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

Raasay 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
GRAHAM321.4286186.34
FORREST17.1429277.78
BROWN17.142910.83
SIM17.1429625.00
MACFARLANE17.14291,250.00
DONALD17.1429357.14
SHAW17.142938.91
CAMERON17.142991.74
SCOTT17.142928.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACFARLANE0.01141250.0000
SIM0.0114625.0000
DONALD0.0114357.1429
FORREST0.0114277.7778
GRAHAM0.0114186.3354
CAMERON0.011491.7431
SHAW0.011438.9105
SCOTT0.011428.2486
BROWN0.011410.8342

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 14 people called MACFARLANE in Raasay 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 1250.0000 in Raasay means that 1250.0000% of the people in Raasay on census day were called MACFARLANE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACFARLANE 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 MACFARLANE 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 MACFARLANE 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 MACFARLANE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.01 in Raasay means that you are 0.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACFARLANE in Raasay than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Raasay in 1881

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

BROWN (1)  BUYERS (1)  CAMERON (1)  FORREST (1)  GRAHAM (3)  DONALD (1)  MACFARLANE (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC LEOD (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHAW (1)  SIM (1)