Top surnames from the 1881 census in Reay, Caithness

Reay 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
MACKAY27312.4487344.22
CAMPBELL1466.657539.34
SUTHERLAND1265.7456114.04
SINCLAIR1225.5632107.86
GUNN853.8760158.29
MACDONALD632.872872.40
HENDERSON582.644824.33
CAMERON442.006425.81
FRASER442.006422.54
MACLEOD321.4592103.33
MUNRO271.231227.58
MANSON271.2312105.30
ROSS241.094410.01
MURRAY241.09448.83
MACPHERSON231.0488161.97
ELDER231.048899.31
BAIN221.003240.43
JACK210.957645.06
FORBES160.729621.77
STEVEN150.684090.25
FARQUHAR140.638482.06
MACKENZIE140.638422.81
ROBERTSON120.54723.27
HENDRY120.547234.54
MOWAT120.547279.73
STEPHEN110.501628.61
SWANSON100.456062.27
WILLIAMSON100.45605.09
COUPER80.364881.38
MACBETH80.3648392.16
BURNETT80.364813.19
GAIR80.3648137.69
MORRISON80.36484.64
FYFE70.319234.77
BARCLAY70.319215.51
RITCHIE70.31929.24
MACAULAY70.319289.51
SPENCE70.31929.65
BEGG70.319252.47
MATHESON70.319223.34
BROWN60.27360.42
FINLAYSON60.273623.75
GRANT60.27362.76
ANDREW60.27368.63
AITKEN60.273610.43
LAWSON60.27364.64
INNES60.273617.67
MILLER60.27361.53
GORDON50.22803.62
SMITH50.22800.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACBETH2.192,193392.1569
MACKAY2.192,193344.2189
MACPHEE2.192,193258.0645
MACPHERSON2.192,193161.9718
GUNN2.192,193158.2868
CRAIGHEAD2.192,193152.2843
GAIR2.192,193137.6936
COGHILL2.192,193115.2074
SUTHERLAND2.192,193114.0375
SINCLAIR2.192,193107.8596
MANSON2.192,193105.3042
MACLEOD2.192,193103.3258
ELDER2.192,19399.3092
DUNDAS2.192,19396.3855
STEVEN2.192,19390.2527
MACAULAY2.192,19389.5141
FARQUHAR2.192,19382.0633
COUPER2.192,19381.3835
MOWAT2.192,19379.7342
MACDONALD2.192,19372.3972
SWANSON2.192,19362.2665
BEGG2.192,19352.4738
JACK2.192,19345.0644
BAIN2.192,19340.4263
CAMPBELL2.192,19339.3393
FYFE2.192,19334.7740
HENDRY2.192,19334.5423
CORMACK2.192,19330.1568
STEPHEN2.192,19328.6086
MUNRO2.192,19327.5763
CAMERON2.192,19325.8140
HENDERSON2.192,19324.3329
FINLAYSON2.192,19323.7530
MATHESON2.192,19323.3411
MACKENZIE2.192,19322.8087
FRASER2.192,19322.5387
FORBES2.192,19321.7746
MELVILLE2.192,19321.5983
DUNBAR2.192,19319.8413
INNES2.192,19317.6678
BARCLAY2.192,19315.5107
BURNETT2.192,19313.1861
CALDER2.192,19313.0421
LAING2.192,19311.3482
AITKEN2.192,19310.4275
WAUGH2.192,19310.0368
ROSS2.192,19310.0138
SPENCE2.192,1939.6498
ANGUS2.192,1939.5602
RITCHIE2.192,1939.2385

