Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilarrow, Argyll

Kilarrow 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
CAMPBELL505.747133.96
BELL414.712625.08
SHAW283.218417.52
SMITH262.98852.12
FLETCHER222.528722.15
BROWN192.18393.31
LIVINGSTON161.8391204.87
FERGUSON131.494321.08
KENNEDY131.494324.79
SINCLAIR121.379326.74
DOUGLAS101.149423.72
CARMICHAEL91.034572.29
BUIE91.03452,142.86
CHAPPLE91.0345152.54
GILLES80.9195615.38
NIXON80.919530.19
SIMPSON70.80464.60
MORRISON70.804610.24
ROBERTSON70.80464.80
LEITCH70.804684.34
DARROCH70.8046308.37
CLARK60.68972.29
CURRIE60.689724.51
OPIE60.6897253.16
DENNISON60.689789.15
SPALDING60.689796.31
ANDERSON60.68973.49
WEIR60.689726.53
HENDERSON60.68976.35
RODAN50.57474,166.67
RAMSAY50.574722.31
CHRISTISON50.5747349.65
CURNOW50.5747167.22
MASSON50.574793.63
LAMONT50.574764.60
HILL40.45981.81
CONNOR40.459815.58
BARROW40.459821.70
INCH40.4598161.29
STEWART40.45982.94
NICHOLLS40.45988.80
MACDOUGALL30.3448227.27
BLACK30.34485.32
WILSON30.34480.75
HENRY30.344813.64
GRIFFITHS30.34482.11
WALKER20.22990.69
LINDSAY20.22997.05
SPINK20.229928.49
SLOAN20.229924.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RODAN0.878704166.6667
BUIE0.878702142.8571
GILLES0.87870615.3846
CHRISTISON0.87870349.6503
DARROCH0.87870308.3700
OPIE0.87870253.1646
MACDOUGALL0.87870227.2727
LIVINGSTON0.87870204.8656
CURNOW0.87870167.2241
INCH0.87870161.2903
CHAPPLE0.87870152.5424
FAHEY0.8787098.0392
SPALDING0.8787096.3082
MASSON0.8787093.6330
DENNISON0.8787089.1530
LEITCH0.8787084.3373
CARMICHAEL0.8787072.2892
LAMONT0.8787064.5995
CAMPBELL0.8787033.9605
LAMOND0.8787033.6700
NIXON0.8787030.1887
SPINK0.8787028.4900
SINCLAIR0.8787026.7439
WEIR0.8787026.5252
BELL0.8787025.0795
KENNEDY0.8787024.7855
CURRIE0.8787024.5098
SLOAN0.8787024.4200
DOUGLAS0.8787023.7248
RAMSAY0.8787022.3115
FLETCHER0.8787022.1506
BARROW0.8787021.7037
FERGUSON0.8787021.0799
SHAW0.8787017.5208
CONNOR0.8787015.5763
HENRY0.8787013.6426
BOWIE0.8787013.1926
GIBB0.8787013.0208
GALBRAITH0.8787012.5628
LIVINGSTONE0.8787012.3305
RAMSEY0.8787010.5820
MORRISON0.8787010.2369
HASTINGS0.878709.0253
NICHOLLS0.878708.8028
GILLIES0.878708.0386
CUMMINGS0.878707.4627
LINDSAY0.878707.0522
CONNELL0.878706.6138
HENDERSON0.878706.3452
BLACK0.878705.3248

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 870 people called RODAN in Kilarrow 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 4166.6667 in Kilarrow means that 4166.6667% of the people in Kilarrow on census day were called RODAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RODAN 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 RODAN 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 RODAN 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 RODAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.87 in Kilarrow means that you are 0.87 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RODAN in Kilarrow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kilarrow in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ANDERSON (6)  MC ARTHUR (28)  BANKIER (2)  BAXTER (1)  BELL (41)  BLACK (3)  BUIE (9)  BOWIE (1)  BROWN (19)  BARROW (4)  BIE (1)  CAMERON (1)  CAMPBELL (50)  CARMICHAEL (9)  CHAPPLE (9)  CHRISTISON (5)  CLARK (6)  CONNELL (1)  CONNOR (4)  MC CORKINDALE (10)  CUMMINGS (1)  CURNOW (5)  CURRIE (6)  DANSCH (1)  DARROCH (7)  DARROCH (MC PHEE) (12)  DEFER (1)  DENNISON (6)  DOUGLAS (10)  EDWARDS (1)  FAHEY (1)  MC PHEE (6)  FERGUSON (13)  FLETCHER (22)  GALBRAITH (1)  GIBB (2)  GILLES (8)  GILLIES (1)  GRAY (1)  GRIFFITHS (3)  GROSSART (4)  HASTINGS (1)  HENDERSON (6)  HENRY (3)  HILL (4)  HORNBOOK (5)  INCH (4)  MC INDOE (4)  JACKSON (1)  JAMIESON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  JONES (1)  MC KAY (15)  KENNIDY (2)  KENNEDY (13)  LAMONT (5)  LAMOND (1)  LEITCH (7)  LINDSAY (2)  LIVINGSTON (16)  LIVINGSTONE (1)  LOCHEAD (6)  MAC KECHNIE (3)  MAODONALD (3)  MASSON (5)  MC AFFER (2)  MC ALPINE (1)  MC CALMAN (9)  MC CAUIG (7)  MC CONNELL (1)  MC CUIG (1)  MC DONALD (9)  MAC DONALD (4)  MC DOUGALL (41)  MAC DOUGALL (4)  MC DOUGALD (5)  MACDOUGALL (3)  MC EACHERN (12)  MC EACHRANE (2)  MC FADYEN (7)  MC FADYON (1)  MC FARLANE (1)  MC GEACHY (4)  MC GILVRAY (11)  MC GREGOR (12)  MC INDEOR (10)  MC INDOOR (1)  MC INTOSH (1)  MC INTYRE (35)  MAC INTYRE (1)  MC KEACHAN (6)  MC KEACHERN (1)  MC KELLAR (6)  MC LACHLAN (4)  MC LEAN (16)  MC LELLAN (7)  MC LEOD (2)  MC MILLAN (15)  MC NAB (1)  MC NIVEN (6)  MACNIVEN (3)  MC PHAIL (2)  MAC PHERSON (1)  MC QUARRIE (2)  MC CRAE (6)  MC TAGGART (2)  MORRISON (7)  MC NEIL (3)  MC NICHOL (1)  NICHOLLS (4)  NIXON (8)  OPIE (6)  OWEN (2)  PARRY (1)  MC QUEEN (15)  RAMSAY (5)  RAMSEY (1)  ROBERTSON (7)  RODAN (5)  ROSE (1)  ROSS (1)  ROUNSFIELD (2)  SCOTT (1)  SHAW (28)  SIMPSON (7)  SINCLAIR (12)  SKINNER (2)  SLOAN (2)  SMITH (26)  SPALDING (6)  SPINK (2)  STEWART (4)  STUART (1)  WALKER (2)  WEIR (6)  WILSON (3)