Top surnames from the 1881 census in Halkirk, Caithness

Halkirk is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Caithness

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
SUTHERLAND2218.1670162.09
SINCLAIR1786.5780127.53
CAMPBELL1304.804128.39
HENDERSON1164.286839.44
GUNN1063.9172159.98
MACKAY993.6585101.15
MILLER913.362918.80
BAIN823.0303122.13
MANSON772.8455243.36
MUNRO491.810840.56
WILLIAMSON441.626018.14
ROSS381.404312.85
TAYLOR361.33042.08
GRAY351.29349.06
STEVEN341.2565165.85
KEITH331.2195113.79
GRANT331.219512.29
BRUCE281.034722.09
FRASER281.034711.62
SWANSON281.0347141.27
INNES270.997864.44
MURRAY270.99788.05
TAIT240.886930.12
ANGUS220.813056.82
BREMNER200.739186.02
MORGAN190.70213.53
ELDER190.702166.48
BUDGE180.6652130.43
ROBERTSON180.66523.97
MOWAT180.665296.93
MALCOLM170.628247.78
DAVIDSON160.59137.03
JACK150.554326.09
DUNBAR140.517445.03
NICOLSON140.517444.79
YOUNG140.51742.41
MILL130.480479.66
FARQUHAR130.480461.76
HAMILTON120.44355.91
GEDDES120.443536.99
BANNERMAN110.4065115.91
BANKS100.36957.20
MATHERS100.369562.07
HORNE100.369516.98
MORRISON100.36954.70
MCLEOD100.3695223.71
GREEN100.36951.31
WEIR90.332612.79
CORMACK90.332643.99
MATHER90.332613.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MANSON2.712,706243.3628
MCLEOD2.712,706223.7136
OMAN2.712,706216.7183
STEVEN2.712,706165.8537
CLYNE2.712,706163.9344
SUTHERLAND2.712,706162.0948
GUNN2.712,706159.9759
SWANSON2.712,706141.2714
BUDGE2.712,706130.4348
SINCLAIR2.712,706127.5346
BAIN2.712,706122.1329
MACBETH2.712,706119.0476
BANNERMAN2.712,706115.9115
KEITH2.712,706113.7931
GEORGESON2.712,706111.1111
MACKAY2.712,706101.1546
MOWAT2.712,70696.9305
POLSON2.712,70695.5414
COGHILL2.712,70693.2836
BREMNER2.712,70686.0215
MENNIE2.712,70679.7872
MILL2.712,70679.6569
ELDER2.712,70666.4801
INNES2.712,70664.4391
MOODIE2.712,70662.9921
MATHERS2.712,70662.0732
FARQUHAR2.712,70661.7577
ANGUS2.712,70656.8182
MALCOLM2.712,70647.7797
DINGWALL2.712,70646.5983
DUNBAR2.712,70645.0306
NICOLSON2.712,70644.7857
SANDISON2.712,70644.1176
CORMACK2.712,70643.9883
MUNRO2.712,70640.5596
CAMBELL2.712,70640.2685
HENDERSON2.712,70639.4397
DALLAS2.712,70639.1389
GEDDES2.712,70636.9914
FAIRWEATHER2.712,70633.3969
TAIT2.712,70630.1243
CAMPBELL2.712,70628.3880
JACK2.712,70626.0870
MACPHERSON2.712,70622.8311
BRUCE2.712,70622.0925
SHEARER2.712,70620.1613
MILLER2.712,70618.7951
WILLIAMSON2.712,70618.1383
HORNE2.712,70616.9779
MACLEOD2.712,70615.7027

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2,706 people called MANSON in Halkirk 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 243.3628 in Halkirk means that 243.3628% of the people in Halkirk on census day were called MANSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MANSON 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 MANSON 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 MANSON 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 MANSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2.71 in Halkirk means that you are 2.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MANSON in Halkirk than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Halkirk in 1881