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2,193 people called MACBETH in Reay 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 392.1569 in Reay means that 392.1569% of the people in Reay on census day were called MACBETH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACBETH 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 MACBETH 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 MACBETH 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 MACBETH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2.19 in Reay means that you are 2.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACBETH in Reay than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Reay in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  ALEXANDER (3)  ALLAN (1)  ANDREW (6)  ANGUS (3)  AITKEN (6)  BAIKIE (1)  BAILKIE (1)  BAIN (22)  BANKS (2)  BARCLAY (7)  BEGG (7)  BLACK (4)  BLANK (1)  BREMNER (1)  BRIMS (1)  BROWN (6)  BRUCE (4)  BUDGE (1)  BURNETT (8)  BURNS (1)  CALDER (4)  CAMERON (44)  CAMPBELL (146)  CHISM (1)  CLARK (2)  COGHILL (5)  MC COLL (2)  COUPER (8)  CORMACK (5)  CRAIGHEAD (3)  DARLING (1)  DAVIDSON (4)  DAVIS (1)  DAWSON (5)  DICK (3)  DOUGLAS (1)  DOUL (2)  DOULL (4)  DUNBAR (5)  DUNDAS (4)  DUNDASS (1)  DUNNET (10)  DURRAN (1)  EARSMAN (8)  ELDER (23)  FARQUHAR (14)  MACPHEE (4)  FERGUSON (1)  FINLAYSON (6)  FINGLAND (2)  FLAWS (1)  FORBES (16)  FORTUNE (2)  FRASER (44)  FYFE (7)  GAIR (8)  GALLIE (3)  GARSIDE (1)  GEDDES (1)  GIBSON (2)  GORDON (5)  GOW (1)  GRANT (6)  GREY (1)  GRAY (1)  GUNN (85)  HADDOW (1)  HALL (2)  HAMILTON (4)  HARPER (3)  HENDERSON (58)  HENDRY (12)  INKSTER (8)  INNES (6)  IRELAND (1)  JACK (21)  MC KAY (227)  KEITH (1)  LAING (5)  LAWSON (6)  LAUGHTON (2)  LEED (2)  LEVACH (1)  LOWE (1)  MC DONALD OR MACKAY (2)  MARTAIN (1)  MANSON (27)  MATHESON (7)  MACADIE (1)  MACBEATH (2)  MC BETH (3)  MC BEATH (7)  MACBETH (8)  MAC BEATH (1)  MC CALLUM (8)  MACAULAY (7)  MACDONALD (63)  MC DONALD (107)  MAC DONALD (10)  MC INNES (1)  MC INTOSH (52)  MACINTOSH (1)  MC INTYRE (1)  MACINTYRE (MC INTYRE) (2)  MC IVOR (3)  MC KASKILL (1)  MACKAY (273)  MAC KAY (1)  MACKENZIE (14)  MC KENZIE (6)  SMITH (MC KENZIE) (4)  MC LEAN (1)  MACLEAN (1)  MACLEOD (32)  MC LEOD (55)  MAC LEOD (1)  MAC PHERSON (3)  MACPHERSON (23)  MC PHERSON (8)  MEIKLEJOHN (15)  MELVILLE (5)  MILLER (6)  MILL (2)  MOFFAT (2)  MOOR (1)  MORRISON (8)  MOWAT (12)  MUNRO (27)  MURRAY (24)  MACNEIL (1)  NICOL (2)  NICHOLSON (3)  NURRISON (1)  OMAN (1)  PEACOCK (1)  POLSON (1)  RAE (1)  REAY (1)  REID (1)  RITCHIE (7)  ROBERTSON (12)  ROEKES (1)  ROSS (24)  ROSE (3)  ROSIE (2)  RUGG (2)  SCOTT (2)  SEATON (1)  SHAW (3)  SIMPSON (1)  SINCLAIR (122)  SKINNER (1)  SMITH (5)  SNOWRIGHT (1)  SPENCE (7)  STEPHEN (11)  STEVEN (15)  STEWART (2)  SUTHERLAND (126)  SWANSON (10)  MACSWEEN (1)  TAIT (2)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMSON (1)  THOMPSON (1)  WALKER (1)  WATHERSTON (4)  WAUGH (3)  WEIR (1)  WILLIAMSON (10)  WILSON (2)