Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilbrandon Kilchattan, Argyll

Kilbrandon Kilchattan 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
CRAWFORD29.5238194.17
BLUE14.76192,500.00
WHITE14.761914.81
MACAULAY14.76191,428.57
CURRIE14.7619169.49
MUNRO14.7619106.38
LOWRIE14.76191,428.57
MARTIN14.761919.34
DRUMMOND14.7619238.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLUE0.02212500.0000
MACAULAY0.02211428.5714
LOWRIE0.02211428.5714
DRUMMOND0.0221238.0952
CRAWFORD0.0221194.1748
CURRIE0.0221169.4915
MUNRO0.0221106.3830
MARTIN0.022119.3424
WHITE0.022114.8148

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 21 people called BLUE in Kilbrandon Kilchattan 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 2500.0000 in Kilbrandon Kilchattan means that 2500.0000% of the people in Kilbrandon Kilchattan on census day were called BLUE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLUE 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 BLUE 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 BLUE 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 BLUE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.02 in Kilbrandon Kilchattan means that you are 0.02 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLUE in Kilbrandon Kilchattan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kilbrandon Kilchattan in 1881

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

BLUE (1)  CRAWFORD (2)  CURRIE (1)  DRUMMOND (1)  MC KENRICK (1)  LOWRIE (1)  MARTIN (1)  MC CORQUODALE (2)  MACAULAY (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MC FARLANE (1)  MC KECHNIE (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC LAREN (1)  MC LEAN (1)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC PHEDRON (1)  MUNRO (1)  WHITE (1)