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

ANDREW (2)  ANGUS (22)  BAIKIE (1)  BAYLEY (1)  BAIN (82)  BANKS (10)  BANNERMAN (11)  BARNIE (1)  BEGG (2)  BELL (1)  BIDWELL (1)  BLACK (9)  BONNER (1)  BOURKE (1)  BREMNER (20)  BRIMS (6)  BROWN (2)  BRUCE (28)  BUDGE (18)  CADOGAN (1)  CALDER (3)  CAMERON (6)  CAMPBELL (130)  CAMBELL (3)  MC DONALD (CAMPBELL) (2)  CHALLIS (1)  CHARLESON (4)  CHRISTIE (3)  CLYNE (6)  COGHILL (5)  COUPAR (1)  COUPER (1)  CORMACK (9)  CRAIK (1)  CRAIG (1)  DALLAS (4)  DAVIDSON (16)  DICK (4)  DINGWALL (5)  DINGWELL (1)  DONALDSON (1)  DOUGLAS (3)  DOULL (1)  DRUMMOND (3)  DUNBAR (14)  DUNCAN (6)  DUNNET (14)  DUNNETT (1)  ELDER (19)  FAIRWEATHER (7)  FARQUHAR (13)  FALCONER (5)  MC PHEE (10)  FERGUSON (4)  FINLAYSON (4)  FORBES (9)  FRASER (28)  GAIR (1)  GEDDES (12)  GEORGESON (6)  GIBSON (5)  GIFFORD (1)  GILBERTSON (1)  GOLITCH (2)  GORDON (8)  GOW (2)  GRAHAM (1)  GRANT (33)  GRAY (35)  GREEN (10)  GUNN (106)  HAMILTON (12)  HARPER (7)  HAY (1)  HENDERSON (116)  HILL (6)  HOBKIRK (2)  HORNE (10)  HOUSTON (1)  HUNTER (1)  HYMERS (16)  INKSTER (2)  INNES (27)  ENYS (1)  IRELAND (2)  IRVINE (1)  IVERACH (12)  JACK (15)  JOHNSTONE (8)  MC KAY (75)  MACKAY (MC KAY) (2)  KEITH (33)  MC KIDD (1)  KILCOURSIE (1)  LEITH (1)  LEVACK (9)  LEVACH (3)  LOUTTIT (4)  LOWE (8)  LEAL (1)  MAITLAND (1)  MALCOLM (17)  MARTIN (4)  MASON (3)  MANSON (77)  MATHER (9)  MATHERS (10)  MATHESON (2)  MATHIESON (1)  MC ADIE (6)  MC ALLAN (1)  MC BEATH (10)  MACBETH (3)  MC COMBIE (2)  MACAULAY (2)  MC DONALD (86)  MACDONALD (2)  MCDONALD (1)  MC GREGOR (6)  MC INTOSH (6)  MACKINTOSH (1)  MACINTOSH (1)  MAC IVOR (3)  MC IVER (1)  MACKAY (99)  MCKAY (2)  MC KENZIE (36)  MACKENZIE (3)  MCKENZIE (1)  MC LEAN (3)  MC LEOD (98)  MCLEOD (10)  MACLEOD (6)  MACPHERSON (4)  MC PHERSON (7)  MACRAE (1)  MACRAY (2)  MC RAE (7)  MEIKLEJOHN (3)  MENNIE (3)  MENZIES (1)  MIDDLETON (6)  MILLER (91)  MILL (13)  MILNE (5)  MITCHELL (5)  MOODIE (8)  MORGAN (19)  MORRISON (10)  MOWAT (18)  MUNRO (49)  MURRAY (27)  NEVISON (1)  NICOL (5)  MC NICOL (9)  NICOLSON (14)  NICHOLSON (3)  OMAN (7)  PATERSON (6)  PICKFORD (1)  POLSON (6)  REID (1)  RITCHIE (4)  ROBB (4)  ROBERTSON (18)  ROSS (38)  ROSIE (2)  ROXBURGH (1)  RYKIE (1)  RYRIE (5)  SANDISON (3)  SHEARER (7)  SINCLAIR (178)  SMITH (3)  STEVEN (34)  STEUART (2)  SUTHERLAND (221)  SWANSON (28)  TAIT (24)  TAYLOR (36)  THOMPSON (1)  WALLACE (4)  WATERS (5)  WATKINS (2)  WATT (2)  WEIR (9)  WILLIAMSON (44)  WORMALD (1)  WYLIE (1)  YOUNG (14)