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 Crichton, with 50 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
101	Crichton	50	0.060%	7.31x
102	Mann	50	0.060%	1.18x
103	Stuart	50	0.060%	2.61x
104	Whyte	50	0.060%	3.68x
105	Johnstone	48	0.060%	1.32x
106	Innes	46	0.060%	3.70x
107	Mathieson	44	0.050%	5.21x
108	Mackinnon	43	0.050%	14.92x
109	Bruce	42	0.050%	1.12x
110	Bremner	41	0.050%	5.95x
111	Falconer	41	0.050%	4.28x
112	Elder	40	0.050%	4.72x
113	Macinnes	40	0.050%	39.40x
114	Black	39	0.050%	0.75x
115	Hall	39	0.050%	0.17x
116	Hendry	39	0.050%	3.07x
117	Souter	39	0.050%	8.95x
118	Thompson	38	0.050%	0.16x
119	Johnston	37	0.050%	0.57x
120	Macangus	37	0.050%	373.36x
121	Calder	36	0.040%	3.21x
122	Christie	36	0.040%	1.38x
123	Turnbull	35	0.040%	1.04x
124	Corbett	34	0.040%	2.16x
125	Michael	34	0.040%	7.88x
126	Hay	33	0.040%	1.12x
127	Barnett	32	0.040%	0.88x
128	Dunbar	32	0.040%	3.47x
129	Laing	32	0.040%	1.99x
130	Gibson	31	0.040%	0.32x
131	Leitch	31	0.040%	4.05x
132	Macritchie	31	0.040%	241.25x
133	Tulloch	31	0.040%	5.82x
134	Cruickshank	30	0.040%	3.33x
135	Menzies	30	0.040%	2.88x
136	Murdoch	30	0.040%	2.20x
137	Polson	30	0.040%	16.11x
138	Bell	29	0.040%	0.19x
139	Macintyre	29	0.040%	14.49x
140	More	29	0.040%	4.65x
141	Alison	28	0.030%	19.29x
142	Macleman	28	0.030%	373.83x
143	Manson	28	0.030%	2.98x
144	Brown	27	0.030%	0.05x
145	Crawford	27	0.030%	0.69x
146	Donaldson	27	0.030%	1.18x
147	Masson	27	0.030%	5.48x
148	Gilmour	26	0.030%	2.29x
149	Rae	26	0.030%	1.42x
150	Carmichael	25	0.030%	2.18x
151	Findlay	25	0.030%	1.50x
152	Rice	25	0.030%	1.00x
153	Wallace	25	0.030%	0.46x
154	Angus	24	0.030%	2.09x
155	Moir	24	0.030%	2.18x
156	Smart	24	0.030%	0.66x
157	Clarke	23	0.030%	0.14x
158	Livingstone	23	0.030%	3.08x
159	Ralph	23	0.030%	1.88x
160	Williams	23	0.030%	0.04x
161	Hunter	22	0.030%	0.27x
162	Johnson	22	0.030%	0.08x
163	Mair	22	0.030%	2.97x
164	Stephen	22	0.030%	1.56x
165	Hill	21	0.030%	0.10x
166	Kerr	21	0.030%	0.48x
167	Michie	21	0.030%	5.35x
168	Ramsay	21	0.030%	1.02x
169	Barclay	20	0.020%	1.21x
170	Brodie	20	0.020%	1.86x
171	Dallas	20	0.020%	6.60x
172	Gilles	20	0.020%	16.63x
173	Greig	20	0.020%	1.58x
174	Laidlaw	20	0.020%	2.81x
175	Russell	20	0.020%	0.20x
176	Fletcher	19	0.020%	0.21x
177	Robb	19	0.020%	1.37x
178	Adam	18	0.020%	1.31x
179	Holmes	18	0.020%	0.18x
180	Mackinzie	18	0.020%	92.07x
181	Macsween	18	0.020%	65.89x
182	Mckenzie	18	0.020%	6.71x
183	Renwick	18	0.020%	3.29x
184	Walker	18	0.020%	0.07x
185	Wishart	18	0.020%	2.86x
186	Wood	18	0.020%	0.07x
187	Boa	17	0.020%	49.99x
188	Dawson	17	0.020%	0.19x
189	Dewar	17	0.020%	1.62x
190	Henry	17	0.020%	0.84x
191	Home	17	0.020%	8.48x
192	Macqueen	17	0.020%	18.29x
193	Millar	17	0.020%	0.58x
194	Oliver	17	0.020%	0.30x
195	Paris	17	0.020%	6.70x
196	Watt	17	0.020%	0.55x
197	Mckay	16	0.020%	8.33x
198	Muir	16	0.020%	0.52x
199	Rankin	16	0.020%	1.34x
200	Stenhouse	16	0.020%	4.82x