1881 census county

Nairnshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Nairnshire 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

469 surnames are listed for Nairnshire, covering 6,034 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Fraser, with 469 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Nairnshire

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	469	5.26%	59.08x
2	Ross	218	2.44%	22.37x
3	Grant	156	1.75%	17.63x
4	Rose	151	1.69%	22.83x
5	Campbell	137	1.54%	9.08x
6	Davidson	134	1.50%	17.87x
7	Cameron	125	1.40%	18.04x
8	Main	116	1.30%	79.47x
9	Robertson	111	1.24%	7.43x
10	Mackintosh	108	1.21%	181.00x
11	Macdonald	102	1.14%	28.83x
12	Barron	94	1.05%	68.08x
13	Smith	94	1.05%	0.75x
14	Munro	84	0.940%	21.10x
15	Urquhart	82	0.920%	65.46x
16	Morrison	72	0.810%	10.27x
17	Murray	71	0.800%	6.42x
18	Clark	70	0.790%	2.61x
19	Stewart	70	0.790%	5.02x
20	Wilson	66	0.740%	1.61x
21	Anderson	64	0.720%	3.63x
22	Falconer	64	0.720%	60.17x
23	Bain	58	0.650%	26.21x
24	Jamieson	56	0.630%	22.55x
25	Gordon	55	0.620%	9.79x
26	Ralph	52	0.580%	38.30x
27	Tulloch	52	0.580%	87.90x
28	Mackenzie	50	0.560%	20.03x
29	Forbes	47	0.530%	15.73x
30	Chisholm	46	0.520%	35.52x
31	Innes	45	0.500%	32.59x
32	Baillie	44	0.490%	47.55x
33	Simpson	44	0.490%	2.82x
34	Cumming	43	0.480%	25.27x
35	Dallas	40	0.450%	118.76x
36	Macintosh	40	0.450%	103.90x
37	Ellen	39	0.440%	203.13x
38	Wallace	39	0.440%	6.39x
39	Shaw	38	0.430%	2.32x
40	Storm	37	0.410%	324.56x
41	Bunker	34	0.380%	94.68x
42	Masson	34	0.380%	62.12x
43	Watson	34	0.380%	1.64x
44	Dunbar	32	0.360%	31.23x
45	Kinnaird	31	0.350%	197.96x
46	Reid	31	0.350%	3.31x
47	Downie	30	0.340%	28.68x
48	Mackay	29	0.330%	8.99x
49	Sutherland	29	0.330%	6.45x
50	Hendry	28	0.310%	19.82x
51	Long	28	0.310%	4.84x
52	Scott	27	0.300%	1.20x
53	Taylor	27	0.300%	0.47x
54	Allan	26	0.290%	4.64x
55	Coup	26	0.290%	408.16x
56	Finlayson	26	0.290%	25.31x
57	Clunas	24	0.270%	689.66x
58	Paul	24	0.270%	10.75x
59	Hossack	23	0.260%	117.23x
60	Leslie	23	0.260%	15.58x
61	Macbean	23	0.260%	346.39x
62	Whyte	23	0.260%	15.21x
63	Thomson	22	0.250%	1.85x
64	Noble	21	0.240%	5.67x
65	Alexander	20	0.220%	4.24x
66	Fletcher	20	0.220%	1.96x
67	King	20	0.220%	1.03x
68	Murdoch	19	0.210%	12.54x
69	Roy	19	0.210%	23.44x
70	Gair	18	0.200%	76.24x
71	Hay	18	0.200%	5.50x
72	Ritchie	18	0.200%	5.84x
73	Brown	17	0.190%	0.29x
74	Calder	17	0.190%	13.63x
75	Clarke	17	0.190%	0.94x
76	Martin	17	0.190%	0.77x
77	Macarthur	16	0.180%	149.67x
78	Gray	15	0.170%	1.18x
79	Mackie	15	0.170%	7.87x
80	Miller	15	0.170%	0.94x
81	Paterson	15	0.170%	2.47x
82	Douglas	14	0.160%	3.24x
83	Laing	14	0.160%	7.81x
84	Macgillivray	14	0.160%	267.18x
85	Ballie	13	0.150%	376.81x
86	Bowie	13	0.150%	16.74x
87	Dingwall	13	0.150%	36.79x
88	Donaldson	13	0.150%	5.11x
89	Ellis	13	0.150%	1.00x
90	Gillanders	13	0.150%	110.83x
91	Macpherson	13	0.150%	22.52x
92	Mann	13	0.150%	2.77x
93	Robson	13	0.150%	2.22x
94	Tolmie	13	0.150%	89.47x
95	Bill	12	0.130%	37.81x
96	Black	12	0.130%	2.08x
97	Callum	12	0.130%	119.64x
98	Kennedy	12	0.130%	2.23x
99	Mortimer	12	0.130%	6.44x
100	Nairne	12	0.130%	296.30x