Top surnames from the 1881 census in Durness, Sutherland

Durness is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Sutherland

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
MACKAY16716.9200467.79
CAMPBELL10510.638362.86
SUTHERLAND727.2948144.78
MORRISON707.092290.23
MUNRO484.8632108.94
GUNN303.0395124.12
STEWART252.532916.19
ROSS191.925017.61
WHYTE171.7224101.55
GRANT161.621116.33
MATHER121.215849.04
SWANSON111.1145152.14
SINCLAIR101.013219.64
KERR90.911916.72
MATHESON80.810559.26
TAYLOR70.70921.11
ANDERSON70.70923.59
MURRAY70.70925.72
WHITE70.70922.21
NICOLSON60.607952.63
MACKENZIE60.607921.72
MACDONALD60.607915.32
BRYDON50.5066161.29
DINGWALL50.5066127.88
LEVY40.405332.15
BREMNER40.405347.17
DRISCOLL30.304027.32
MACINTOSH30.304070.42
ORMISTON30.3040105.63
DUNLOP30.304018.86
ARMSTRONG30.30403.98
ROBINSON20.20260.64
SCOBIE20.202693.02
HARRIS20.20260.80
ROBERTS20.20260.54
LEWIS20.20260.77
HANNAH10.10137.79
OWEN10.10130.85
MACLEOD10.10137.17
GREIG10.10136.40
COOPER10.10130.42
STEPHEN10.10135.78
GILBERTSON10.101334.60
CARLE10.101393.46
SCOTT10.10130.40
EVANS10.10130.23
MITCHELL10.10130.50
BURNETT10.10133.66
JONES10.10130.09
EDWARD10.101310.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELIASON5,000.0010.1013
MACKAY467.7916716.9200
BRYDON161.2950.5066
SWANSON152.14111.1145
SUTHERLAND144.78727.2948
CARRY133.3310.1013
DINGWALL127.8850.5066
GUNN124.12303.0395
MUNRO108.94484.8632
ORMISTON105.6330.3040
WHYTE101.55171.7224
CARLE93.4610.1013
SCOBIE93.0220.2026
MORRISON90.23707.0922
MACINTOSH70.4230.3040
CAMPBELL62.8610510.6383
MATHESON59.2680.8105
NICOLSON52.6360.6079
MATHER49.04121.2158
BREMNER47.1740.4053
MATHISON37.4510.1013
GILBERTSON34.6010.1013
LEVY32.1540.4053
DRISCOLL27.3230.3040
MACKENZIE21.7260.6079
SINCLAIR19.64101.0132
DUNLOP18.8630.3040
ROSS17.61191.9250
KERR16.7290.9119
MASSON16.5010.1013
GRANT16.33161.6211
STEWART16.19252.5329
MACDONALD15.3260.6079
GOW12.8210.1013
EDWARD10.9210.1013
FALCONER8.5010.1013
BUCHAN7.8410.1013
HANNAH7.7910.1013
CALDER7.2510.1013
MACLEOD7.1710.1013
GREIG6.4010.1013
MONTGOMERY6.3910.1013
STEPHEN5.7810.1013
MURRAY5.7270.7092
STUART4.2510.1013
ARMSTRONG3.9830.3040
BURNETT3.6610.1013
ANDERSON3.5970.7092
TAIT3.4410.1013
GRIFFITH3.1110.1013

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called ELIASON in Durness 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 0.1013 in Durness means that 0.1013% of the people in Durness on census day were called ELIASON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELIASON 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 ELIASON 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 ELIASON 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 ELIASON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Durness means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELIASON in Durness than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Durness in 1881

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

ANDERSON (7)  ARMSTRONG (3)  MC ARTHUR (2)  BREMNER (4)  BRYDON (5)  BUCHAN (1)  BURNETT (1)  CALDER (1)  CAMPBELL (105)  CARLE (1)  CLARKE (1)  COLDSTREAM (1)  COOPER (1)  DINGWALL (5)  DRISCOLL (3)  DUNLOP (3)  DUNNET (3)  DUTHY (1)  FALCONER (1)  FINDAL (1)  FRASER (1)  MC GILL (4)  GOW (1)  GRANT (16)  GREIG (1)  GRIFFITH (1)  GUNN (30)  HARRIS (2)  MC KAY (17)  KENNEDY (1)  KERR (9)  LEVY (4)  MACDIE (4)  MATHER (12)  MATHESON (8)  MATHISON (1)  MC CALLUM (5)  MC CULLOCH (3)  MC DONALD (37)  MACDONALD (6)  MAC INNES (1)  MC INTOSH (18)  MACINTOSH (3)  MC INTYRE (3)  MACKAY (167)  MAC KAY (87)  MC KENZIE (13)  MACKENZIE (6)  MC LENNAN (1)  MC LEOD (26)  MACLEOD (1)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC PHERSON (7)  MITCHELL (1)  MONTGOMERY (1)  MORRISON (70)  MUNRO (48)  MURRAY (7)  MC NICOL (7)  NICOLSON (6)  OLIVER (1)  ORMISTON (3)  PATHERSON (1)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (2)  ROSS (19)  SCOBIE (2)  SCOTT (1)  SHAW (1)  SINCLAIR (10)  STEPHEN (1)  STEWART (25)  STUART (1)  SUTHERLAND (72)  SWANSON (11)  TAIT (1)  TAYLOR (7)  THIRD (1)  WHITE (7)  WHYTE (17)  CARRY (1)  DAVIES (1)  EDWARD (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELIASON (1)  EVANS (1)  GILBERTSON (1)  HANNAH (1)  JONES (1)  LEWIS (2)  MASSON (1)  MC KILTRICK (1)  MORRIS (1)  OWEN (1)