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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilchoman, Argyll

Kilchoman 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
FERGUSON1234.819767.99
GILLESPIE773.0172190.26
CAMPBELL652.547015.05
BROWN612.39033.63
TURNER552.15527.74
ANDERSON461.80259.13
CURRIE461.802564.05
BELL311.21476.46
CAMERON311.214715.63
DICK301.175552.71
SMITH301.17550.83
GILLIES301.175582.19
CLARKE240.94044.64
JOHNSTON180.70538.74
TORRIE180.7053994.48
SHAW180.70533.84
LAMONT160.627070.52
CARMICHAEL160.627043.81
MURDOCH140.548632.30
MORRISON140.54866.98
MACNAB140.5486606.06
MARTIN140.54862.23
WILLIAMSON130.50945.68
SINCLAIR130.50949.88
BAKER130.50942.32
KENNEDY110.43107.15
TAYLOR110.43100.67
CLARK110.43101.43
FRASER110.43104.84
DUNCAN100.39185.73
KEITH100.391836.56
THOMSON100.39182.93
STEVENSON100.39185.58
GRANT90.35273.55
FLETCHER80.31352.75
SIMPSON80.31351.79
CONNELL80.313518.04
GRAHAM80.31352.73
DOW80.313526.02
ROSS80.31352.87
JOHNSON80.31350.93
STEWART80.31352.00
KERR80.31355.75
MACNEILL70.2743933.33
MACLELLAN70.2743409.36
MITCHELL70.27431.35
BECKET70.2743135.40
SCOTT60.23510.93
MACNEIL60.2351346.82
FERGUSSON60.235146.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TORRIE2.552,552994.4751
MACNEILL2.552,552933.3333
MACNAB2.552,552606.0606
MACLELLAN2.552,552409.3567
MACNEIL2.552,552346.8208
MAIL2.552,552259.0674
GILLESPIE2.552,552190.2644
BECKET2.552,552135.3965
GILLIES2.552,55282.1918
GILLES2.552,55278.3290
LAMONT2.552,55270.5156
CARRIE2.552,55269.2841
FERGUSON2.552,55267.9934
CURRIE2.552,55264.0490
MCLEAN2.552,55261.4439
MACAULAY2.552,55254.9451
DICK2.552,55252.7056
DOE2.552,55249.1400
FERGUSSON2.552,55246.4396
CARMICHAEL2.552,55243.8116
KEITH2.552,55236.5631
LYALL2.552,55234.4828
MURDOCH2.552,55232.2953
LEGGE2.552,55226.3158
DOW2.552,55226.0163
FRAZER2.552,55220.2327
CONNELL2.552,55218.0383
BOWIE2.552,55217.9937
CAMERON2.552,55215.6282
CAMPBELL2.552,55215.0505
COCKBURN2.552,55212.2850
BEATON2.552,55210.2249
SINCLAIR2.552,5529.8769
ANDERSON2.552,5529.1259
JOHNSTON2.552,5528.7404
CALDER2.552,5528.4057
TURNER2.552,5527.7422
KENNEDY2.552,5527.1494
MORRISON2.552,5526.9794
BELL2.552,5526.4644
KERR2.552,5525.7480
DUNCAN2.552,5525.7280
WILLIAMSON2.552,5525.6823
JAMIESON2.552,5525.6283
STEVENSON2.552,5525.5844
FRASER2.552,5524.8420
CLARKE2.552,5524.6413
SHAW2.552,5523.8398
HARTLEY2.552,5523.7512
BROWN2.552,5523.6260

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2,552 people called TORRIE in Kilchoman 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 994.4751 in Kilchoman means that 994.4751% of the people in Kilchoman on census day were called TORRIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TORRIE 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 TORRIE 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 TORRIE 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 TORRIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2.55 in Kilchoman means that you are 2.