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 Gillis, with 70 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
101	Gillis	70	0.080%	39.98x
102	Maccuish	69	0.080%	343.28x
103	Macphail	69	0.080%	80.03x
104	Cruickshank	68	0.080%	6.94x
105	Macisaac	68	0.080%	288.26x
106	Dunbar	67	0.080%	6.68x
107	Gilles	67	0.080%	51.23x
108	Simpson	64	0.070%	0.42x
109	Thomson	64	0.070%	0.55x
110	Thompson	63	0.070%	0.24x
111	Bowie	62	0.070%	8.16x
112	Fletcher	62	0.070%	0.62x
113	Macbain	62	0.070%	206.67x
114	Tolmie	62	0.070%	43.61x
115	Ramsay	61	0.070%	2.71x
116	Macneil	59	0.070%	99.78x
117	Mathieson	59	0.070%	6.42x
118	Macdonell	57	0.070%	159.08x
119	Monk	56	0.060%	3.06x
120	Millar	54	0.060%	1.70x
121	Bell	53	0.060%	0.32x
122	Grahame	53	0.060%	23.21x
123	Logan	53	0.060%	2.56x
124	Miller	53	0.060%	0.34x
125	Mitchell	53	0.060%	0.30x
126	Murchison	51	0.060%	57.97x
127	Dickson	50	0.060%	1.55x
128	Galbraith	50	0.060%	6.27x
129	Junor	50	0.060%	58.38x
130	Stoddart	49	0.060%	6.73x
131	Innes	48	0.060%	3.55x
132	Macrury	48	0.060%	323.23x
133	Hossack	47	0.050%	24.48x
134	Mactavish	47	0.050%	196.74x
135	Hay	46	0.050%	1.44x
136	Jamieson	46	0.050%	1.89x
137	Findlay	45	0.050%	2.49x
138	Jack	45	0.050%	2.43x
139	Gollan	44	0.050%	69.61x
140	Macphie	44	0.050%	302.20x
141	Alexander	43	0.050%	0.93x
142	Burns	43	0.050%	0.73x
143	Dewar	43	0.050%	3.78x
144	Main	42	0.050%	2.94x
145	Warren	40	0.050%	0.69x
146	Brodie	39	0.040%	3.33x
147	Cook	39	0.040%	0.23x
148	Steele	39	0.040%	1.67x
149	Hunter	38	0.040%	0.42x
150	Watt	38	0.040%	1.14x
151	Meldrum	37	0.040%	6.73x
152	Hood	36	0.040%	1.49x
153	Maccormick	36	0.040%	262.97x
154	Christie	35	0.040%	1.24x
155	Corbett	35	0.040%	2.05x
156	Patterson	35	0.040%	1.15x
157	Williams	35	0.040%	0.06x
158	Beattie	33	0.040%	1.77x
159	Gibson	33	0.040%	0.31x
160	Gillanders	33	0.040%	28.75x
161	Leslie	33	0.040%	2.28x
162	Robb	33	0.040%	2.19x
163	Stephen	33	0.040%	2.16x
164	Aitken	32	0.040%	1.40x
165	Bisset	32	0.040%	4.68x
166	Russell	32	0.040%	0.30x
167	Hendry	31	0.040%	2.24x
168	Skinner	31	0.040%	0.70x
169	Wood	31	0.040%	0.11x
170	Allison	30	0.030%	1.21x
171	Barclay	30	0.030%	1.67x
172	Maceachen	30	0.030%	137.30x
173	Michael	30	0.030%	6.40x
174	Tait	30	0.030%	1.17x
175	Baillie	29	0.030%	3.20x
176	Collie	29	0.030%	9.28x
177	Cowie	29	0.030%	2.74x
178	Michie	29	0.030%	6.79x
179	Sim	29	0.030%	2.96x
180	White	29	0.030%	0.10x
181	Dawson	28	0.030%	0.29x
182	Maccorquodale	28	0.030%	331.36x
183	Menzies	28	0.030%	2.47x
184	Sharp	28	0.030%	0.39x
185	Blair	27	0.030%	1.19x
186	Geddes	27	0.030%	2.58x
187	Hutcheson	27	0.030%	6.03x
188	Montgomery	27	0.030%	1.95x
189	Gow	26	0.030%	3.77x
190	Long	26	0.030%	0.46x
191	Bremner	25	0.030%	3.34x
192	Budge	25	0.030%	5.62x
193	Donaldson	25	0.030%	1.00x
194	Inglis	25	0.030%	1.72x
195	Macauley	25	0.030%	18.14x
196	Ritchie	25	0.030%	0.83x
197	Russel	25	0.030%	4.15x
198	Hutchison	24	0.030%	1.67x
199	Lamond	24	0.030%	8.05x
200	Lawson	24	0.030%	0.47x