Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sutherland

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
MACKAY2,55311.3649314.24
SUTHERLAND1,6797.4742148.34
ROSS1,1845.270748.23
MUNRO8573.815085.45
MURRAY8003.561328.72
MATHESON5572.4795181.33
CAMPBELL5252.337113.81
MACLEOD4451.9809140.28
MORRISON4431.972025.09
GUNN4241.887577.08
FRASER3771.678218.85
MACDONALD3421.522438.37
GRANT3051.357713.68
GORDON2741.219719.35
MACKENZIE2721.210843.26
KERR2170.966017.71
BANNERMAN1280.5698162.52
STEWART1190.52973.39
POLSON1180.5253226.36
BRUCE1140.507510.83
GRAHAM1120.49864.34
FORBES1100.489714.61
ANDERSON1020.45412.30
CALDER970.431830.88
MELVILLE840.373935.42
CAMERON800.35614.58
MACPHERSON780.347253.63
ROBERTSON780.34722.07
MACRAE670.298338.25
CHISHOLM660.293820.23
CUMMING620.276014.47
MATHIESON620.276026.20
CORBETT600.267113.63
GRAY520.23151.62
WILSON510.22700.49
GOW470.209226.48
INNES470.209213.51
WATSON470.20920.90
ARMSTRONG460.20482.68
SINCLAIR460.20483.97
BAILLIE440.195918.87
REID420.18701.78
GILCHRIST410.182512.45
HENDERSON410.18251.68
LESLIE410.182511.02
DOUGLAS400.17813.68
RAE380.16927.42
BAIN380.16926.82
SMITH380.16920.12
CLARK360.16030.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACKAY314.242,55311.3649
POLSON226.361180.5253
MATHESON181.335572.4795
BANNERMAN162.521280.5698
SUTHERLAND148.341,6797.4742
MACLEOD140.284451.9809
MUNRO85.458573.8150
GUNN77.084241.8875
MACPHERSON53.63780.3472
ROSS48.231,1845.2707
MACKENZIE43.262721.2108
MACDONALD38.373421.5224
MACRAE38.25670.2983
MELVILLE35.42840.3739
CALDER30.88970.4318
MURRAY28.728003.5613
MATHIESON26.20620.2760
MORRISON25.094431.9720
CHISHOLM20.23660.2938
GORDON19.352741.2197
FRASER18.853771.6782
KERR17.712170.9660
FORBES14.611100.4897
CUMMING14.47620.2760
CAMPBELL13.815252.3371
GRANT13.683051.3577
CORBETT13.63600.2671
BRUCE10.831140.5075
CAMERON4.58800.3561
GRAHAM4.341120.4986
STEWART3.391190.5297
ANDERSON2.301020.4541
ROBERTSON2.07780.3472
GRAY1.62520.2315
WILSON0.49510.2270

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2,553 people called MACKAY in Sutherland 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 11.3649 in Sutherland means that 11.3649% of the people in Sutherland on census day were called MACKAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACKAY 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 MACKAY 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 MACKAY 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 MACKAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 314.24 in Sutherland means that you are 314.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACKAY in Sutherland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Sutherland comprises 16 registration districts

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