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 Denham, with 3 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
501	Denham	3	0.000%	0.42x
502	Dickinson	3	0.000%	0.09x
503	Dixon	3	0.000%	0.03x
504	Docherty	3	0.000%	0.25x
505	Donnelly	3	0.000%	0.30x
506	Dunnet	3	0.000%	1.59x
507	Easson	3	0.000%	1.93x
508	Evans	3	0.000%	0.01x
509	Fearn	3	0.000%	0.50x
510	Field	3	0.000%	0.08x
511	Fouler	3	0.000%	16.71x
512	Frank	3	0.000%	0.89x
513	Frederick	3	0.000%	3.99x
514	French	3	0.000%	0.08x
515	Gall	3	0.000%	0.58x
516	Gibbons	3	0.000%	0.12x
517	Gilmore	3	0.000%	0.64x
518	Halliday	3	0.000%	0.18x
519	Harrison	3	0.000%	0.02x
520	Hindmarsh	3	0.000%	0.93x
521	Hopkins	3	0.000%	0.06x
522	Hutchison	3	0.000%	0.23x
523	Jennins	3	0.000%	11.92x
524	Joss	3	0.000%	2.05x
525	Kelley	3	0.000%	0.32x
526	Kempt	3	0.000%	16.23x
527	Kynoch	3	0.000%	4.04x
528	Macbean	3	0.000%	5.02x
529	Macdougall	3	0.000%	2.47x
530	Mackillop	3	0.000%	9.74x
531	Maclachlan	3	0.000%	4.04x
532	Macray	3	0.000%	18.99x
533	Marr	3	0.000%	0.33x
534	Mclean	3	0.000%	1.47x
535	Mclennan	3	0.000%	22.87x
536	Miles	3	0.000%	0.06x
537	Mill	3	0.000%	0.62x
538	Mitchel	3	0.000%	0.38x
539	Mutch	3	0.000%	0.84x
540	Nairn	3	0.000%	0.76x
541	Nelson	3	0.000%	0.08x
542	Ormiston	3	0.000%	1.30x
543	Packman	3	0.000%	1.52x
544	Phillips	3	0.000%	0.02x
545	Purvis	3	0.000%	0.39x
546	Rafferty	3	0.000%	0.72x
547	Robinson	3	0.000%	0.01x
548	Shand	3	0.000%	0.54x
549	Silver	3	0.000%	0.65x
550	Simon	3	0.000%	0.57x
551	Steven	3	0.000%	0.49x
552	Thain	3	0.000%	1.16x
553	Tyre	3	0.000%	4.16x
554	Wilkinson	3	0.000%	0.02x
555	Wink	3	0.000%	4.50x
556	Yule	3	0.000%	0.75x
557	Aitken	2	0.000%	0.10x
558	Allardyce	2	0.000%	2.51x
559	Armstrong	2	0.000%	0.03x
560	Avison	2	0.000%	1.72x
561	Baillie	2	0.000%	0.24x
562	Begg	2	0.000%	0.41x
563	Bennet	2	0.000%	0.18x
564	Berrie	2	0.000%	3.20x
565	Bonthron	2	0.000%	6.85x
566	Bookless	2	0.000%	4.52x
567	Brook	2	0.000%	0.06x
568	Brumley	2	0.000%	12.04x
569	Brydon	2	0.000%	0.79x
570	Caldwell	2	0.000%	0.16x
571	Carmichal	2	0.000%	8.78x
572	Caunter	2	0.000%	2.44x
573	Clancy	2	0.000%	0.86x
574	Clayton	2	0.000%	0.05x
575	Clow	2	0.000%	0.83x
576	Clunas	2	0.000%	6.38x
577	Cormack	2	0.000%	0.33x
578	Couper	2	0.000%	0.56x
579	Coutts	2	0.000%	0.25x
580	Cox	2	0.000%	0.02x
581	Denholm	2	0.000%	0.60x
582	Denson	2	0.000%	2.15x
583	Diamond	2	0.000%	0.54x
584	Docharty	2	0.000%	3.68x
585	Dougharty	2	0.000%	9.00x
586	Dowie	2	0.000%	1.03x
587	Ewing	2	0.000%	0.27x
588	Fairweather	2	0.000%	0.32x
589	Flett	2	0.000%	0.58x
590	Ford	2	0.000%	0.03x
591	Galbraith	2	0.000%	0.27x
592	Geddes	2	0.000%	0.21x
593	Gilbert	2	0.000%	0.04x
594	Gillan	2	0.000%	0.71x
595	Gillis	2	0.000%	1.24x
596	Hardie	2	0.000%	0.19x
597	Harrold	2	0.000%	0.55x
598	Harrower	2	0.000%	1.11x
599	Holms	2	0.000%	0.88x
600	Inness	2	0.000%	3.26x