Top surnames from the 1881 census in Strachur Stralachlan, Argyll

Strachur Stralachlan 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
FERGUSON7411.0119155.36
WEIR294.3155165.90
CAMPBELL192.827416.71
CAMERON131.934524.89
LEITCH131.9345202.81
COWAN121.785787.53
MONTGOMERY101.488193.81
HENDERSON101.488113.69
CRAWFORD101.488130.41
LUKE101.4881152.91
CURRIE91.339347.59
ARMSTRONG91.339317.52
SINCLAIR81.190523.08
MOODIE71.0417222.22
SCOTT71.04174.12
BALLANTYNE60.8929117.65
GREGOR60.8929535.71
TURNER60.89293.21
JOHNSTONE60.892919.76
AINSLIE60.8929338.98
TOWNSLEY60.8929458.02
KERR60.892916.37
TYSON60.892968.49
PROUDFOOT60.8929204.78
SIMPSON50.74404.25
HOUSTON50.744058.41
MORRISON50.74409.47
GRAY50.74405.21
HARPER50.744011.62
ANDERSON50.74403.77
LAMONT50.744083.61
MACDONALD40.595215.00
SUTHERLAND40.595211.81
NICHOL40.595255.33
BELL40.59523.17
CLARK40.59521.98
MACARTHUR40.5952493.83
HERMAN40.5952330.58
SAVAGE30.446411.62
BUCHANAN30.446417.27
TAYLOR30.44640.70
BERRY30.44645.63
KENNEDY20.29764.94
YOUNG20.29761.39
MUNRO20.29766.67
BARR20.297612.31
BRUCE20.29766.35
SWAN20.297611.49
SMITH20.29760.21
MUIR20.29767.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KARR0.67672625.0000
GREGOR0.67672535.7143
MACARTHUR0.67672493.8272
TOWNSLEY0.67672458.0153
AINSLIE0.67672338.9831
HERMAN0.67672330.5785
HOBB0.67672238.0952
MOODIE0.67672222.2222
PROUDFOOT0.67672204.7782
LEITCH0.67672202.8081
WEIR0.67672165.9039
FERGUSON0.67672155.3643
LUKE0.67672152.9052
BALLANTYNE0.67672117.6471
GILLES0.6767299.0099
MONTGOMERY0.6767293.8086
COWAN0.6767287.5274
LAMONT0.6767283.6120
TYSON0.6767268.4932
HOUSTON0.6767258.4112
NICHOL0.6767255.3250
CURRIE0.6767247.5939
HAIR0.6767238.1679
KELL0.6767237.1747
CRAWFORD0.6767230.4136
LAUDER0.6767228.3286
HARKNESS0.6767226.5252
CAMERON0.6767224.8899
SINCLAIR0.6767223.0814
JOHNSTONE0.6767219.7563
DICKIE0.6767218.9753
ARMSTRONG0.6767217.5200
BUCHANAN0.6767217.2712
CAMPBELL0.6767216.7077
KERR0.6767216.3711
BOWES0.6767216.2075
MACDONALD0.6767214.9981
MELVILLE0.6767214.0845
HENDERSON0.6767213.6911
GRIEVE0.6767212.8370
BARR0.6767212.3077
SUTHERLAND0.6767211.8133
HARPER0.6767211.6225
SAVAGE0.6767211.6189
SWAN0.6767211.4877
BRODIE0.6767211.0865
GILLIES0.6767210.4058
MORRISON0.676729.4661
DUFF0.676728.3612
MUIR0.676727.7760

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 672 people called KARR in Strachur Stralachlan 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 Strachur Stralachlan means that 625.0000% of the people in Strachur Stralachlan on census day were called KARR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KARR 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 KARR 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 KARR 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 KARR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.67 in Strachur Stralachlan means that you are 0.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KARR in Strachur Stralachlan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Strachur Stralachlan in 1881

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

AINSLIE (6)  ANDERSON (5)  ARMSTRONG (9)  MACARTHUR (4)  MC ARTHUR (11)  MC AURTHUR (1)  BALLANTYNE (6)  BARR (2)  BELL (4)  BERRY (3)  BILSLAND (7)  BLAIR (1)  BOWES (1)  BOYD (1)  BRODIE (1)  BROWN (1)  BRUCE (2)  BUCHANAN (3)  CAMERON (13)  CAMPBELL (19)  KARR (1)  CLARK (4)  MC CLEMENTS (2)  MC COLL (1)  COWAN (12)  CRAWFORD (10)  CRAUFORD (1)  CURRIE (9)  DALGLIESH (2)  DICKIE (1)  DUFF (1)  DUNCAN (1)  FERGUSON (74)  FORREST (1)  GILLES (1)  GILLIES (1)  GRAY (5)  GRIEVE (1)  HAIR (1)  HARKNESS (1)  HARPER (5)  HAZLET (1)  HENDERSON (10)  HERMAN (4)  HOBB (1)  HOUSTON (5)  HUGHES (1)  JENKINS (1)  JOHNSTONE (6)  MC KAY (1)  KELL (1)  KENNEDY (2)  KERR (6)  KING (1)  LAMONT (5)  LAUDER (1)  LEITCH (13)  LUKE (10)  MACGITTICAN (1)  MAXWELL (1)  MC CALLUM (27)  MC CONNELL (1)  MC DONALD (14)  MACDONALD (4)  MC DOUGALL (22)  MC EACHERN (4)  MC FADYEN (17)  MC FARLANE (1)  MC FARLAN (3)  MC GACHIE (1)  MC GILP (1)  MC GLASHAN (4)  MC GREGOR (6)  GREGOR (6)  MC INTOSH (6)  MC KELLAR (7)  MC KINNON (8)  MC KONNOCHIE (1)  MC LACHLAN (5)  MC LAREN (1)  MC LEAN (18)  MC LELLAN (9)  MC LUCHLAN (1)  MC MILLAN (4)  MC NAIR (1)  MC NAUGHTON (2)  MC OWE (1)  MC PHAIL (11)  MELVILLE (1)  MONTGOMERY (10)  MOODIE (7)  MUIR (2)  MORRISON (5)  MUNRO (2)  NICHOL (4)  MC NICOL (43)  PATTERSON (1)  PATON (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PROUDFOOT (6)  REID (1)  RHIND (1)  SAVAGE (3)  SCOTT (7)  SAXTON-WOOD (2)  SHAW (1)  SIMPSON (5)  SINCLAIR (8)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (2)  STONE (1)  SUTHERLAND (4)  SWAN (2)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMAS (1)  THOMSON (1)  TOWNSLEY (6)  TURNER (6)  TYSON (6)  MC VICAR (3)  WEIR (29)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (1)  YOUNG (2)