Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eddrachillis, Sutherland

Eddrachillis 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
MORRISON23115.1376192.60
ROSS764.980345.57
MACKAY714.6527128.65
CORBETT533.4731177.26
MACKENZIE372.424686.63
CAMPBELL342.228013.17
GUNN301.965980.28
MATHESON271.7693129.37
FRASER241.572717.67
MUNRO231.507233.76
WATT221.441737.59
SUTHERLAND191.245124.71
FALCONER140.917476.92
COWIE140.917475.59
WOOD130.85192.67
MACLEOD120.786455.68
BEATTIE100.655330.62
CRUIKSHANK80.5242350.88
SLATER80.52428.66
MACPHERSON80.524280.97
CALDER80.524237.49
KERR70.45878.41
FLEMING60.39329.46
MACDONALD60.39329.91
ADDISON50.327723.67
SIMPSON50.32771.87
POPE50.32779.51
THOMSON50.32772.45
LAMONT50.327736.85
ELLIOT50.327712.85
JOHNSTON40.26213.25
MURRAY40.26212.11
WILSON40.26210.57
INNES40.262116.93
MCLEOD40.2621158.73
WEST40.26212.72
FINDLAY40.262112.65
MAIR30.196621.28
LAMOND30.196657.58
MACRAE30.196625.21
STEWART30.19661.26
MARE30.1966223.88
RITCHIE30.19665.69
SUPPLE20.1311689.66
TURNBULL20.13113.11
ROSE20.13111.77
CHISHOLM20.13119.03
DONN20.1311200.00
GORDON20.13112.08
GARDNER20.13111.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUPPLE689.6620.1311
CRUIKSHANK350.8880.5242
MARE223.8830.1966
DONN200.0020.1311
MORRISON192.6023115.1376
CORBETT177.26533.4731
MCLEOD158.7340.2621
MATHESON129.37271.7693
MACKAY128.65714.6527
MACKENZIE86.63372.4246
MACPHERSON80.9780.5242
GUNN80.28301.9659
FALCONER76.92140.9174
COWIE75.59140.9174
HOSSACK59.5220.1311
LAMOND57.5830.1966
MACLEOD55.68120.7864
ROSS45.57764.9803
WATT37.59221.4417
CALDER37.4980.5242
LAMONT36.8550.3277
MUNRO33.76231.5072
BEATTIE30.62100.6553
MACRAE25.2130.1966
SUTHERLAND24.71191.2451
ADDISON23.6750.3277
MAIR21.2830.1966
FRASER17.67241.5727
INNES16.9340.2621
CAMPBELL13.17342.2280
ELLIOT12.8550.3277
FINDLAY12.6540.2621
MACDONALD9.9160.3932
POPE9.5150.3277
FLEMING9.4660.3932
CHISHOLM9.0320.1311
SLATER8.6680.5242
KERR8.4170.4587
RITCHIE5.6930.1966
JOHNSTON3.2540.2621
TURNBULL3.1120.1311
WEST2.7240.2621
WOOD2.67130.8519
THOMSON2.4550.3277
MURRAY2.1140.2621
GORDON2.0820.1311
GARDNER1.9320.1311
SIMPSON1.8750.3277
ROSE1.7720.1311
STEWART1.2630.1966

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called SUPPLE in Eddrachillis 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 0.1311 in Eddrachillis means that 0.1311% of the people in Eddrachillis on census day were called SUPPLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUPPLE 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 SUPPLE 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 SUPPLE 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 SUPPLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 689.66 in Eddrachillis means that you are 689.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUPPLE in Eddrachillis than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eddrachillis in 1881

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

ADDISON (5)  ANDERSON (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BEATON (1)  BEATTIE (10)  BELL (1)  CAID (1)  CALDER (8)  CAMERON (1)  CAMPBELL (34)  CARSWELL (1)  CHISHOLM (2)  CODLEN (1)  COUL (4)  CORBETT (53)  COWIE (14)  CRUIKSHANK (8)  DINGWALL (1)  DONN (2)  ELDER (1)  ELLIOT (5)  FARQUHAR (1)  FALCONER (14)  FINDLAY (4)  FLEMING (6)  FRASER (24)  GARDNER (2)  GEDDES (1)  GOODBRAND (2)  GOODFELLOW (1)  GORDON (2)  GRAHAM (1)  GREEN (1)  GUNN (30)  HENDRY (1)  HORSEBURGH (1)  HOSSACK (2)  INNES (4)  JOHNSTON (4)  MC KAY (171)  KERR (7)  KIRK (1)  LAMOND (3)  LAMONT (5)  LUNDIE (1)  LYALL (1)  MACALAUY (4)  MACAULY (MACALAUY) (2)  MACKASKILL (13)  MATHESON (27)  MC CALLUM (3)  MC CASGILL (9)  MC DONALD (55)  MACDONALD (6)  MACDOUGALL (1)  MACGREGOR (1)  MC INNES (6)  MACINNES (1)  MC INTOSH (53)  MC IVER (14)  MC KASKILL (11)  MACKAY (71)  MCKAY (1)  MC KENZIE (87)  MACKENZIE (37)  MACLENNAN (1)  MC LEOD (165)  MACLEOD (12)  MCLEOD (4)  MACPHERSON (8)  MC PHERSON (3)  MC RAE (25)  MACHRAY (5)  MACRAE (3)  MORRISON (231)  MORTON (1)  MUNRO (23)  MURRAY (4)  MAIR (3)  MARE (3)  PATERSON (1)  POPE (5)  PRIEST (1)  RITCHIE (3)  ROSE (2)  ROSS (76)  RUNCIE (5)  SCOTT (1)  SIMPSON (5)  SINCLAIR (1)  SLATER (8)  SMACK (1)  SMITH (1)  STEWART (3)  SUPPLE (2)  SUTHERLAND (19)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMSON (5)  THOMPSON (1)  TURNBULL (2)  UPPLE (1)  WATT (22)  WEST (4)  WILSON (4)  WOOD (13)  WRIGHT (1)