1881 census county

Inverness-shire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Inverness-shire 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

1,501 surnames are listed for Inverness-shire, covering 55,511 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Fraser, with 5,097 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Inverness-shire

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	Fraser	5,097	5.84%	65.63x
2	Macdonald	3,801	4.36%	109.79x
3	Campbell	2,500	2.87%	16.93x
4	Cameron	2,058	2.36%	30.35x
5	Grant	1,896	2.17%	21.90x
6	Macleod	1,413	1.62%	114.69x
7	Morrison	1,272	1.46%	18.55x
8	Ross	1,240	1.42%	13.01x
9	Mackenzie	1,144	1.31%	46.85x
10	Robertson	1,061	1.22%	7.26x
11	Nicolson	1,059	1.21%	105.06x
12	Stewart	1,012	1.16%	7.41x
13	Maclean	943	1.08%	97.71x
14	Munro	910	1.04%	23.36x
15	Chisholm	889	1.02%	70.17x
16	Matheson	807	0.930%	67.65x
17	Mackintosh	658	0.750%	112.71x
18	Smith	602	0.690%	0.49x
19	Ferguson	581	0.670%	9.40x
20	Beaton	565	0.650%	56.33x
21	Mackinnon	557	0.640%	177.69x
22	Mackay	555	0.640%	17.59x
23	Shaw	550	0.630%	3.43x
24	Macpherson	544	0.620%	96.31x
25	Kennedy	523	0.600%	9.94x
26	Gillies	489	0.560%	39.19x
27	Forbes	450	0.520%	15.39x
28	Davidson	437	0.500%	5.96x
29	Martin	421	0.480%	1.96x
30	Macrae	393	0.450%	57.78x
31	Gordon	348	0.400%	6.33x
32	Anderson	345	0.400%	2.00x
33	Cumming	328	0.380%	19.70x
34	Urquhart	327	0.370%	26.68x
35	Maclennan	326	0.370%	100.10x
36	Macmillan	297	0.340%	122.69x
37	Finlayson	262	0.300%	26.07x
38	Johnstone	262	0.300%	6.64x
39	Macaskill	260	0.300%	255.00x
40	Paterson	253	0.290%	4.26x
41	Macinnes	247	0.280%	223.71x
42	Clark	243	0.280%	0.93x
43	Macintyre	242	0.280%	111.21x
44	Murray	241	0.280%	2.23x
45	Reid	232	0.270%	2.53x
46	Noble	231	0.260%	6.38x
47	Rose	212	0.240%	3.28x
48	Taylor	212	0.240%	0.38x
49	Lamont	211	0.240%	27.20x
50	Sutherland	203	0.230%	4.62x
51	Graham	192	0.220%	1.92x
52	Wilson	192	0.220%	0.48x
53	Macintosh	183	0.210%	48.58x
54	Bain	182	0.210%	8.41x
55	Buchanan	177	0.200%	7.85x
56	Walker	157	0.180%	0.54x
57	Young	151	0.170%	0.81x
58	Macphee	147	0.170%	238.02x
59	Macaulay	134	0.150%	43.07x
60	Gray	133	0.150%	1.07x
61	Johnston	131	0.150%	1.86x
62	Nicholson	130	0.150%	2.10x
63	Morison	127	0.150%	28.55x
64	Macgillivray	124	0.140%	241.90x
65	Stuart	124	0.140%	5.96x
66	Boyd	123	0.140%	4.02x
67	Bruce	119	0.140%	2.91x
68	Maclellan	119	0.140%	203.25x
69	Macgregor	116	0.130%	31.83x
70	Henderson	112	0.130%	1.18x
71	Macbean	112	0.130%	172.41x
72	Williamson	111	0.130%	1.42x
73	Douglas	108	0.120%	2.56x
74	Macdougall	108	0.120%	81.66x
75	Falconer	106	0.120%	10.19x
76	Tulloch	104	0.120%	17.97x
77	Calder	102	0.120%	8.36x
78	Mann	99	0.110%	2.15x
79	Forsyth	92	0.110%	4.94x
80	Brown	91	0.100%	0.16x
81	Scott	91	0.100%	0.41x
82	Watson	91	0.100%	0.45x
83	Black	88	0.100%	1.56x
84	Kerr	87	0.100%	1.83x
85	Gunn	86	0.100%	4.03x
86	Macqueen	86	0.100%	85.08x
87	Cattanach	84	0.100%	76.08x
88	Laing	83	0.100%	4.74x
89	Dingwall	81	0.090%	23.42x
90	Kelly	79	0.090%	0.83x
91	Macvicar	79	0.090%	218.72x
92	Macsween	78	0.090%	262.54x
93	Dallas	77	0.090%	23.37x
94	Allan	76	0.090%	1.39x
95	Currie	75	0.090%	3.05x
96	Johnson	75	0.090%	0.26x
97	Barron	74	0.080%	5.48x
98	Mackillop	74	0.080%	220.90x
99	Bethune	72	0.080%	53.50x
100	Mcdonald	71	0.080%	10.02x