1881 census county

Ross-shire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ross-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

980 surnames are listed for Ross-shire, covering 49,002 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Ross, with 4,484 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ross-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	Ross	4,484	5.59%	51.14x
2	Mackenzie	2,955	3.68%	131.60x
3	Munro	2,474	3.08%	69.08x
4	Fraser	2,150	2.68%	30.11x
5	Macdonald	1,795	2.24%	56.38x
6	Campbell	1,775	2.21%	13.07x
7	Morrison	1,684	2.10%	26.71x
8	Macleod	1,562	1.95%	137.88x
9	Matheson	1,347	1.68%	122.79x
10	Macrae	1,215	1.51%	194.24x
11	Cameron	1,176	1.47%	18.86x
12	Smith	1,128	1.41%	1.00x
13	Urquhart	1,076	1.34%	95.48x
14	Murray	1,007	1.26%	10.12x
15	Mackay	944	1.18%	32.54x
16	Finlayson	785	0.980%	84.94x
17	Maclean	749	0.930%	84.40x
18	Maclennan	715	0.890%	238.75x
19	Stewart	675	0.840%	5.38x
20	Graham	611	0.760%	6.63x
21	Maciver	557	0.690%	333.77x
22	Grant	433	0.540%	5.44x
23	Skinner	429	0.530%	10.54x
24	Morison	395	0.490%	96.57x
25	Sutherland	386	0.480%	9.55x
26	Bain	365	0.460%	18.34x
27	Chisholm	360	0.450%	30.90x
28	Watson	324	0.400%	1.74x
29	Martin	312	0.390%	1.58x
30	Jack	311	0.390%	18.24x
31	Gordon	303	0.380%	5.99x
32	Macaulay	292	0.360%	102.07x
33	Paterson	282	0.350%	5.17x
34	Ferguson	281	0.350%	4.94x
35	Robertson	280	0.350%	2.08x
36	Nicolson	279	0.350%	30.10x
37	Beaton	273	0.340%	29.60x
38	Kennedy	268	0.330%	5.54x
39	Forbes	260	0.320%	9.67x
40	Reid	255	0.320%	3.03x
41	Montgomery	235	0.290%	18.46x
42	Vass	230	0.290%	84.51x
43	Patience	225	0.280%	150.53x
44	Gillies	218	0.270%	19.00x
45	Gunn	206	0.260%	10.49x
46	Young	178	0.220%	1.03x
47	Thomson	174	0.220%	1.62x
48	Dingwall	172	0.210%	54.09x
49	Davidson	159	0.200%	2.36x
50	Rose	149	0.190%	2.50x
51	Murchison	146	0.180%	180.47x
52	Hossack	141	0.180%	79.87x
53	Williamson	135	0.170%	1.88x
54	Gray	133	0.170%	1.16x
55	Anderson	127	0.160%	0.80x
56	Junor	127	0.160%	161.25x
57	Simpson	125	0.160%	0.89x
58	Taylor	121	0.150%	0.24x
59	Macgregor	118	0.150%	35.21x
60	Mitchell	115	0.140%	0.71x
61	Noble	114	0.140%	3.42x
62	Nicholson	112	0.140%	1.96x
63	Gillanders	108	0.130%	102.33x
64	Logan	105	0.130%	5.52x
65	Tolmie	103	0.130%	78.79x
66	Denoon	100	0.120%	240.85x
67	Henderson	98	0.120%	1.12x
68	Buchanan	97	0.120%	4.68x
69	Scott	97	0.120%	0.48x
70	Aird	96	0.120%	23.00x
71	Douglas	96	0.120%	2.47x
72	Macbeath	96	0.120%	199.13x
73	Macpherson	96	0.120%	18.48x
74	Bisset	89	0.110%	14.16x
75	Macarthur	88	0.110%	91.51x
76	Wilson	87	0.110%	0.24x
77	Duff	86	0.110%	6.02x
78	Gollan	86	0.110%	147.97x
79	Gair	85	0.110%	40.01x
80	Macleay	81	0.100%	274.86x
81	Clark	80	0.100%	0.33x
82	Forsyth	78	0.100%	4.56x
83	Macintosh	76	0.090%	21.94x
84	Allan	71	0.090%	1.41x
85	Grahame	70	0.090%	33.33x
86	Gallie	68	0.080%	65.09x
87	Miller	67	0.080%	0.47x
88	Kemp	66	0.080%	1.48x
89	Bethune	62	0.080%	50.10x
90	Mackintosh	61	0.080%	11.36x
91	Macmillan	61	0.080%	27.40x
92	Cumming	60	0.070%	3.92x
93	Macaskill	56	0.070%	59.73x
94	Grigor	54	0.070%	57.93x
95	Holm	53	0.070%	86.40x
96	Macfarlane	53	0.070%	11.55x
97	Shaw	53	0.070%	0.36x
98	Macphail	52	0.060%	65.58x
99	Corbet	51	0.060%	23.11x
100	Nicol	51	0.060%	3.05x