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 Gault, with 7 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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Gault | 7 | 13.10x |
| 302 | Gunson | 7 | 9.05x |
| 303 | Laidlaw | 7 | 1.97x |
| 304 | Leask | 7 | 4.26x |
| 305 | Muir | 7 | 0.46x |
| 306 | Stuart | 7 | 0.73x |
| 307 | Todd | 7 | 0.34x |
| 308 | Tough | 7 | 4.55x |
| 309 | Watton | 7 | 4.83x |
| 310 | Wylie | 7 | 1.50x |
| 311 | Adam | 6 | 0.87x |
| 312 | Allen | 6 | 0.08x |
| 313 | Annal | 6 | 22.69x |
| 314 | Bains | 6 | 6.04x |
| 315 | Bell | 6 | 0.08x |
| 316 | Burn | 6 | 1.11x |
| 317 | Burns | 6 | 0.22x |
| 318 | Cambell | 6 | 5.45x |
| 319 | Chapman | 6 | 0.11x |
| 320 | Dickie | 6 | 1.91x |
| 321 | Dingwall | 6 | 3.78x |
| 322 | Ferrier | 6 | 2.58x |
| 323 | Fitzgibbon | 6 | 12.58x |
| 324 | Forbas | 6 | 560.75x |
| 325 | Forsythe | 6 | 15.44x |
| 326 | Gay | 6 | 1.13x |
| 327 | Gilbertson | 6 | 5.13x |
| 328 | Grey | 6 | 0.69x |
| 329 | Haggie | 6 | 54.15x |
| 330 | Illingworth | 6 | 1.33x |
| 331 | King | 6 | 0.07x |
| 332 | Lamont | 6 | 1.69x |
| 333 | Lawson | 6 | 0.25x |
| 334 | Macsween | 6 | 44.05x |
| 335 | Mathison | 6 | 5.55x |
| 336 | Mennie | 6 | 10.80x |
| 337 | Milliken | 6 | 17.90x |
| 338 | Moncrieff | 6 | 5.96x |
| 339 | Monroe | 6 | 34.03x |
| 340 | Neil | 6 | 1.13x |
| 341 | Russell | 6 | 0.12x |
| 342 | Rutherford | 6 | 0.61x |
| 343 | Stalker | 6 | 3.05x |
| 344 | Wyllie | 6 | 2.14x |
| 345 | Beaton | 5 | 1.09x |
| 346 | Blank | 5 | 13.37x |
| 347 | Buchan | 5 | 0.97x |
| 348 | Cheyne | 5 | 3.76x |
| 349 | Cowan | 5 | 0.61x |
| 350 | Cowper | 5 | 2.85x |
| 351 | Craven | 5 | 0.65x |
| 352 | Cruickshanks | 5 | 7.67x |
| 353 | Dawson | 5 | 0.11x |
| 354 | Divers | 5 | 12.28x |
| 355 | Douglass | 5 | 1.97x |
| 356 | Dower | 5 | 10.12x |
| 357 | Erskine | 5 | 2.02x |
| 358 | Fleming | 5 | 0.30x |
| 359 | Fotheringham | 5 | 2.97x |
| 360 | Garrioch | 5 | 22.15x |
| 361 | Gawn | 5 | 26.55x |
| 362 | Hall | 5 | 0.04x |
| 363 | Harrow | 5 | 5.21x |
| 364 | Lamond | 5 | 3.66x |
| 365 | Latimer | 5 | 3.25x |
| 366 | Macewen | 5 | 95.97x |
| 367 | Maciver | 5 | 6.01x |
| 368 | Meikle | 5 | 1.74x |
| 369 | Munsey | 5 | 22.15x |
| 370 | Rafferty | 5 | 2.42x |
| 371 | Robb | 5 | 0.72x |
| 372 | Ting | 5 | 625.00x |
| 373 | Whyte | 5 | 0.74x |
| 374 | Wilkison | 5 | 42.55x |
| 375 | Alan | 4 | 46.78x |
| 376 | Braid | 4 | 2.73x |
| 377 | Charleston | 4 | 14.54x |
| 378 | Clarke | 4 | 0.05x |
| 379 | Cleugh | 4 | 26.74x |
| 380 | Dass | 4 | 72.99x |
| 381 | Dixon | 4 | 0.09x |
| 382 | Don | 4 | 4.39x |
| 383 | Donald | 4 | 0.50x |
| 384 | Flaws | 4 | 17.72x |
| 385 | Fletcher | 4 | 0.09x |
| 386 | Garrow | 4 | 8.63x |
| 387 | Gillespie | 4 | 0.63x |
| 388 | Greenfield | 4 | 0.90x |
| 389 | Harrison | 4 | 0.05x |
| 390 | Hewlett | 4 | 1.60x |
| 391 | Hope | 4 | 0.29x |
| 392 | Horn | 4 | 0.44x |
| 393 | Lawrie | 4 | 1.04x |
| 394 | Lead | 4 | 20.80x |
| 395 | Lee | 4 | 0.06x |
| 396 | Leisk | 4 | 16.92x |
| 397 | Lindsay | 4 | 0.31x |
| 398 | Lynch | 4 | 0.38x |
| 399 | Mackinlay | 4 | 15.68x |
| 400 | Macphee | 4 | 14.13x |