Top surnames from the 1881 census in Canisbay, Caithness

Canisbay is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Caithness

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
MOWAT1425.4075788.01
MANSON1184.4935384.24
SINCLAIR993.770073.10
BANKS993.770073.50
SIMPSON873.313018.94
BREMNER863.2749381.21
SUTHERLAND712.703753.66
SMITH632.39911.70
ROSIE632.39911,489.36
STEVEN612.3229306.53
ROBERTSON602.284813.64
MATHESON562.1325155.95
BEGG552.0944344.18
KENNEDY552.094434.74
BAIN521.980279.80
LAIRD521.9802176.39
GEDDES491.8660155.65
WARES451.71361,612.90
CORMACK441.6756221.66
SHEARER411.5613121.66
GREEN411.56135.54
HENDERSON381.447113.31
NICOLSON351.3328115.36
ROSS351.332812.20
MILLER331.25677.02
GUNN331.256751.32
SWANSON321.2186166.41
LEITH301.1424220.59
INNES250.952061.49
ALLAN230.875913.95
DUNCAN220.837812.25
HARPER210.799712.49
MOODIE210.7997170.32
COOK200.76163.83
WILLIAMSON190.72358.07
MACKAY180.685518.95
HOUSTON180.685553.83
GIBSON160.60935.02
REID150.57125.44
KEITH140.533149.73
DUNDAS140.5331281.69
HAM130.495065.92
MURRAY120.45703.69
HORNE100.380817.50
MUNRO100.38088.53
PURVES90.342752.42
OLIVER90.34274.80
FORSYTH90.342716.07
COGHILL90.3427173.08
ANGUS80.304621.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WARES2.632,6261612.9032
ROSIE2.632,6261489.3617
DASS2.632,6261111.1111
MOWAT2.632,626788.0133
MANSON2.632,626384.2397
BREMNER2.632,626381.2057
BEGG2.632,626344.1802
STEVEN2.632,626306.5327
DUNDAS2.632,626281.6901
GROAT2.632,626231.0231
CORMACK2.632,626221.6625
LEITH2.632,626220.5882
LAIRD2.632,626176.3908
COGHILL2.632,626173.0769
MOODIE2.632,626170.3163
SWANSON2.632,626166.4067
MATHESON2.632,626155.9454
GEDDES2.632,626155.6544
SHEARER2.632,626121.6617
NICOLSON2.632,626115.3593
CRUDEN2.632,62695.8466
BAIN2.632,62679.8036
BANKS2.632,62673.5021
SINCLAIR2.632,62673.0951
HAM2.632,62665.9229
INNES2.632,62661.4855
HOUSTON2.632,62653.8278
SUTHERLAND2.632,62653.6619
PURVES2.632,62652.4170
GUNN2.632,62651.3219
KEITH2.632,62649.7336
STALKER2.632,62646.4396
CHEYNE2.632,62645.8190
HARROLD2.632,62642.1941
LEASK2.632,62637.0714
KENNEDY2.632,62634.7376
DICKIE2.632,62629.1121
MALCOLM2.632,62623.1683
LYALL2.632,62622.3339
CALDER2.632,62621.7865
ANGUS2.632,62621.2936
MACKAY2.632,62618.9534
SIMPSON2.632,62618.9419
MACPHERSON2.632,62617.6471
HORNE2.632,62617.4978
FORSYTH2.632,62616.0657
MATHIESON2.632,62614.4613
ALLAN2.632,62613.9512
ROBERTSON2.632,62613.6351
HENDERSON2.632,62613.3132

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2,626 people called WARES in Canisbay 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 1612.9032 in Canisbay means that 1612.9032% of the people in Canisbay on census day were called WARES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WARES 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 WARES 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 WARES 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 WARES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2.63 in Canisbay means that you are 2.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WARES in Canisbay than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Canisbay in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (7)  ALLAN (23)  ANDERSON (1)  ANGUS (8)  AULD (2)  BAIKIE (22)  BAIN (52)  BANKS (99)  BARNETSON (8)  BARNIE (6)  BEGG (55)  BENDERMAN (1)  BOWNELL (1)  BREMNER (86)  BRUCE (7)  BUDGE (1)  BIRNIE (1)  CALDER (8)  CAMPBELL (2)  CARSHWELL (3)  CHALMERS (3)  CHARLESON (1)  CHEYNE (4)  CLEUGH (1)  COGHILL (9)  COOK (20)  CORBETT (2)  CORMACK (44)  CORNER (1)  CRAIG (2)  CROWE (1)  CRUDEN (3)  CRUICKSHANKS (5)  DASS (4)  DAVIDSON (2)  DICKIE (6)  DONN (2)  DRUMMOND (2)  DUMET (7)  DUNCAN (22)  DUNDAS (14)  DUNNET (207)  DUNNETT (13)  DUTHIE (2)  FARQUHAR (1)  FALCONER (4)  FORSYTH (9)  FRASER (8)  GEDDES (49)  GEDDAS (3)  GEORGESON (1)  GIBSON (16)  GILCHRIST (5)  GORDON (5)  GRAHAM (1)  GRANT (1)  GREEN (41)  GROAT (7)  GULLOCH (21)  GUNN (33)  HAGGIE (6)  HALCRO (4)  HAM (13)  HARPER (21)  HARROLD (5)  HENDERSON (38)  OAG (1)  HORN (1)  HORNE (10)  HOSSACK (1)  HOUSTON (18)  HUGHES (1)  INGLES (1)  INGLIS (2)  INNES (25)  JACK (6)  JOHNSTON (1)  MC KAY (32)  KEITH (14)  KENNEDY (55)  LAIRD (52)  LEASK (4)  LEITH (30)  LEVACK (11)  LYALL (4)  MALCOLM (8)  MALCOM (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MANSON (118)  MATHESON (56)  MATHIESON (4)  MC ADIE (1)  MACDONALD (2)  MC FADZEAN (1)  MACGREGOR (2)  MACKAY (18)  MC KENZIE (24)  MACKENZIE (7)  MC LACHLAN (2)  MC LEOD (15)  MACPHERSON (3)  MEARNS (2)  MEIKLEJOHN (4)  MILLER (33)  MILLAR (1)  MOODIE (21)  MORRISON (1)  MOWAT (142)  MUNRO (10)  MURRAY (12)  MURREY (1)  NICOLSON (35)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORQUAY (1)  OLIVER (9)  PATERSON (6)  PAUL (7)  PURVES (9)  RATTRIE (1)  REID (15)  ROBERTSON (60)  ROSS (35)  ROSIE (63)  SEBISTON (2)  SHEARER (41)  SIMPSON (87)  SINCLAIR (99)  SMITH (63)  STALKER (6)  STEVEN (61)  STEENSON (1)  STEWART (8)  SUTHERLAND (71)  SWANSON (32)  TAIT (1)  TALCONER (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TOUGH (7)  TROTTER (1)  WALKER (1)  WARES (45)  WATERS (1)  WATSON (1)  WEIR (3)  WILLIAMSON (19)  WILSON (2)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUNG (1)  YOUNGER (1)