Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rogart, Sutherland

Rogart 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
MACKAY23418.8710521.74
MURRAY12710.241982.60
SUTHERLAND1239.9194196.86
ROSS957.661370.10
MATHESON483.8710283.02
MACKENZIE423.3871121.00
CAMPBELL342.741916.20
GORDON322.580640.95
FRASER252.016122.65
MACDONALD231.854846.74
MUNRO201.612936.13
GRANT161.290313.00
GUNN131.048442.82
MACLEOD110.887162.82
PAUL110.887135.44
INNES100.806552.08
BAIN90.725829.25
MORRISON90.72589.23
ALEXANDER90.725813.71
DOUGLAS80.645213.32
BAILLIE80.645262.16
DAVIDSON70.56456.71
GRAY70.56453.95
RAE70.564524.78
LEYS70.5645625.00
BANNERMAN70.5645160.92
TURNER60.48391.74
WATSON50.40321.74
REID50.40323.84
THOMSON50.40323.02
HENDERSON50.40323.71
BELL50.40322.15
SANGSTER40.322667.45
ROBERTSON40.32261.93
MACPHERSON40.322649.81
TAYLOR40.32260.50
GIBSON30.24191.99
BRUCE30.24195.17
LEAH30.241968.34
VASS30.241971.26
ROWAN30.241937.59
LESLIE30.241914.61
SIMPSON30.24191.38
MENZIES20.161312.41
OLIVER20.16132.26
FAULDS20.161352.91
NELSON20.16133.33
KIDD20.16137.92
DEMPSTER20.161322.94
MATHIESON20.161315.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEYS625.0070.5645
MACKAY521.7423418.8710
MATHESON283.02483.8710
SUTHERLAND196.861239.9194
BANNERMAN160.9270.5645
MACKENZIE121.00423.3871
MURRAY82.6012710.2419
VASS71.2630.2419
ROSS70.10957.6613
LEAH68.3430.2419
SANGSTER67.4540.3226
MACLEOD62.82110.8871
BAILLIE62.1680.6452
FAULDS52.9120.1613
INNES52.08100.8065
MACPHERSON49.8140.3226
MACDONALD46.74231.8548
GUNN42.82131.0484
GORDON40.95322.5806
ROWAN37.5930.2419
MUNRO36.13201.6129
PAUL35.44110.8871
BAIN29.2590.7258
RAE24.7870.5645
DEMPSTER22.9420.1613
FRASER22.65252.0161
CAMPBELL16.20342.7419
MATHIESON15.3120.1613
LESLIE14.6130.2419
ALEXANDER13.7190.7258
DOUGLAS13.3280.6452
GRANT13.00161.2903
MENZIES12.4120.1613
MORRISON9.2390.7258
KIDD7.9220.1613
FORSYTH7.5620.1613
DAVIDSON6.7170.5645
BRUCE5.1730.2419
GRAY3.9570.5645
REID3.8450.4032
HENDERSON3.7150.4032
NELSON3.3320.1613
THOMSON3.0250.4032
OLIVER2.2620.1613
BELL2.1550.4032
GIBSON1.9930.2419
ROBERTSON1.9340.3226
WATSON1.7450.4032
TURNER1.7460.4839
SIMPSON1.3830.2419

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called LEYS in Rogart 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 0.5645 in Rogart means that 0.5645% of the people in Rogart on census day were called LEYS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEYS 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 LEYS 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 LEYS 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 LEYS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 625.00 in Rogart means that you are 625.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEYS in Rogart than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rogart in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (9)  AYLOTT (1)  AITKEN (1)  BAILLIE (8)  BAIN (9)  BANNERMAN (7)  BARCLAY (1)  BEAGLEY (1)  BELL (5)  BLACKNEY (3)  BRUCE (3)  CAMERON (1)  CAMPBELL (34)  CHALMERS (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLARK (1)  DAVIDSON (7)  DEMPSTER (2)  DOUGLAS (8)  EDWARDS (1)  EWING (1)  FAULDS (2)  FORB... (2)  FORSYTH (2)  FRASER (25)  GIBSON (3)  GORDON (32)  GRAHAME (9)  GRANT (16)  GRAY (7)  GUNN (13)  HAMALTON (2)  HENDERSON (5)  INNES (10)  MC KAY (67)  MACKAY (MC KAY) (2)  KIDD (2)  LEAH (3)  LEYS (7)  LESLIE (3)  MC KINNES (1)  MACINTOSH (MC INTOSH) (2)  MACLEAGH (1)  MATHESON (48)  MATHIESON (2)  MC BEATH (4)  MACDONALD (23)  MC DONALD (18)  MACDONALD (MC DONALD) (6)  MAC DONALD (1)  MACGLASHAN (1)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC INTOSH (27)  MC INTYRE (1)  MACKAY (234)  MC KENZIE (11)  MACKENZIE (42)  MC LACHERN (1)  MACLEOD (11)  MC LEOD (10)  MACLEOD (MC LEOD) (8)  MACMASTER (1)  MACPHERSON (4)  MC PHERSON (9)  MENZIES (2)  MENZIE (1)  MORRISON (9)  MUNRO (20)  MURRAY (127)  NELSON (2)  OGOLVIE (1)  OLIVER (2)  PAUL (11)  RAE (7)  REID (5)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTSON (4)  ROSS OR ROSE (8)  ROSS (95)  ROWAN (3)  SANGSTER (4)  SIMPSON (3)  SMITH (1)  STEWART (1)  SUTHERLAND (123)  TAYLOR (4)  THOMSON (5)  TURNER (6)  VASS (3)  WATSON (5)  WAUGH (1)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (1)