Top surnames from the 1881 census in Small Isles, Inverness-shire

Small Isles 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
CAMPBELL6812.341272.92
NICOLSON162.9038251.18
ROBERTSON111.996411.91
KIRK81.451933.53
CHISHOLM81.4519100.00
BEATTIE81.451967.85
STEWART81.45199.28
LIVINGSTONE50.907497.28
SCOTT40.72602.87
MATHESON40.726053.12
CAMERON30.54457.00
SINCLAIR30.544510.56
WILLIAMS30.54450.76
WHITE30.54451.69
MACPHERSON30.544584.03
WEIR20.363013.96
HENDERSON20.36303.34
FERGUSON20.36305.12
RUSSELL10.18151.49
ASHWORTH10.18154.55
ROBERTS10.18150.48
GRANT10.18151.83
WOOD10.18150.57
MUNRO10.18154.07
EVANS10.18150.42
MARTIN10.18150.74
MACLEOD10.181512.85
BROWN10.18150.28
ROWAN10.181528.17
FORBES10.18155.42
MCLEAN10.181570.92
DOUGLAS10.18153.75
WALLACE10.18152.65
MACQUARRIE10.1815833.33
GRIFFITHS10.18151.11
MURPHY10.18152.27
DEACON10.181510.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACQUARRIE0.55551833.3333
NICOLSON0.55551251.1774
CHISHOLM0.55551100.0000
LIVINGSTONE0.5555197.2763
MACPHERSON0.5555184.0336
CAMPBELL0.5555172.9223
MCLEAN0.5555170.9220
BEATTIE0.5555167.8541
MATHESON0.5555153.1208
KIRK0.5555133.5289
ROWAN0.5555128.1690
WEIR0.5555113.9567
MACLEOD0.5555112.8535
ROBERTSON0.5555111.9138
DEACON0.5555110.6838
SINCLAIR0.5555110.5559
STEWART0.555519.2797
CAMERON0.555517.0044
FORBES0.555515.4171
FERGUSON0.555515.1203
ASHWORTH0.555514.5496
MUNRO0.555514.0650
DOUGLAS0.555513.7467
HENDERSON0.555513.3395
SCOTT0.555512.8692
WALLACE0.555512.6497
MURPHY0.555512.2717
GRANT0.555511.8288
WHITE0.555511.6939
RUSSELL0.555511.4868
GRIFFITHS0.555511.1090
WILLIAMS0.555510.7579
MARTIN0.555510.7367
WOOD0.555510.5696
ROBERTS0.555510.4824
EVANS0.555510.4153
BROWN0.555510.2753

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 551 people called MACQUARRIE in Small Isles 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 833.3333 in Small Isles means that 833.3333% of the people in Small Isles on census day were called MACQUARRIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACQUARRIE 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 MACQUARRIE 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 MACQUARRIE 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 MACQUARRIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Small Isles means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACQUARRIE in Small Isles than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Small Isles in 1881

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

MC ARTHUR (8)  ASHWORTH (1)  MC ASKILL (3)  MC EACHEN (3)  BEATTIE (8)  BROWN (1)  BROWN (MC DOUGALL) (2)  BULLOUGH (1)  CAMERON (3)  CAMPBELL (68)  CHISHOLM (8)  MC COLL (5)  MC CORMICK (6)  DEACON (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  FERGUSON (2)  GRANT (1)  HENDERSON (2)  MC ISAAC (6)  MC KAY (21)  KIRK (8)  LIVINGSTONE (5)  MARTIN (1)  MATHESON (4)  MC CASKILL (7)  MC LURE (2)  MC DONALD (55)  MC DOUGALL (10)  MC DOUGAL (1)  MC FARLANE (5)  MC GILVRAY (1)  MC INNES (5)  MC INTYRE (3)  MC KINNON (66)  MC KIRNON (4)  LAUCHLAN (2)  MC LEAN (49)  MCLEAN (1)  MC LELLAN (8)  MC LEOD (49)  MACLEOD (1)  MC MILLAN (5)  MC NIVEN (1)  MACPHERSON (3)  MC PHERSON (3)  MC QUARRIE (16)  MC RAE (13)  MUNRO (1)  MC NEILL (3)  MC NICOL (6)  NICOLSON (16)  MACQUARRIE (1)  ROBERTSON (11)  ROWAN (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SCOTT (4)  SINCLAIR (3)  STEWART (8)  MC VICAR (1)  WALLACE (1)  WEIR (2)  WHITE (3)  WOOD (1)  EVANS (1)  FORBES (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  MURPHY (1)  MC NEIL (1)  ROBERTS (1)  WILLIAMS (3)