1881 census county

Argyllshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Argyllshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

1,915 surnames are listed for Argyllshire, covering 43,785 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Campbell, with 3,364 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Argyllshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Campbell	3,364	4.14%	24.44x
2	Cameron	2,918	3.59%	46.16x
3	Smith	876	1.08%	0.76x
4	Brown	829	1.02%	1.55x
5	Stewart	795	0.980%	6.25x
6	Ferguson	765	0.940%	13.27x
7	Black	655	0.810%	12.44x
8	Macdonald	617	0.760%	19.12x
9	Gillies	567	0.700%	48.75x
10	Livingston	553	0.680%	75.70x
11	Kennedy	528	0.650%	10.77x
12	Carmichael	511	0.630%	43.91x
13	Morrison	473	0.580%	7.40x
14	Currie	456	0.560%	19.92x
15	Crawford	438	0.540%	11.01x
16	Clark	435	0.530%	1.78x
17	Thomson	407	0.500%	3.75x
18	Munro	394	0.480%	10.85x
19	Bell	377	0.460%	2.47x
20	Mitchell	376	0.460%	2.28x
21	Robertson	366	0.450%	2.69x
22	Henderson	361	0.440%	4.08x
23	Galbraith	350	0.430%	47.06x
24	Graham	348	0.430%	3.73x
25	Turner	330	0.410%	1.46x
26	Maclean	324	0.400%	36.01x
27	Lamont	294	0.360%	40.66x
28	Wilson	292	0.360%	0.78x
29	Johnston	282	0.350%	4.30x
30	Shaw	276	0.340%	1.85x
31	Paterson	270	0.330%	4.88x
32	Leitch	266	0.330%	34.29x
33	Fraser	264	0.320%	3.65x
34	Anderson	262	0.320%	1.63x
35	Fletcher	258	0.320%	2.78x
36	Weir	256	0.310%	12.11x
37	Martin	255	0.310%	1.27x
38	Taylor	245	0.300%	0.47x
39	Livingstone	244	0.300%	32.18x
40	Douglas	232	0.290%	5.89x
41	Kerr	232	0.290%	5.23x
42	Murray	230	0.280%	2.28x
43	Buchanan	228	0.280%	10.85x
44	Blair	213	0.260%	10.10x
45	Reid	208	0.260%	2.44x
46	Gilchrist	203	0.250%	17.03x
47	Scott	195	0.240%	0.95x
48	Rankin	189	0.230%	15.64x
49	Darroch	185	0.230%	87.24x
50	Mackinnon	182	0.220%	62.29x
51	Whyte	174	0.210%	12.62x
52	Young	169	0.210%	0.97x
53	Beaton	166	0.200%	17.76x
54	Johnstone	158	0.190%	4.30x
55	Ross	158	0.190%	1.78x
56	Boyd	157	0.190%	5.50x
57	Gray	155	0.190%	1.34x
58	Watson	155	0.190%	0.82x
59	Dewar	151	0.190%	14.24x
60	Walker	151	0.190%	0.55x
61	Hamilton	148	0.180%	2.43x
62	Muir	147	0.180%	4.72x
63	Miller	143	0.180%	0.98x
64	Jackson	139	0.170%	0.61x
65	Kelly	139	0.170%	1.56x
66	Grant	136	0.170%	1.69x
67	Macintyre	133	0.160%	65.57x
68	Mathieson	131	0.160%	15.29x
69	Cowan	123	0.150%	7.42x
70	Fisher	118	0.150%	1.24x
71	Millar	117	0.140%	3.94x
72	Hunter	116	0.140%	1.39x
73	Wallace	112	0.140%	2.01x
74	Bruce	111	0.140%	2.91x
75	Gillespie	110	0.140%	8.53x
76	Keith	103	0.130%	11.82x
77	Armour	99	0.120%	19.42x
78	Blue	97	0.120%	69.09x
79	Downie	96	0.120%	10.06x
80	Macdougall	95	0.120%	77.06x
81	White	95	0.120%	0.36x
82	Cook	94	0.120%	0.58x
83	Russell	93	0.110%	0.94x
84	Macpherson	86	0.110%	16.33x
85	Jamieson	83	0.100%	3.66x
86	Stevenson	81	0.100%	1.42x
87	Mackay	80	0.100%	2.72x
88	Montgomery	79	0.100%	6.12x
89	Munn	79	0.100%	13.48x
90	Connell	77	0.090%	5.45x
91	Harvey	77	0.090%	0.89x
92	Sutherland	77	0.090%	1.88x
93	Chisholm	76	0.090%	6.44x
94	Orr	74	0.090%	5.40x
95	Clarke	73	0.090%	0.44x
96	Colquhoun	72	0.090%	14.95x
97	Drummond	72	0.090%	4.45x
98	Law	71	0.090%	1.93x
99	Ritchie	71	0.090%	2.53x
100	Lindsay	70	0.090%	2.64x