (24)  CLARK (4)  MC COLL (1)  MC CORKINDALE (3)  MC CRAINE (13)  MC CREADY (1)  CURRIE (1)  DARROCH (98)  EDGAR (7)  EWING (10)  MC PHEE (1)  MC FIE (2)  FERGUSON (7)  FISHER (1)  FLETCHER (5)  FLYNN (1)  FOREST (1)  FRAIL (1)  FRASER (4)  ROSS (FRASER) (2)  GALBRAITH (3)  GILLIES (6)  GRAY (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HUGHES (1)  MC ISAAC (9)  JAMES (1)  JAMIESON (1)  MC KAY (9)  KEITH (40)  KIETH (7)  KENNEDY (2)  LINDSAY (19)  LIVINGSTON (1)  MANN (1)  MATHIESON (4)  MC BETH (1)  MC CALLUM (1)  MAC CALLUM (1)  MC CONNEL (12)  MC CUAIG (5)  MC AULAY (2)  MC DAUGALL (5)  MC DONALD (9)  MC DOUGALL (60)  MAC DOUGALD (5)  MC EWEN (2)  MC FADYEN (3)  MC FARLANE (1)  MACFARLANE (5)  MC GILLIVRAY (11)  MC GREGOR (8)  MC HARDY (1)  MC INNES (2)  MC INTYRE (1)  MC KECHNIE (35)  MACKECHNIE (1)  MC KELLER (1)  MC KENZIE (7)  MACKINNON (1)  MC KINON (2)  MC KINNON (1)  MC LACHLAN (1)  MC LEAN (21)  MAC LEAN (7)  MAC LEAN OR MC PHERSON (2)  MC LELLAN (2)  MC LEOD (3)  MC MASTER (1)  MC MILLAN (2)  MC NIVEN (4)  MC PHAIL (16)  MAC PHAIL (1)  MAC PHERSON (1)  MILLER (1)  MUNRO (1)  MURCHISON (2)  MAC NEIL (3)  MC NIELL (2)  MC NEILL (9)  MC NEIL (2)  NICHOLSON (4)  NICOLSON (2)  NORMAND (1)  NORRIS (1)  OATES (1)  PENDER (1)  PORTEAUS (1)  RALSTON (1)  RANKINE (5)  RAMKIN (1)  RANKIN (3)  RUTHERFORD (4)  SHAW (58)  SHEPHERD (1)  SYMPSON (4)  SIME (1)  SMITH (1)  STEWART (2)  SUTHERLAND (4)  SWANN (5)  TANT (1)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMSON (5)  THOMPSON (1)  URQUHART (1)  WHITE (2)  WILSON (1)  BOULON (1)  BROWN (1)  GRAHAM (1)  LE GARSMEUR (1)  MC RAE (1)  MURCHIE (2)  NIXON (1)  PASCAL (1)  PATEY (1)