Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilmoden, Argyll

Kilmoden 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
GILLIES216.2500436.59
WEIR175.0595194.51
CAMERON123.571445.94
MILLAR102.976281.57
FERGUSON102.976241.98
BUCHANAN102.9762115.21
LAMONT92.6786301.00
ROBERTSON82.381014.21
LEITCH82.3810249.22
SINCLAIR72.083340.39
PHILLIPS61.78579.98
CAMPBELL51.48818.79
MUNRO51.488133.33
STARK51.4881108.70
BLACK41.190518.38
BROWN30.89291.35
LINDSAY30.892927.40
MACINTYRE30.8929357.14
GRAHAM20.59525.18
BLAIR20.595222.96
GORDON20.59529.44
RUSSELL20.59524.88
MUNN20.595282.64
THOMSON20.59524.45
BARBOUR10.297654.05
WOOD10.29760.93
DAVIDSON10.29763.54
NICOL10.297614.31
JAMIESON10.297610.68
MULLER10.297680.00
HENRY10.297611.78
STEWART10.29761.90
SCOTT10.29761.18
BILL10.297683.33
RANKIN10.297620.04
KENNEDY10.29764.94
WILSON10.29760.65
CLARK10.29760.99
IRVINE10.297613.51
TURNER10.29761.07
MORRISON10.29763.79
HELM10.297666.67
MARTIN10.29761.21
BAXTER10.29765.00
YOUNG10.29761.39
DEWAR10.297622.83
JOHNSTONE10.29766.58
WILLIAMSON10.29763.32
CHRISTIE10.29769.18
HUNTER10.29762.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLIES0.34336436.5904
MACINTYRE0.34336357.1429
LAMONT0.34336301.0033
LEITCH0.34336249.2212
WEIR0.34336194.5080
BUCHANAN0.34336115.2074
STARK0.34336108.6957
BILL0.3433683.3333
MUNN0.3433682.6446
MILLAR0.3433681.5661
MULLER0.3433680.0000
HELM0.3433666.6667
BARBOUR0.3433654.0541
CAMERON0.3433645.9418
FERGUSON0.3433641.9815
SINCLAIR0.3433640.3924
MUNRO0.3433633.3333
LINDSAY0.3433627.3973
BLAIR0.3433622.9621
DEWAR0.3433622.8311
RANKIN0.3433620.0401
BLACK0.3433618.3824
NICOL0.3433614.3062
ROBERTSON0.3433614.2096
IRVINE0.3433613.5135
HENRY0.3433611.7786
JAMIESON0.3433610.6838
PHILLIPS0.343369.9800
GORDON0.343369.4429
CHRISTIE0.343369.1827
CAMPBELL0.343368.7935
JOHNSTONE0.343366.5833
GRAHAM0.343365.1840
BAXTER0.343364.9950
KENNEDY0.343364.9358
RUSSELL0.343364.8757
THOMSON0.343364.4543
MORRISON0.343363.7864
DAVIDSON0.343363.5398
WILLIAMSON0.343363.3201
GRANT0.343362.9994
HUNTER0.343362.8986
STEWART0.343361.9022
MITCHELL0.343361.4671
YOUNG0.343361.3854
BROWN0.343361.3545
MARTIN0.343361.2082
SCOTT0.343361.1762
TURNER0.343361.0692
CLARK0.343360.9902

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 336 people called GILLIES in Kilmoden 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 436.5904 in Kilmoden means that 436.5904% of the people in Kilmoden on census day were called GILLIES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLIES 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 GILLIES 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 GILLIES 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 GILLIES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Kilmoden means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLIES in Kilmoden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kilmoden in 1881

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

MC ALLMAN (1)  MC ARTHUR (1)  BARBOUR (1)  BAXTER (1)  BILL (1)  BLACK (4)  BLAIR (2)  BROWN (3)  BUCHANAN (10)  CAMERON (12)  CAMPBELL (5)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARK (1)  MC COLL (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DEWAR (1)  DOUNIE (1)  FERGUSON (10)  GILLIES (21)  GORDON (2)  GRAHAM (2)  GRANT (1)  HELM (1)  HENRY (1)  HUNTER (1)  IRVINE (1)  JAMIESON (1)  JOHNSTONE (1)  JOISE (1)  MC KAY (1)  KENNEDY (1)  LAMONT (9)  LIETCH (7)  LEITCH (8)  LINDSAY (3)  MARTIN (1)  MC ALPINE (1)  MC AUSLAND (1)  MC BRIDE (1)  MC CALLUM (2)  MC DONALD (9)  MC DOUGALL (5)  MC DUGALL (1)  MC EWAN (3)  MC FADYEN (2)  MC FARLANE (2)  MC GILLIVRAY (10)  MC GREGOR (2)  MC INNES (3)  MC INTOSH (1)  MC INTYRE (23)  MACINTYRE (3)  MC KECHNIE (1)  MC KELLAR (8)  MC KENZIE (2)  MC KENZIE (MUNRO) (2)  MC KINNON (1)  MC LACHLAN (7)  MC LAREN (1)  MC LEAN (10)  MC LELLAND (1)  MC LELLAN (2)  MC LEOD (1)  MC MILLAN (6)  MC NAB (1)  MC PHAIL (1)  MC PHERSON (1)  MC QUARRY (1)  MILLAR (10)  MITCHELL (1)  MORRISON (1)  MULLER (1)  MUNN (2)  MUNRO (5)  MC NEAL (2)  MC NICOL (12)  NICOL (1)  PHILLIPS (6)  RANKIN (1)  ROBERTSON (8)  RUSSELL (2)  SCOTT (1)  SHANG (4)  SYME (7)  SINCLAIR (7)  STARK (5)  STEWART (1)  THOMSON (2)  TURNER (1)  WEIR (17)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (1)