Top surnames from the 1881 census in Torosay, Argyll

Torosay 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
CAMPBELL546.585438.91
LIVINGSTON465.6098624.15
CURRIE334.0244142.98
JOHNSTON182.195127.20
KENNEDY131.585426.29
BLACK131.585424.48
MERRY111.3415179.45
LAMONT101.2195137.17
CAMERON101.219515.69
PATTERSON91.097631.48
STEWART91.09767.01
MACMASTER91.09764,285.71
MACLEAN70.853777.18
LYON70.853740.75
CUNNINGHAM70.853718.13
GRAHAM70.85377.43
FLETCHER60.73176.41
SINCLAIR50.609811.82
DUNCAN50.60988.91
JACKSON50.60982.18
MITCHELL50.60983.01
ROSS50.60985.58
HALLIDAY40.487823.61
NOBLE40.487811.75
CLERK40.4878188.68
MORRISON40.48786.21
BOYD40.487813.91
WHITE40.48781.52
GOLDIE30.365958.82
JAMIESON30.365913.13
MAY30.36595.75
COULL20.243971.17
ALLAN20.24393.89
STOCKS20.243922.42
GILLIES20.243917.05
BEARD10.12204.63
PARKINSON10.12202.54
TUTTON10.122063.29
FERGUSON10.12201.72
MUIRHEAD10.122015.82
CHISHOLM10.12208.40
DRUMMOND10.12206.14
BUCHAN10.12209.43
DARROCH10.122046.73
MACPHAIL10.1220123.46
BEATTIE10.12205.70
MACKINNON10.122033.90
ANDERSON10.12200.62
WILLIAMS10.12200.17
TAYLOR10.12200.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACMASTER0.828204285.7143
JEFFRIE0.82820909.0909
LIVINGSTON0.82820624.1520
CLERK0.82820188.6792
MERRY0.82820179.4454
CURRIE0.82820142.9809
LAMONT0.82820137.1742
MACPHAIL0.82820123.4568
MACLEAN0.8282077.1775
COULL0.8282071.1744
TUTTON0.8282063.2911
GOLDIE0.8282058.8235
MACINTYRE0.8282048.7805
DARROCH0.8282046.7290
LYON0.8282040.7451
CAMPBELL0.8282038.9133
MACKINNON0.8282033.8983
PATTERSON0.8282031.4795
JOHNSTON0.8282027.2027
KENNEDY0.8282026.2945
BLACK0.8282024.4821
HALLIDAY0.8282023.6128
STOCKS0.8282022.4215
CUNNINGHAM0.8282018.1253
GILLIES0.8282017.0503
SWANSON0.8282016.6667
MUIRHEAD0.8282015.8228
CAMERON0.8282015.6912
BOYD0.8282013.9082
JAMIESON0.8282013.1349
SINCLAIR0.8282011.8231
NOBLE0.8282011.7474
BEATON0.8282010.6045
DUKE0.8282010.4932
BUCHAN0.828209.4340
DEWAR0.828209.3458
MALCOLM0.828209.2764
DUNCAN0.828208.9127
CURRY0.828208.5179
CHISHOLM0.828208.3963
GRAHAM0.828207.4349
MURDOCH0.828207.1788
STEWART0.828207.0148
FLETCHER0.828206.4096
MORRISON0.828206.2064
DRUMMOND0.828206.1350
COWAN0.828205.9809
MAY0.828205.7471
BEATTIE0.828205.6980
ROSS0.828205.5791

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 820 people called MACMASTER in Torosay 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 4285.7143 in Torosay means that 4285.7143% of the people in Torosay on census day were called MACMASTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACMASTER 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 MACMASTER 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 MACMASTER 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 MACMASTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Torosay means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACMASTER in Torosay than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Torosay in 1881

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

ALLAN (2)  ALLISON (1)  ANDERSON (1)  MC ARTHUR (10)  AIRDRIE (2)  BEARD (1)  BEATON (1)  BEATTIE (1)  BLACK (13)  BOYD (4)  BUCHAN (1)  CAMERON (10)  CAMPBELL (54)  CAMPBEL (CAMPBELL) (2)  CHISHOLM (1)  CLARK (1)  CLERK (4)  MC COLL (2)  COULL (2)  COLQUHOUN (3)  MC CORMICK (1)  COWAN (1)  CUNNINGHAM (7)  CURRY (1)  CURRIE (33)  DARROCH (1)  DEWAR (1)  DICK (1)  DONALDSON (MC LEOD) (2)  DRUMMOND (1)  DUKE (1)  DUNCAN (5)  MC PHEE (1)  FERGUSON (1)  FLETCHER (6)  GILLIES (2)  GOLDIE (3)  GRAHAM (7)  HALLIDAY (4)  HENDERSON (1)  JACKSON (5)  JAMIESON (3)  JEFFRIE (1)  JOHNSTON (18)  KENNEDY (13)  LAMONT (10)  LIVINGSTON (46)  MC LEAN (LIVINGSTON) (2)  LIVINGSTON (MC LELLAN) (2)  LYON (7)  MALCOLM (1)  MAY (3)  MC ALPIN (1)  MC ALPINE (6)  MC CALLUM (1)  MC COWAN (2)  MC CULLOCH (1)  MC DONALD (45)  MC DOUGALL (12)  MAC DOUGALL (2)  MC EACHERN (2)  MC EACHREN (2)  MC FADYEN (16)  MC FARLAN (7)  MC FARLANE (2)  MC GILVRAY (7)  MC GREGOR (9)  MC INDEN ((MCMASTER)) (2)  MC INNES (21)  MC INNIS (10)  MACINTYRE (1)  MC INTYRE (7)  MC INTYRE (MACINTYRE) (4)  MC KECHNIE (5)  MC KELLAR (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC KINNON (40)  MACKINNON (1)  MC LACHLAN (17)  MC LAUCHLAN (1)  MC LEAN (65)  MACLEAN (7)  MC LAINE (11)  MC LELLAN (4)  MC LEOD (7)  MACMASTER (9)  MC MASTER (1)  MC MORRAN (4)  MC NEILAGE (2)  MC NELLAGE (1)  MC PHAIL (77)  MACPHAIL (1)  MC PHERSON (4)  MC QUARIE (7)  MC QUARRIE (1)  MC CRAE (3)  MC RAE (1)  MC TAVISH (7)  MERRY (11)  MITCHELL (5)  MORRISON (4)  MUIRHEAD (1)  MURDOCH (1)  MC NEIL (5)  MC NIEL (1)  MC NICOL (1)  NOBLE (4)  PARKINSON (1)  PATTERSON (9)  PATERSON (1)  ROSS (5)  SHAW (1)  SINCLAIR (5)  SMITH (1)  STEWART (9)  STOCKS (2)  SWANSON (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TUTTON (1)  WHITE (4)  WILLIAMS (1)