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

Kirkhill 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
FRASER34123.0250258.65
MACDONALD624.1864105.50
GRANT442.971029.94
MUNRO442.971066.55
CAMERON412.768435.62
MACLENNAN322.1607578.66
ROSS312.093219.15
MACLEAN302.0257183.15
MACKENZIE291.958169.96
CHISHOLM231.5530106.93
CAMPBELL211.41808.38
MACRAE201.3504173.16
REID191.282912.21
MATHESON181.215488.89
KERR151.012818.57
BEATON110.742764.59
HOUSTON110.742758.32
MAIR110.742780.35
FORBES100.675220.15
DAVIDSON100.67528.03
CRAN100.6752476.19
TULLOCH90.607791.56
MANN90.607711.54
MICHAEL80.5402100.50
CALLUM80.5402479.04
GRAHAM80.54024.70
FARQUHAR80.540269.44
NOBLE80.540213.01
MORRISON70.47276.01
ALLISON70.472716.63
MACKAY70.472713.07
WISHART70.472760.34
SIMPSON70.47272.70
SHEARER70.472736.84
URQUHART70.472733.65
WILLIAMS70.47270.66
BISCOE60.4051612.24
MACLEOD50.337623.91
BANKES50.3376531.91
FALCONER40.270122.65
GLEN40.270127.29
SUTHERLAND40.27015.36
SMITH40.27010.19
OWENS40.27015.44
MACPHERSON40.270141.71
BISSET40.270134.45
SINCLAIR40.27015.24
GORDON30.20263.21
ELDER30.202619.18
HENDRY30.202612.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BISCOE1.481,481612.2449
MACLENNAN1.481,481578.6618
BANKES1.481,481531.9149
CALLUM1.481,481479.0419
CRAN1.481,481476.1905
FRASER1.481,481258.6468
MACLEAN1.481,481183.1502
MACRAE1.481,481173.1602
MACDOUGALL1.481,481133.3333
CHISHOLM1.481,481106.9270
MACDONALD1.481,481105.4960
MICHAEL1.481,481100.5025
TULLOCH1.481,48191.5565
MATHESON1.481,48188.8889
TOLMIE1.481,48182.9876
MAIR1.481,48180.3506
MACKENZIE1.481,48169.9638
FARQUHAR1.481,48169.4444
MUNRO1.481,48166.5457
BEATON1.481,48164.5919
WISHART1.481,48160.3448
HOUSTON1.481,48158.3245
MELROSE1.481,48152.2648
MACPHERSON1.481,48141.7101
SHEARER1.481,48136.8421
DALLAS1.481,48135.7782
CAMERON1.481,48135.6181
BISSET1.481,48134.4531
URQUHART1.481,48133.6538
MACGREGOR1.481,48132.3102
DOUGLASS1.481,48131.8810
GRANT1.481,48129.9381
GLEN1.481,48127.2851
MACLEOD1.481,48123.9120
FALCONER1.481,48122.6501
FORBES1.481,48120.1491
SHAND1.481,48119.6657
ELDER1.481,48119.1816
ROSS1.481,48119.1535
KERR1.481,48118.5713
ALLISON1.481,48116.6310
EWING1.481,48114.6520
ANGUS1.481,48114.1576
BARRON1.481,48113.0833
MACKAY1.481,48113.0695
NOBLE1.481,48113.0102
HENDRY1.481,48112.7877
REID1.481,48112.2139
MANN1.481,48111.5355
CUMMING1.481,48110.6157

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,481 people called BISCOE in Kirkhill 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 612.2449 in Kirkhill means that 612.2449% of the people in Kirkhill on census day were called BISCOE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BISCOE 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 BISCOE 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 BISCOE 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 BISCOE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.48 in Kirkhill means that you are 1.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BISCOE in Kirkhill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirkhill in 1881

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

ALLISON (7)  ANGUS (3)  MC ARTHUR (1)  BAILLIE (1)  BAILIE (1)  BAIN (3)  BANKES (5)  BARRON (3)  MACBEAN (1)  MC BEAN (1)  BEATON (11)  BISCOE (6)  BISSET (4)  BLACK (1)  BLAIKLEY (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  CALDER (1)  CAMERON (41)  CAMPBELL (21)  CHARLESON (3)  CHARLESRA (3)  CHISHOLM (23)  CLARK (1)  MACLEAY (1)  COBBAN (2)  COLLVILE (1)  CORBALLIS (5)  CRAN (10)  CRUICKSHANK (1)  CUMMING (3)  DALLAS (2)  DAVIDSON (10)  DEY (1)  DEANS (1)  DONALDSON (1)  DOUGLASS (3)  DUNCAN (2)  ELDER (3)  ELRICK (1)  ELLIOT (1)  EUSTON (2)  EWART (1)  EWING (2)  MC FARQUHAR (8)  FARQUHAR (8)  FALCONER (4)  FINLAYSON (1)  FORBES (10)  FRASER (341)  FRASE (1)  GANT (1)  GEDDES (1)  GILLANDERS (3)  GLEN (4)  GORDON (3)  GRAHAM (8)  GRANT (44)  GRIEVE (1)  GUNN (3)  HENDRY (3)  HOUSTON (11)  HEWART (1)  INNES (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  JONES (2)  MC KAY (10)  KEITH (1)  KERR (15)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEITCH (1)  MACASKIL (4)  MACCULLAM (1)  MACDEWAR (1)  URQUHART ((MACDONALKD)) (2)  MACGILLIVARY (1)  MANN (9)  MATHESON (18)  CALLUM (8)  MC CULLOCH (10)  MC AULAY (3)  MC DONALD (132)  MACDONALD (62)  MACDOUGALL (3)  MC GILLIVRAY (10)  MC GILVRAY (1)  MC GREGOR (6)  MACGREGOR (2)  MC GRUER (1)  MC INTOSH (5)  MACINTOSH (1)  MC IVER (6)  MACKAY (7)  MACKECHNIE (1)  MC KELLAR (1)  MC KENZIE (57)  MACKENZIE (29)  MC KINNON (5)  MACKINNON (1)  MC LAWREN (1)  MACLEAN (30)  MC LEAN (14)  MACLENNAN (32)  MC LENNAN (27)  MACLEOD (5)  MC LEOUD (1)  MC MILLAN (3)  MC PHERSON (20)  MACPHERSON (4)  MACRAE (20)  MC RAE (20)  MC TAVISH (4)  MACTAVISH (1)  MELROSE (3)  MENZIES (1)  MILNE (1)  MICHAEL (8)  MORRIS (1)  MORRISON (7)  MOSTYN (1)  MUNRO (44)  MAIR (11)  NOBLE (8)  OWENS (4)  PATTERSON (2)  PATERSON (2)  PROTT (1)  RAMSAY (1)  RANKIN (1)  REID (19)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROSS (31)  ROSE (1)  SHAND (2)  SHAW (2)  SHEARER (7)  SIMPSON (7)  SINCLAIR (4)  SMITH (4)  STEEL (1)  STEWART (1)  STRETRON (1)  SUTHERLAND (4)  TEMPLETON (1)  TOLMIE (2)  TOOLE (1)  TULLOCH (9)  URQUHART (7)  WALKER (3)  WATSON (2)  WEBSTER (2)  WHITE (3)  WILLIAMS (7)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WISHART (7)  WOOD (1) 

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