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

Laggan 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
CAMPBELL394.234525.02
MACPHERSON353.8002587.25
CAMERON343.691647.49
MACDONALD333.583190.29
GRANT293.148831.73
KENNEDY283.040250.42
FRASER202.171624.39
ROBERTSON161.737210.37
SMITH151.62871.15
ANDERSON121.30296.60
CATTANACH121.30291,025.64
HESKETH101.0858113.51
TOLMIE101.0858666.67
SHAW90.97725.32
MACKILLOP80.86862,285.71
BOYLE80.868633.47
ROSE80.868611.71
RUSSELL70.76006.23
KERR60.651511.95
MACRAE60.651583.57
ROSS60.65155.96
BARRON60.651542.08
CARVER50.542959.95
MORRISON50.54296.91
GORDON50.54298.61
HOSSACK50.5429246.31
MACLEAN50.542949.07
FYFE40.434347.34
DAVIDSON40.43435.17
URQUHART40.434330.91
MACLENNAN40.4343116.28
LOGAN30.325713.74
CALDER30.325723.29
STEWART30.32572.08
MACINTOSH30.325775.38
WARREN30.32574.87
LIVINGSTON30.325736.28
TAIT30.325711.06
GILBERT30.32575.72
JOHNSTONE30.32577.21
MANN30.32576.18
GOW20.217227.47
KELLY20.21721.98
CHISHOLM20.217214.96
TAYLOR20.21720.34
LAING20.217210.81
MURRAY20.21721.75
BELL20.21721.16
KING20.21721.00
MACKENZIE20.21727.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACKILLOP0.929212285.7143
CATTANACH0.929211025.6410
TOLMIE0.92921666.6667
MACPHERSON0.92921587.2483
MACGOWAN0.92921555.5556
VIAN0.92921312.5000
HOSSACK0.92921246.3054
MACPHEE0.92921153.8462
MACBEAN0.92921144.9275
KELLIE0.92921142.8571
MACLENNAN0.92921116.2791
HESKETH0.92921113.5074
MACDONALD0.9292190.2873
MACRAE0.9292183.5655
MCPHERSON0.9292182.6446
MACINTOSH0.9292175.3769
KELMAN0.9292161.3497
CARVER0.9292159.9520
MACGREGOR0.9292151.9481
QUINE0.9292151.0204
KENNEDY0.9292150.4232
MACLEAN0.9292149.0677
CAMERON0.9292147.4927
FYFE0.9292147.3373
BARRON0.9292142.0757
LIVINGSTON0.9292136.2757
BOYLE0.9292133.4728
GRANT0.9292131.7287
URQUHART0.9292130.9119
GOW0.9292127.4725
SIME0.9292127.1003
CAMPBELL0.9292125.0225
FRASER0.9292124.3932
CALDER0.9292123.2919
FERRIER0.9292118.6567
STARK0.9292115.8604
CHISHOLM0.9292114.9589
BISSET0.9292113.8504
LOGAN0.9292113.7363
LESLIE0.9292113.1148
KERR0.9292111.9451
ROSE0.9292111.7130
TAIT0.9292111.0619
LAING0.9292110.8108
ROBERTSON0.9292110.3674
DOWNIE0.929219.2593
STUART0.929219.0992
GORDON0.929218.6133
HARDIE0.929218.3264
MATHESON0.929217.9428

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 921 people called MACKILLOP in Laggan 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 2285.7143 in Laggan means that 2285.7143% of the people in Laggan on census day were called MACKILLOP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACKILLOP 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 MACKILLOP 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 MACKILLOP 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 MACKILLOP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.92 in Laggan means that you are 0.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACKILLOP in Laggan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Laggan in 1881

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

ANDERSON (12)  MACBAIN (1)  BARRON (6)  MACBEAN (1)  BELL (2)  BESSITT (1)  BISSET (1)  BOYLE (8)  CALDER (3)  CAMERON (34)  CAMPBELL (39)  CARVER (5)  CATTANACH (12)  CHALMERS (1)  CHISHOLM (2)  CLARK (1)  CROCKARD (1)  DAVIDSON (4)  DOTT (6)  DOUGLAS (1)  DOWNIE (1)  DUFFY (1)  DUNCAN (1)  MC FADGEN (3)  FERRIER (1)  MACPHEE (1)  FERGUSON (1)  FLEMING (1)  FORBES (1)  FOWLER (1)  FOX (1)  FRASER (20)  FYFE (4)  GILBERT (3)  GORDON (5)  GOW (2)  GRANT (29)  GRAY (1)  HARDIE (1)  HARVEY (1)  HENDRY (1)  HESKETH (10)  HOSSACK (5)  IRONSIDE (7)  JAMIESON (1)  JOHNSTONE (3)  MC KAY (1)  KELLIE (1)  KELLY (2)  KELMAN (1)  KENNEDY (28)  KERR (6)  KING (2)  KEMAN (9)  LAING (2)  LESLIE (2)  LIVINGSTON (3)  LOGAN (3)  MANN (3)  MATHESON (1)  MC ALASTER (3)  MC LURE (2)  MC COOK (2)  MC PHERSON ((MC DARMID)) (2)  MC DONALD (167)  MACDONALD (33)  MACDONALD (MC DONALD) (6)  MC DOUGALL (3)  MC FARLANE (1)  MC GEE (1)  MC GILLIVRAY (6)  MACGOWAN (1)  MACGREGOR (2)  MC GREGOR (12)  MC INNES (1)  MC INTOSH (28)  MACINTOSH (3)  MC INTYNE (1)  MC INTYRE (15)  MACKAY (1)  MC KENZIE (20)  MACKENZIE (2)  MC KILLOP (7)  MACKILLOP (8)  MC KELLOP (12)  MC KINTOSH (2)  MACLAUCHLIN (6)  MC LAREN (12)  MC LEAN (9)  MACLEAN (5)  MC LENNAN (6)  MACLENNAN (4)  MC LEOD (8)  MACLEOD (1)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC NAUGHTON (1)  MC NIVEN (1)  MACPHERSON (35)  MC PHERSON (53)  MCPHERSON (1)  MACRAE (6)  MCTAVISH (3)  MIDDLEMAN (1)  MOFFAT (1)  MORRISON (5)  MUNRO (1)  MURPHY (1)  MURRAY (2)  NICOL (1)  QUICKLEY (1)  QUINE (1)  ROBERTSON (16)  ROSS (6)  ROSE (8)  FITZROY (5)  RUSSELL (7)  SHAW (9)  SIME (1)  SMITH (15)  STARK (2)  STUART (2)  STEWART (3)  TAIT (3)  TAYLOR (2)  TOLMIE (10)  URQUHART (4)  VIAN (1)  WALKER (1)  WARREN (3)  WATSON (1)  MC WILLIAM (1)  WILSON (2)  YOUNG (1)