Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nairnshire

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
FRASER4695.259659.08
ROSS2182.444822.37
GRANT1561.749517.63
ROSE1511.693422.83
CAMPBELL1371.53649.08
DAVIDSON1341.502717.87
CAMERON1251.401818.04
MAIN1161.300979.47
ROBERTSON1111.24487.43
MACKINTOSH1081.2112181.00
MACDONALD1021.143928.83
SMITH941.05420.75
BARRON941.054268.08
MUNRO840.942021.10
URQUHART820.919665.46
MORRISON720.807410.27
MURRAY710.79626.42
CLARK700.78502.61
STEWART700.78505.02
WILSON660.74021.61
FALCONER640.717760.17
ANDERSON640.71773.63
SINCLAIR610.684113.26
BAIN580.650426.21
JAMIESON560.628022.55
GORDON550.61689.79
TULLOCH520.583287.90
RALPH520.583238.30
MACKENZIE500.560720.03
FORBES470.527115.73
CHISHOLM460.515935.52
INNES450.504732.59
BAILLIE440.493447.55
SIMPSON440.49342.82
CUMMING430.482225.27
MACINTOSH400.4486103.90
DALLAS400.4486118.76
WALLACE390.43746.39
ELLEN390.4374203.13
SHAW380.42622.32
SQUAIR380.42621,082.62
STORM370.4149324.56
MASSON340.381362.12
BUNKER340.381394.68
WATSON340.38131.64
DUNBAR320.358931.23
REID310.34773.31
KINNAIRD310.3477197.96
DOWNIE300.336428.68
SUTHERLAND290.32526.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACKINTOSH181.001081.2112
TULLOCH87.90520.5832
MAIN79.471161.3009
BARRON68.08941.0542
URQUHART65.46820.9196
FALCONER60.17640.7177
FRASER59.084695.2596
RALPH38.30520.5832
MACDONALD28.831021.1439
BAIN26.21580.6504
ROSE22.831511.6934
JAMIESON22.55560.6280
ROSS22.372182.4448
MUNRO21.10840.9420
CAMERON18.041251.4018
DAVIDSON17.871341.5027
GRANT17.631561.7495
SINCLAIR13.26610.6841
MORRISON10.27720.8074
GORDON9.79550.6168
CAMPBELL9.081371.5364
ROBERTSON7.431111.2448
MURRAY6.42710.7962
STEWART5.02700.7850
ANDERSON3.63640.7177
CLARK2.61700.7850
WILSON1.61660.7402
SMITH0.75941.0542

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 108 people called MACKINTOSH in Nairnshire 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 1.2112 in Nairnshire means that 1.2112% of the people in Nairnshire on census day were called MACKINTOSH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACKINTOSH 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 MACKINTOSH 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 MACKINTOSH 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 MACKINTOSH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 181.00 in Nairnshire means that you are 181.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACKINTOSH in Nairnshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Nairnshire comprises 4 registration districts

District Population Top Surname by Total Top Surname by Frequency
Ardclach 1118 FRASER MACARTHUR
Auldearn 1303 FRASER HOSSACK
Cawdor 1085 FRASER MACNAUGHTON
Nairn 5411 FRASER CAPTAIN

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