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

Sleat 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
ROBERTSON23611.368067.84
MACDONALD1416.7919171.16
MACPHERSON954.5761706.85
MACINNES844.04623,193.92
NICOLSON753.6127312.76
ANDERSON602.890214.63
MACGILLIVRAY602.89024,918.03
CAMPBELL391.878611.10
KENNEDY391.878631.16
BEATON331.5896138.25
MARTIN321.54146.26
MACKINNON281.3487375.34
GILLIES271.300690.94
KELLY261.252411.44
GRANT261.252412.62
BRUCE231.107923.65
MACLEAN200.963487.07
MACINTYRE200.9634386.10
CAMERON180.867111.16
BUCHANNAN170.8189580.20
MATHESON130.626245.79
CLARK120.57801.92
MATHIESON110.529950.30
FRASER110.52995.95
JOHNSTONE110.529911.72
SHAW100.48172.62
FINDLAY100.481723.25
MURCHISON90.4335430.62
ROSS90.43353.97
STEWART70.33722.16
HUNTER70.33723.28
LIVINGSTONE70.337236.18
MACMILLAN60.2890104.17
MORRISON60.28903.68
SCOTT60.28901.14
MACINTOSH50.240855.80
MACLEOD50.240817.05
NICHOLSON50.24083.39
LYALL40.192728.25
FERGUSON30.14452.04
CAMBELL30.144552.45
JONES30.14450.13
DAWSON30.14451.31
LAUGHTON30.144529.73
BARRON30.14459.33
GRAHAM30.14451.26
WILSON30.14450.31
DINGWALL20.096324.30
KERR20.09631.77
MACKENZIE20.09633.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACGILLIVRAY2.082,0764918.0328
MACINNES2.082,0763193.9163
MACPHERSON2.082,076706.8452
BUCHANNAN2.082,076580.2048
MURCHISON2.082,076430.6220
MACINTYRE2.082,076386.1004
MACKINNON2.082,076375.3351
NICOLSON2.082,076312.7606
MACDONALD2.082,076171.1580
BEATON2.082,076138.2488
MACMILLAN2.082,076104.1667
GILLIES2.082,07690.9397
MACLEAN2.082,07687.0701
ROBERTSON2.082,07667.8414
MACINTOSH2.082,07655.8036
CAMBELL2.082,07652.4476
MATHIESON2.082,07650.2972
MATHESON2.082,07645.7908
LIVINGSTONE2.082,07636.1757
KENNEDY2.082,07631.1576
LAUGHTON2.082,07629.7324
LYALL2.082,07628.2486
BRUCE2.082,07623.6528
FINDLAY2.082,07623.2504
MACLEOD2.082,07617.0532
ANDERSON2.082,07614.6327
GRANT2.082,07612.6207
JOHNSTONE2.082,07611.7233
KELLY2.082,07611.4356
CAMERON2.082,07611.1552
CAMPBELL2.082,07611.1007
BARRON2.082,0769.3342
MARTIN2.082,0766.2572
FRASER2.082,0765.9524
ROSS2.082,0763.9669
MORRISON2.082,0763.6771
NICHOLSON2.082,0763.3896
HUNTER2.082,0763.2835
SHAW2.082,0762.6223
STEWART2.082,0762.1550
FERGUSON2.082,0762.0387
CLARK2.082,0761.9231
DAWSON2.082,0761.3110
GRAHAM2.082,0761.2587
SCOTT2.082,0761.1423
WILSON2.082,0760.3146
JONES2.082,0760.1276

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2,076 people called MACGILLIVRAY in Sleat 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 4918.0328 in Sleat means that 4918.0328% of the people in Sleat on census day were called MACGILLIVRAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACGILLIVRAY 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 MACGILLIVRAY 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 MACGILLIVRAY 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 MACGILLIVRAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2.08 in Sleat means that you are 2.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACGILLIVRAY in Sleat than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sleat in 1881

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

ANDERSON (60)  MC ARTHUR (13)  BARRON (3)  BEATON (33)  BRUCE (23)  BUCHANNAN (17)  CAMERON (18)  CAMPBELL (39)  CAMBELL (3)  ST CLAIR (1)  CLARK (12)  MAC COLL (1)  MC CORMICK (6)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DAWSON (3)  DINGWALL (2)  ELLESON (1)  MACPHEE (1)  MC PHEE (3)  FERGUSON (3)  FINDLAY (10)  FLETCHER (1)  FORBES (1)  FRASER (11)  GILLIES (27)  GRAHAM (3)  GRAHAME (1)  GRANT (26)  HUNTER (7)  INGILS (1)  JOHNSTONE (11)  JUNNER (2)  KELLY (26)  KENNEDY (39)  KERR (2)  KIRK (1)  LAURENCE (1)  LAUGHTON (3)  LIVINGSTONE (7)  LIVINGSTON (2)  LYALL (4)  MAC ERLICH (2)  MACGASKILL (1)  MC INNESS (4)  MACPHADYEN (1)  MAGILLIVRAY (4)  MARTIN (32)  MATHESON (13)  MATHIESON (11)  MACALPIN (4)  MAC LURE (22)  MACLURE (1)  MC LURE (11)  MC CLURE (1)  MC CUAIG (1)  MC CULLIE (2)  MACDONALD (141)  MC DONALD (175)  MAC DONALD (13)  MACGILLIVRAY (60)  MC GILLIVRAY (22)  MAC GILLIVRAY (10)  MACGREGOR ((MACINTYRE)) (2)  MACGREGOR (1)  MAC INNES (82)  MC INNES (87)  MACINNES (84)  MC INTOSH (23)  MAC INTOSH (4)  MACINTOSH (5)  MAC INTYRE (1)  MC INTYRE (3)  MACINTYRE (20)  MAC KAY (1)  MC KENZIE (28)  MACKENZIE (2)  MAC KINNON (57)  MC KINNON (39)  MACKINNON (28)  MC LAREN (1)  MAC LEAN (2)  MC LEAN (26)  MACLEAN (20)  MAC LENNAN (3)  MC LENNAN (1)  MAC LEOD (10)  MC LEOD (9)  MACLEOD (5)  MC MILLAN (6)  MACMILLAN (6)  MACPHERSON (95)  MAC PHERSON (13)  MC PHERSON (53)  MAC QUEEN (1)  MC RAE (2)  MITCHEL (1)  MORRISON (6)  MURCHISON (9)  MURCHESON (1)  MC NEIL (2)  NICOLSON (75)  NICHOLSON (5)  POLE (1)  MC QUINE (1)  ROBERTSON (236)  ROBERSON (1)  ROSS (9)  ROSE (1)  SCOTT (6)  SHAW (10)  SHEERLAW (1)  SILVER (1)  SMITH (1)  STEWART (7)  MACSWEEN (6)  TODD (1)  WHYTE (1)  WILSON (3)  WYLIE (1)  YOUNG (1)  ELIOT (1)  ELLISON (1)  JONES (3)  LLOYDS (1)  MUIR (1)  ROBERTS (1)  SIVERS (1)