1881 census county

Caithness surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Caithness 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

729 surnames are listed for Caithness, covering 33,300 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Auld, with 56 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Caithness

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
101	Auld	56	0.140%	23.23x
102	Barnie	56	0.140%	450.89x
103	Cook	56	0.140%	0.70x
104	Watt	56	0.140%	3.65x
105	Corner	55	0.140%	18.92x
106	Henry	55	0.140%	5.44x
107	Andrew	54	0.140%	4.26x
108	Hendry	54	0.140%	8.52x
109	Bannerman	52	0.130%	37.08x
110	Douglas	52	0.130%	2.68x
111	Macadie	52	0.130%	572.69x
112	Mathieson	52	0.130%	12.34x
113	Gair	51	0.130%	48.15x
114	Macgregor	48	0.120%	28.73x
115	Skinner	48	0.120%	2.36x
116	Donn	47	0.120%	179.60x
117	Brotchie	46	0.120%	313.14x
118	Durran	45	0.110%	172.81x
119	Moodie	45	0.110%	23.96x
120	Nicholson	45	0.110%	1.58x
121	Charleson	44	0.110%	153.95x
122	Phimister	43	0.110%	175.94x
123	Gibson	41	0.100%	0.84x
124	Rugg	41	0.100%	52.93x
125	Houston	40	0.100%	7.85x
126	Wilson	40	0.100%	0.22x
127	Black	39	0.100%	1.51x
128	Brown	39	0.100%	0.15x
129	Dallas	39	0.100%	25.82x
130	Macaulay	39	0.100%	27.34x
131	Macpherson	39	0.100%	15.06x
132	Thain	39	0.100%	30.20x
133	Harrold	38	0.100%	21.06x
134	Louttit	38	0.100%	126.46x
135	Mitchell	38	0.100%	0.47x
136	Oliphant	38	0.100%	24.40x
137	Ganson	37	0.090%	164.96x
138	Baillie	35	0.090%	8.43x
139	Cumming	35	0.090%	4.59x
140	Durrand	35	0.090%	308.37x
141	Dundas	34	0.090%	44.90x
142	Kerr	34	0.090%	1.56x
143	Ronaldson	34	0.090%	57.73x
144	Spence	33	0.080%	2.49x
145	Macrae	32	0.080%	10.26x
146	Rae	32	0.080%	3.51x
147	Crowe	31	0.080%	7.77x
148	Morris	31	0.080%	0.35x
149	Nicol	30	0.080%	3.60x
150	Watson	30	0.080%	0.32x
151	Maclean	29	0.070%	6.55x
152	Graham	28	0.070%	0.61x
153	Hymers	28	0.070%	89.20x
154	Dick	27	0.070%	3.03x
155	Scott	27	0.070%	0.27x
156	Thompson	27	0.070%	0.23x
157	Brock	26	0.070%	5.59x
158	Kelly	25	0.060%	0.57x
159	Macbeath	25	0.060%	103.99x
160	Plowman	25	0.060%	12.21x
161	Johnston	24	0.060%	0.74x
162	Millar	24	0.060%	1.64x
163	Ritchie	24	0.060%	1.74x
164	Rose	24	0.060%	0.81x
165	Tulloch	23	0.060%	8.67x
166	Gerry	22	0.060%	28.65x
167	Gilchrist	22	0.060%	3.75x
168	Laing	22	0.060%	2.74x
169	Lowe	22	0.060%	0.73x
170	Younger	22	0.060%	10.16x
171	Christian	21	0.050%	5.29x
172	Christie	21	0.050%	1.62x
173	Downie	21	0.050%	4.48x
174	Ferguson	21	0.050%	0.74x
175	Muirhead	21	0.050%	6.81x
176	Nicoll	21	0.050%	5.78x
177	Dickson	20	0.050%	1.35x
178	Hay	20	0.050%	1.36x
179	Hunter	19	0.050%	0.46x
180	Leed	19	0.050%	119.57x
181	Martin	19	0.050%	0.19x
182	Milligan	19	0.050%	4.04x
183	Oliver	19	0.050%	0.67x
184	Cooper	18	0.050%	0.19x
185	Forsyth	18	0.050%	2.11x
186	Macivor	18	0.050%	421.55x
187	Carnaby	17	0.040%	83.74x
188	Chalmers	17	0.040%	1.79x
189	Crombie	17	0.040%	7.58x
190	Fyfe	17	0.040%	4.63x
191	Leslie	17	0.040%	2.57x
192	Mann	17	0.040%	0.81x
193	Melville	17	0.040%	4.03x
194	Shaw	17	0.040%	0.23x
195	Webster	17	0.040%	0.49x
196	Bethune	16	0.040%	25.93x
197	Calcott	16	0.040%	40.48x
198	Crawford	16	0.040%	0.82x
199	Fairweather	16	0.040%	5.16x
200	Inkster	16	0.040%	23.17x