Top surnames from the 1881 census in Torsay, Argyll

Torsay 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
CAMERON1614.5455187.13
CURRIE1210.9091387.10
FLETCHER65.454547.77
BROWN43.63645.52
ALISON43.63642,000.00
LIVINGSTON32.7273303.03
TOSH21.8182800.00
BOYD21.818251.81
BAXTER21.818230.49
FORREST21.818270.42
MACKINTOSH10.9091135.14
FORGIE10.9091769.23
CAMPBELL10.90915.37
SHAW10.90914.95
OGILVIE10.909194.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALISON0.111102000.0000
TOSH0.11110800.0000
FORGIE0.11110769.2308
CURRIE0.11110387.0968
LIVINGSTON0.11110303.0303
CAMERON0.11110187.1345
MACKINTOSH0.11110135.1351
OGILVIE0.1111094.3396
FORREST0.1111070.4225
BOYD0.1111051.8135
FLETCHER0.1111047.7707
BAXTER0.1111030.4878
BROWN0.111105.5165
CAMPBELL0.111105.3706
SHAW0.111104.9480

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 110 people called ALISON in Torsay 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 Torsay means that 2000.0000% of the people in Torsay on census day were called ALISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALISON 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 ALISON 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 ALISON 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 ALISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Torsay means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALISON in Torsay than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Torsay in 1881

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

ALISON (4)  BAXTER (2)  BOYD (2)  BROWN (4)  CAMERON (16)  CAMPBELL (1)  MC COLL (1)  CURRIE (12)  FLETCHER (6)  FORGIE (1)  FORREST (2)  LANDELS (1)  LIVINGSTON (3)  MC DONALD (5)  MAC DONALD (1)  MC EACHRAN (1)  MC FADYEN (1)  MC GLASHAN (1)  MC INNES (2)  MACKINTOSH (1)  MC INTYRE (1)  MC KELLAR (1)  MAC KENZIE (1)  MC KINNON (3)  MC LEAN (6)  MC LAINE (2)  MACLAINE (2)  MC LELLAN (1)  MC LEOD (2)  MAC MASTER (5)  MC PHAIL (12)  MC VEAN (1)  MC NEIL (1)  OGIBVIE (1)  OGILVIE (1)  SHAW (1)  TOSH (2)