Top surnames from the 1881 census in Inverness-shire

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
FRASER5,0975.842365.63
MACDONALD3,8014.3568109.79
CAMPBELL2,5002.865616.93
CAMERON2,0582.358930.35
GRANT1,8962.173221.90
MACLEOD1,4131.6196114.69
MORRISON1,2721.458018.55
ROSS1,2401.421313.01
MACKENZIE1,1441.311346.85
ROBERTSON1,0611.21617.26
NICOLSON1,0591.2139105.06
STEWART1,0121.16007.41
MACLEAN9431.080997.71
MUNRO9101.043123.36
CHISHOLM8891.019070.17
MATHESON8070.925067.65
MACKINTOSH6580.7542112.71
SMITH6020.69000.49
FERGUSON5810.66609.40
BEATON5650.647656.33
MACKINNON5570.6384177.69
MACKAY5550.636217.59
SHAW5500.63043.43
MACPHERSON5440.623596.31
KENNEDY5230.59959.94
GILLIES4890.560539.19
FORBES4500.515815.39
DAVIDSON4370.50095.96
MARTIN4210.48261.96
MACRAE3930.450557.78
GORDON3480.39896.33
ANDERSON3450.39542.00
CUMMING3280.376019.70
URQUHART3270.374826.68
MACLENNAN3260.3737100.10
MACMILLAN2970.3404122.69
FINLAYSON2620.300326.07
JOHNSTONE2620.30036.64
MACASKILL2600.2980255.00
PATERSON2530.29004.26
MACINNES2470.2831223.71
CLARK2430.27850.93
MACINTYRE2420.2774111.21
MURRAY2410.27622.23
REID2320.26592.53
NOBLE2310.26486.38
ROSE2120.24303.28
TAYLOR2120.24300.38
LAMONT2110.241927.20
SUTHERLAND2030.23274.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACISAAC288.26680.0779
MACASKILL255.002600.2980
MACGILLIVRAY241.901240.1421
MACPHEE238.021470.1685
MACINNES223.712470.2831
MACKILLOP220.90740.0848
MACVICAR218.72790.0906
MACLELLAN203.251190.1364
MACKINNON177.695570.6384
MACBEAN172.411120.1284
MACDONELL159.08570.0653
MACMILLAN122.692970.3404
MACLEOD114.691,4131.6196
MACKINTOSH112.716580.7542
MACINTYRE111.212420.2774
MACDONALD109.793,8014.3568
NICOLSON105.061,0591.2139
MACLENNAN100.103260.3737
MACNEIL99.78590.0676
MACLEAN97.719431.0809
MACPHERSON96.315440.6235
MACQUEEN85.08860.0986
MACDOUGALL81.661080.1238
MACPHAIL80.03690.0791
CATTANACH76.08840.0963
CHISHOLM70.178891.0190
MATHESON67.658070.9250
FRASER65.635,0975.8423
MURCHISON57.97510.0585
MACRAE57.783930.4505
BEATON56.335650.6476
BETHUNE53.50720.0825
GILLES51.23670.0768
MACINTOSH48.581830.2098
MACKENZIE46.851,1441.3113
TOLMIE43.61620.0711
MACAULAY43.071340.1536
GILLIS39.98700.0802
GILLIES39.194890.5605
MACGREGOR31.831160.1330
CAMERON30.352,0582.3589
MORISON28.551270.1456
LAMONT27.202110.2419
URQUHART26.683270.3748
FINLAYSON26.072620.3003
DINGWALL23.42810.0928
DALLAS23.37770.0883
MUNRO23.369101.0431
GRANT21.901,8962.1732
CUMMING19.703280.3760

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 68 people called MACISAAC in Inverness-shire 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 0.0779 in Inverness-shire means that 0.0779% of the people in Inverness-shire on census day were called MACISAAC.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACISAAC 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 MACISAAC 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 MACISAAC 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 MACISAAC here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 288.26 in Inverness-shire means that you are 288.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACISAAC in Inverness-shire than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Inverness-shire comprises 39 registration districts

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