Top surnames from the 1881 census in Boisdale, Inverness-shire

Boisdale is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Inverness-shire

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
JOHNSTONE213.3333294.12
BROWN16.666710.11
MACPHAIL16.666710,000.00
DOWNIE16.6667555.56
SMITH16.66674.72
MACFARLANE16.66671,111.11
CAMERON16.666785.47
ROBERTS16.666717.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACPHAIL0.021510000.0000
MACFARLANE0.02151111.1111
DOWNIE0.0215555.5556
JOHNSTONE0.0215294.1176
CAMERON0.021585.4701
ROBERTS0.021517.7305
BROWN0.021510.1112
SMITH0.02154.7214

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 15 people called MACPHAIL in Boisdale 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 10000.0000 in Boisdale means that 10000.0000% of the people in Boisdale on census day were called MACPHAIL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Boisdale in 1881

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

MC ARTHUR (1)  BROWN (1)  CAMERON (1)  DOWNIE (1)  JOHNSTONE (2)  MACFARLANE (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC KINNON (1)  MC LEAN (3)  MACPHAIL (1)  ROBERTS (1)  SMITH (1)