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 Ironside, with 2 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
601	Ironside	2	0.000%	0.72x
602	Jamieson	2	0.000%	0.09x
603	Jeans	2	0.000%	0.74x
604	Kaye	2	0.000%	0.17x
605	Keir	2	0.000%	0.50x
606	Lamond	2	0.000%	0.73x
607	Lawrance	2	0.000%	0.38x
608	Levie	2	0.000%	8.58x
609	Ley	2	0.000%	0.57x
610	Liddle	2	0.000%	0.21x
611	Low	2	0.000%	0.12x
612	Macauley	2	0.000%	1.58x
613	Macdermid	2	0.000%	22.65x
614	Macgilvray	2	0.000%	82.99x
615	Macivor	2	0.000%	23.34x
616	Maclellan	2	0.000%	3.71x
617	Macnab	2	0.000%	2.76x
618	Macphee	2	0.000%	3.52x
619	Mactavish	2	0.000%	9.10x
620	Mar	2	0.000%	13.83x
621	Massie	2	0.000%	0.78x
622	Mercer	2	0.000%	0.10x
623	Monro	2	0.000%	1.20x
624	Mortimer	2	0.000%	0.12x
625	Morton	2	0.000%	0.05x
626	Ness	2	0.000%	0.55x
627	Newall	2	0.000%	0.43x
628	Newton	2	0.000%	0.03x
629	Nichol	2	0.000%	0.23x
630	Ogston	2	0.000%	2.03x
631	Ord	2	0.000%	0.38x
632	Orr	2	0.000%	0.15x
633	Otty	2	0.000%	4.85x
634	Patterson	2	0.000%	0.07x
635	Penney	2	0.000%	0.45x
636	Platt	2	0.000%	0.09x
637	Preston	2	0.000%	0.05x
638	Price	2	0.000%	0.01x
639	Reay	2	0.000%	0.29x
640	Rendall	2	0.000%	0.47x
641	Rhind	2	0.000%	1.04x
642	Scobie	2	0.000%	1.15x
643	Shannon	2	0.000%	0.32x
644	Sharp	2	0.000%	0.03x
645	Siebert	2	0.000%	15.56x
646	Sinton	2	0.000%	1.87x
647	Souden	2	0.000%	7.54x
648	Steward	2	0.000%	0.19x
649	Stirling	2	0.000%	0.19x
650	Story	2	0.000%	0.40x
651	Suter	2	0.000%	0.84x
652	Thomas	2	0.000%	0.01x
653	Tierney	2	0.000%	0.60x
654	Tom	2	0.000%	4.70x
655	Torrance	2	0.000%	0.57x
656	Tout	2	0.000%	1.48x
657	Tucker	2	0.000%	0.05x
658	Vincent	2	0.000%	0.08x
659	Walsh	2	0.000%	0.05x
660	Whittaker	2	0.000%	0.05x
661	Wilkie	2	0.000%	0.17x
662	Abbott	1	0.000%	0.03x
663	Addison	1	0.000%	0.09x
664	Aitcheson	1	0.000%	1.29x
665	Allen	1	0.000%	0.01x
666	Andrews	1	0.000%	0.01x
667	Annan	1	0.000%	0.89x
668	Annandale	1	0.000%	2.22x
669	Annis	1	0.000%	0.76x
670	Anthony	1	0.000%	0.11x
671	Archbold	1	0.000%	0.53x
672	Archibald	1	0.000%	0.14x
673	Arther	1	0.000%	3.43x
674	Atchison	1	0.000%	1.03x
675	Badenoch	1	0.000%	2.54x
676	Bailie	1	0.000%	0.90x
677	Baine	1	0.000%	1.65x
678	Baker	1	0.000%	0.01x
679	Bane	1	0.000%	1.01x
680	Bannatyne	1	0.000%	1.03x
681	Barber	1	0.000%	0.02x
682	Barsley	1	0.000%	2.96x
683	Barth	1	0.000%	2.70x
684	Barton	1	0.000%	0.02x
685	Bean	1	0.000%	0.10x
686	Bennett	1	0.000%	0.01x
687	Berrill	1	0.000%	0.93x
688	Binney	1	0.000%	0.81x
689	Birnie	1	0.000%	0.29x
690	Bishop	1	0.000%	0.02x
691	Blackburn	1	0.000%	0.03x
692	Blackhall	1	0.000%	0.70x
693	Blackham	1	0.000%	0.52x
694	Blare	1	0.000%	20.75x
695	Boe	1	0.000%	3.46x
696	Bogue	1	0.000%	2.25x
697	Bolton	1	0.000%	0.03x
698	Bonney	1	0.000%	0.50x
699	Booth	1	0.000%	0.01x
700	Borrowdale	1	0.000%	1.60x