Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lochgilphead, Argyll

Lochgilphead 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
CAMPBELL211.111165.57
FLETCHER211.111197.56
BELL15.555629.59
SIMSON15.55562,000.00
BOYD15.5556158.73
JOHNSTON15.555668.97
CRAWFORD15.5556113.64
BODEN15.5556666.67
WEIR15.5556212.77
GREER15.55561,666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SIMSON0.02182000.0000
GREER0.02181666.6667
BODEN0.0218666.6667
WEIR0.0218212.7660
BOYD0.0218158.7302
CRAWFORD0.0218113.6364
FLETCHER0.021897.5610
JOHNSTON0.021868.9655
CAMPBELL0.021865.5738
BELL0.021829.5858

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 18 people called SIMSON in Lochgilphead 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 2000.0000 in Lochgilphead means that 2000.0000% of the people in Lochgilphead on census day were called SIMSON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Lochgilphead in 1881

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

BELL (1)  BODEN (1)  BOYD (1)  CAMPBELL (2)  CRAWFORD (1)  FLETCHER (2)  GREER (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  MC CALLUM (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC KINLAY (1)  MC KINNON (1)  SKIMMING (1)  MURISON (1)  SIMSON (1)  WEIR (1)