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 Macray, with 4 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
401	Macray	4	0.010%	50.76x
402	Mckay	4	0.010%	4.18x
403	Mckenzie	4	0.010%	2.99x
404	Mearns	4	0.010%	3.10x
405	Phin	4	0.010%	13.37x
406	Porter	4	0.010%	0.13x
407	Purdie	4	0.010%	2.42x
408	Reynolds	4	0.010%	0.12x
409	Russel	4	0.010%	1.45x
410	Scollay	4	0.010%	19.32x
411	Smitton	4	0.010%	18.49x
412	Stenhouse	4	0.010%	2.42x
413	Tibbles	4	0.010%	5.92x
414	Urquhart	4	0.010%	0.71x
415	Watherston	4	0.010%	42.78x
416	Wemyss	4	0.010%	7.22x
417	Withers	4	0.010%	0.61x
418	Arnold	3	0.010%	0.14x
419	Baines	3	0.010%	0.39x
420	Bartlett	3	0.010%	0.17x
421	Beatton	3	0.010%	23.17x
422	Beveridge	3	0.010%	0.72x
423	Chambers	3	0.010%	0.13x
424	Craighead	3	0.010%	8.35x
425	Cruden	3	0.010%	6.29x
426	Dalton	3	0.010%	0.33x
427	Davis	3	0.010%	0.03x
428	Duglas	3	0.010%	18.42x
429	Dun	3	0.010%	6.91x
430	Faulds	3	0.010%	2.46x
431	Gallie	3	0.010%	5.76x
432	Hart	3	0.010%	0.09x
433	Hossack	3	0.010%	3.41x
434	Kirkby	3	0.010%	1.32x
435	Knox	3	0.010%	0.44x
436	Laurie	3	0.010%	0.87x
437	Lewis	3	0.010%	0.03x
438	Linn	3	0.010%	3.29x
439	Macauly	3	0.010%	20.60x
440	Maitland	3	0.010%	1.16x
441	Osborne	3	0.010%	0.16x
442	Plouman	3	0.010%	160.43x
443	Renny	3	0.010%	8.14x
444	Rhind	3	0.010%	3.14x
445	Rorison	3	0.010%	27.08x
446	Seller	3	0.010%	4.95x
447	Sorrie	3	0.010%	28.09x
448	Spittal	3	0.010%	7.18x
449	Stanger	3	0.010%	2.98x
450	Stevenson	3	0.010%	0.11x
451	Stobie	3	0.010%	5.10x
452	Stout	3	0.010%	1.57x
453	Trotter	3	0.010%	0.72x
454	Winter	3	0.010%	0.21x
455	Wood	3	0.010%	0.02x
456	Abbey	2	0.010%	1.36x
457	Aird	2	0.010%	0.96x
458	Andrews	2	0.010%	0.05x
459	Arnott	2	0.010%	0.60x
460	Bailie	2	0.010%	3.60x
461	Browne	2	0.010%	0.27x
462	Cabot	2	0.010%	6.63x
463	Callow	2	0.010%	0.81x
464	Clugston	2	0.010%	13.61x
465	Coates	2	0.010%	0.13x
466	Connel	2	0.010%	2.72x
467	Cormick	2	0.010%	7.45x
468	Craigie	2	0.010%	1.59x
469	Crow	2	0.010%	0.33x
470	Dempster	2	0.010%	0.71x
471	Dow	2	0.010%	0.42x
472	Driver	2	0.010%	0.27x
473	Dunlop	2	0.010%	0.31x
474	Dunn	2	0.010%	0.06x
475	Duthie	2	0.010%	0.93x
476	Fergus	2	0.010%	2.77x
477	Fielding	2	0.010%	0.22x
478	Findlayson	2	0.010%	10.26x
479	Fingland	2	0.010%	9.79x
480	Fyffe	2	0.010%	2.57x
481	Harold	2	0.010%	2.30x
482	Harvey	2	0.010%	0.05x
483	Hewison	2	0.010%	2.09x
484	Hobkirk	2	0.010%	7.64x
485	Hutchison	2	0.010%	0.30x
486	Imrie	2	0.010%	1.28x
487	Ingles	2	0.010%	1.65x
488	Inglis	2	0.010%	0.30x
489	Kemp	2	0.010%	0.09x
490	Kirkpatrick	2	0.010%	0.58x
491	Laughton	2	0.010%	1.03x
492	Lockart	2	0.010%	15.44x
493	Malcom	2	0.010%	6.21x
494	Marr	2	0.010%	0.44x
495	Mcadie	2	0.010%	500.00x
496	Melvile	2	0.010%	28.82x
497	Moar	2	0.010%	3.19x
498	Moat	2	0.010%	2.59x
499	Moyes	2	0.010%	1.17x
500	Munn	2	0.010%	0.69x