Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kildonan, Sutherland

Kildonan 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
SUTHERLAND20810.6941212.24
MURRAY874.473036.07
BANNERMAN703.59901,026.39
POLSON653.34191,441.24
ROSS653.341930.58
GORDON643.290552.21
FRASER582.982033.50
BRUCE371.902340.61
GUNN351.799573.48
MATHESON291.4910109.02
MACKENZIE271.388249.60
GRANT261.336813.47
MATHIESON261.3368126.89
CAMERON231.182515.21
MACPHERSON201.0283158.86
RUTHERFORD190.976940.03
MACKAY180.925425.59
COUPER180.9254206.42
MUNRO170.874019.58
CHISHOLM160.822656.64
RAE160.822636.11
CAMPBELL160.82264.86
COWIE140.719859.32
CUTHBERT130.668446.51
TULLOCH130.6684100.78
WATSON120.61702.66
SMITH120.61700.44
MILLER120.61703.45
MITCHELL110.56562.79
MORRISON100.51416.54
MACLEOD100.514136.40
MACDONALD90.462711.66
ARMSTRONG90.46276.05
FORBES90.462713.81
GILCHRIST90.462731.57
ORMISTON90.4627161.00
WILLIAMSON90.46275.16
WEIR90.462717.79
INNES80.411326.56
HENDERSON70.35993.31
SIM70.359932.04
FINDLAY70.359917.37
LITTLE70.35997.61
GLOVER60.30857.24
MILROY60.3085107.72
HOLMES60.30852.53
YOUNG60.30851.44
PATERSON60.30854.53
THOMSON60.30852.31
MANSON60.308526.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POLSON1,441.24653.3419
BANNERMAN1,026.39703.5990
SUTHERLAND212.2420810.6941
COUPER206.42180.9254
BETHUNE166.6750.2571
ORMISTON161.0090.4627
MACPHERSON158.86201.0283
AITKIN149.7050.2571
LOWREY135.1450.2571
MATHIESON126.89261.3368
MATHESON109.02291.4910
MILROY107.7260.3085
TULLOCH100.78130.6684
OMAN86.2120.1028
GUNN73.48351.7995
COWIE59.32140.7198
CHISHOLM56.64160.8226
GORDON52.21643.2905
MACKENZIE49.60271.3882
CUTHBERT46.51130.6684
BRUCE40.61371.9023
RUTHERFORD40.03190.9769
MACLEOD36.40100.5141
RAE36.11160.8226
MURRAY36.07874.4730
FRASER33.50582.9820
SIM32.0470.3599
GILCHRIST31.5790.4627
ROSS30.58653.3419
INNES26.5680.4113
MANSON26.3960.3085
MACKAY25.59180.9254
LAIDLAW23.2040.2057
TROTTER19.6240.2057
MUNRO19.58170.8740
WEIR17.7990.4627
FINDLAY17.3770.3599
CHRISTIAN15.5530.1542
CAMERON15.21231.1825
MELVILLE14.6130.1542
MURRELL14.4220.1028
ANGUS14.3740.2057
FORBES13.8190.4627
STEVEN13.5720.1028
GRANT13.47261.3368
WISHART13.1220.1028
MAIN12.5640.2057
MACDONALD11.6690.4627
ADAMSON7.7740.2057
LITTLE7.6170.3599

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 65 people called POLSON in Kildonan 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 3.3419 in Kildonan means that 3.3419% of the people in Kildonan on census day were called POLSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POLSON 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 POLSON 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 POLSON 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 POLSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,441.24 in Kildonan means that you are 1,441.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POLSON in Kildonan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kildonan in 1881

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

AKROYD (1)  ADAMSON (4)  ANDERSON (1)  ANGUS (4)  MC ANGUS (5)  ANNAN OR ANNERN (2)  ARMSTRONG (9)  ASKEW (1)  AITKIN (5)  AITKINS (1)  BAIN (1)  BANNERMAN (70)  BETHUNE (5)  BLACK (1)  BROOK (1)  BRUCE (37)  BURGESS (1)  BURNETT (3)  BURNET (1)  CAMERON (23)  CAMPBELL (16)  CHARKER (8)  CHISHOLM (16)  CHRISTIAN (3)  CHRISTIE (2)  CLARK (2)  CLARKE (1)  CLUNAS (2)  COCHRANE (1)  CONNOR (1)  COUPER (18)  CORBET (1)  COWIE (14)  CROMAR (1)  CROOT (5)  CROSS (1)  CRUCKSHANK (9)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  CUTHBERT (13)  DAVIDSON (1)  KENNET-DAWSON (2)  DUFF (2)  DUNCAN (1)  FALCONER (1)  FINDLAY ((MC DONALD)) (2)  FINDLAY (7)  FINLAYSON (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FORBES (9)  FRASER (58)  GILCHRIST (9)  GILLIES (1)  GLOVER (6)  GORDON (64)  GRACY (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRANT (26)  GREIG (1)  GUNN (35)  HARE (1)  HENDERSON (7)  HILL (3)  OAG (2)  HOLMES (6)  HUCHSION (1)  HUNTER (1)  INNES (8)  IRVINE (1)  JARVIS (1)  MC KAY (146)  KENNEDY (5)  KIDD (1)  KNOX (1)  LOWREY (5)  LEVACK (6)  LAIDLAW (4)  LITTLE (7)  MAIN (4)  MAKIESON (1)  MANSON (6)  MATHIESON (26)  MATHESON (29)  MC ALISTER (2)  MC BEATH (3)  MC AULAY (11)  MC DONALD (50)  MACDONALD (9)  MC GILVRAY (1)  MC INTOSH (27)  MACKAY (18)  MC KENZIE (69)  MACKENZIE (27)  MACLEAN (1)  MC LEAN (8)  MC LENNAN (3)  MC LEOD (129)  MACLEOD (10)  MC MILLAN (4)  MC PHERSON (48)  MACPHERSON (20)  MC RAE (3)  MELVILLE (3)  MENMUIR (1)  MILLAR (3)  MILLER (12)  MILNE (5)  MILN (1)  MILROY (6)  MITCHELL (11)  MURRELL (2)  MORRISON (10)  MUNRO (17)  MURRAY (87)  NEWELL (2)  OLIVER (2)  OMAN (2)  ORMISTON (9)  ORMISTRON (1)  ORMSTON (2)  PATERSON (6)  POLSON (65)  POPE (2)  PRENTICE (1)  PRETTY (1)  RAE (16)  RICHARDSON (1)  MC RITCHIE (7)  ROBERTSON (1)  RONALDSON (5)  ROSS (65)  ROSE (1)  RUTHERFORD (19)  SEATON (1)  SHANLIN (10)  SHEARER (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SIM (7)  SINCLAIR (3)  SMITH (12)  SNODY (2)  STEVEN (2)  STEWART (4)  SUTHERLAND (208)  SYKES (1)  TAIT (2)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMSON (6)  TORRIE (1)  TROTTER (4)  TULLOCH (13)  TULLY (1)  WARRENDER (1)  WATSON (12)  WEIR (9)  WHITE (1)  WHITLEY (1)  WILLIAMSON (9)  WINCHESTER (1)  WISHART (2)  WRIGHT (3)  JAPPY (11)  YOUNG (6)  FIFFE (1)  JACK (2)  SCOTT (1)  THOMPSON (1)