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TORRIE in Kilchoman than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kilchoman in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ANDERSON (46)  MC ARTHUR (79)  MAC ARTHUR (8)  MC ARTHUR ((BROWN)) (2)  MACARTHUR (1)  AULD (1)  BAKER (13)  BARBOUR (1)  BARR (1)  BEATON (3)  BECKET (7)  BELL (31)  BLACK (1)  BLACKLEY (1)  BOAG (1)  BONNER (2)  BOWIE (4)  BUIE (2)  BOYD (2)  BROWN (61)  CARMICHAEL (BROWN) (4)  BUCHANAN (1)  BIRNIE (2)  CALDER (3)  CAMERON (31)  CAMPBELL (65)  MC CANNAL (2)  CARRIE (3)  CARMICHAEL (16)  CHALMERS (1)  CLARKE (24)  CLARK (11)  MC LAY (1)  COCKBURN (4)  CONDY (1)  CONNELL (8)  MC CORMICK (45)  COWAN (1)  CRAWFORD (2)  CROSS (2)  CURRIE (46)  DARROCH (1)  DICK (30)  DIVERT (1)  DOW (8)  DOE (6)  DRYBURGH (1)  DUNCAN (10)  MC EAS...TEN (1)  MACFIE (3)  MC FIE (12)  MC PHEE (4)  MAC FIE (2)  MC PHIE (2)  FERGUSON (123)  FERGUSSON (6)  FERGUSSON (FERGUSON) (2)  FLETCHER (8)  FRAZER (4)  FRASER (11)  GALBRAITH (1)  GIBSON (2)  GILCHRIST (2)  GILLIES (30)  GILLES (3)  MC GILL (1)  GILLESPIE (77)  GILESPIE (1)  GRAHAM (8)  GRANT (9)  GRAY (6)  HAMILTON (4)  HARTLEY (6)  HENDERSON (1)  MAC INDE (5)  JACKSON (1)  JAMIESON (4)  JOHNSON (8)  JOHNSTONE (2)  JOHNSTON (18)  MC KAY (42)  KEITH (10)  KENNEDY (11)  KERR (8)  LAMONT (16)  LANG (1)  LEGGE (3)  LEITCH (2)  MC LIVER (1)  LYALL (6)  MAAR (3)  MAC GILP (5)  MACSHEIN (1)  MAIDMENT (1)  MAITLAND (1)  MAIL (5)  MARTIN (14)  MC AFFER (13)  MC ALLISTER (48)  MC ALPINE (1)  MC CALMAN (3)  MC CALLUM (7)  MACCALLUM (1)  MC COLM (2)  MC CONNEL (17)  MC CUAIG (9)  MC AULAY (55)  MACAULAY (5)  MC DEARMID (1)  MC DERMID (26)  MC DIARMAID (2)  MC DONALD (23)  MACDONALD (1)  MC DOUGALL (7)  MAC DOUGALL (1)  MC EACHEAN (1)  MC EACHERN (61)  MC EACHORN (1)  MC EWAN (14)  MC FADYEN (49)  MC FADYIN (6)  MC FAE (4)  MC FARLANE (4)  MC GEACHY (6)  MC GILVRAY (12)  MC GILLIVRAY (7)  MC GINTY (10)  MC GREGOR (9)  MC INDEN (2)  MC INDEOR (24)  MC INDOER (1)  MC INTYRE (58)  MACINTYRE (2)  MAC INTYRE (2)  MC IVER (2)  MACKAY (1)  MC KELLAR (6)  MC KELLER (1)  MC KENZIE (9)  MC KINNON (24)  MC LACHLAN (31)  MC LEAN (163)  MCLEAN (4)  MC LELLAN (98)  MAC LELLAN (3)  MACLELLAN (7)  MC LELLAND (1)  MC LEOD (16)  MACLEOD (1)  MC LUGASH (11)  MC MILLAN (39)  MAC NAB (2)  MACNAB (14)  MC NABB (1)  MC NAB (7)  MC NAIR (8)  MC NIVEN (49)  MC PHAIL (26)  MAC PHAIL (1)  MC PHERSON (9)  MC QUARRIE (1)  MC QUILKAN (4)  MC TAGGART (59)  MAC TAGGART (1)  MACTAGGART (10)  MC VORRAN (8)  MELVIN (1)  MILLAR (1)  MITCHELL (7)  MUIR (3)  MORRISON (14)  MUNRO (3)  MURDOCH (14)  MC NEILL (31)  MC NEIL (7)  MACNEILL (7)  MACNEIL (6)  MC NICOL (8)  NICOLSON (1)  OGILIVIE (1)  MC QUEEN (7)  REDPATH (1)  REID (3)  ROBERTSON (2)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGER (1)  ROSS (8)  SCOTT (6)  SHAW (18)  SHIELDS (2)  SIMPSON (8)  SINCLAIR (13)  SLOAN (1)  SMART (1)  SMITH (30)  SPENCE (1)  STEVENSON (10)  STEWART (8)  TAYLOR (11)  THOMSON (10)  TORRIE (18)  TRENCH (1)  TURNER (55)  TWEEDALE (2)  WALLIS (2)  WEST (1)  WHYTE (2)  WILLIAMSON (13)  WODROW (4)  YOUNG (1)