Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilchattan, Argyll

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
LIVINGSTON244.3796487.80
CLARK213.832112.75
CAMPBELL203.649621.57
CURRIE162.9197103.76
MAY112.007331.53
FERGUSON91.642323.17
SINCLAIR91.642331.85
CARMICHAEL91.6423114.80
SHAW91.64238.94
PATERSON91.642324.14
BELL81.45997.77
BALLANTYNE71.2774168.27
BROWN61.09491.66
WILSON61.09492.38
MUNRO50.912420.43
GIBSON50.91247.52
WEIR40.729928.07
MARTIN40.72992.96
BARR40.729930.19
JOHNSON40.72992.17
WELSH30.547413.83
ORR30.547432.50
DEWAR30.547441.96
MARQUIS30.5474315.79
ROWAN20.365056.66
GRAHAM20.36503.18
JOHNSTON20.36504.52
PHILIP20.365054.64
BLACK20.36505.64
DALLEY10.182572.99
MATTERS10.1825434.78
STRANG10.182540.65
DUFF10.182510.26
MORRISON10.18252.32
CARMICHEAL10.1825625.00
MURCHIE10.1825109.89
COWAN10.18258.94
TURNER10.18250.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CARMICHEAL0.55548625.0000
LIVINGSTON0.55548487.8049
MATTERS0.55548434.7826
MARQUIS0.55548315.7895
BALLANTYNE0.55548168.2692
CARMICHAEL0.55548114.7959
MURCHIE0.55548109.8901
CURRIE0.55548103.7613
DALLEY0.5554872.9927
ROWAN0.5554856.6572
PHILIP0.5554854.6448
DEWAR0.5554841.9580
STRANG0.5554840.6504
ORR0.5554832.5027
SINCLAIR0.5554831.8471
MAY0.5554831.5277
BARR0.5554830.1887
WEIR0.5554828.0702
PATERSON0.5554824.1352
FERGUSON0.5554823.1720
CAMPBELL0.5554821.5657
MUNRO0.5554820.4332
WELSH0.5554813.8313
CLARK0.5554812.7497
DUFF0.5554810.2564
COWAN0.555488.9445
SHAW0.555488.9410
BELL0.555487.7685
GIBSON0.555487.5165
BLACK0.555485.6370
JOHNSTON0.555484.5228
GRAHAM0.555483.1786
MARTIN0.555482.9630
WILSON0.555482.3840
MORRISON0.555482.3218
JOHNSON0.555482.1725
BROWN0.555481.6609
TURNER0.555480.6556

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 548 people called CARMICHEAL in 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 625.0000 in Kilchattan means that 625.0000% of the people in Kilchattan on census day were called CARMICHEAL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CARMICHEAL 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 CARMICHEAL 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 CARMICHEAL 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 CARMICHEAL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Kilchattan means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CARMICHEAL in Kilchattan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kilchattan in 1881

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

MC ARTHUR (15)  BALLANTYNE (7)  BARR (4)  BELL (8)  BLACK (2)  BROWN (6)  CAMPBELL (20)  CARMICHAEL (9)  CARMICHEAL (1)  CLARK (21)  MC COLL (16)  COWAN (1)  CURRIE (16)  DALLEY (1)  DEWAR (3)  DUFF (1)  FAHRLEMDER (1)  FERGUSON (9)  GIBSON (5)  GLENDINNING (4)  GRAHAME (1)  GRAHAM (2)  GREENSHIELDS (1)  JOHNSON (4)  JOHNSTON (2)  MC KAY (23)  LIVINGSTON (24)  LIVINGSTON (MC DONALD) (6)  MARQUIS (3)  MARTIN (4)  MATTERS (1)  MAY (11)  MC CORQUODALE (1)  MC CRAGGAN (1)  MC DERMID (12)  MC DONALD (16)  MC DOUGALL (9)  MC DOUGALD (5)  MC EACHNIE (16)  MC ECHNIE (1)  MC FADEN (1)  MC FARLAN (1)  MC FARLANE (1)  MC GILP (1)  MC GREGOR (8)  MC INNES (38)  MC INTYRE (38)  MC KECHNIE (1)  MC KICHAN (2)  MC KILLOP (2)  MC KINNON (1)  MC LACHLAN (36)  MC LEAN (22)  MC LELLAN (2)  MC LEOD (1)  MC NAB (4)  MC PHAIL (16)  MC PHERSON (1)  MC QUARRIE (2)  MORRISON (1)  MUNRO (5)  MURCHIE (1)  ORR (3)  PATERSON (9)  PHILIP (2)  MC QUEEN (12)  ROWAN (2)  SHAW (9)  SINCLAIR (9)  STRANG (1)  TURNER (1)  MC VICAR (9)  WEIR (4)  WELSH (3)  WILSON (6)