1881 census county

Sutherland surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sutherland 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

534 surnames are listed for Sutherland, covering 16,272 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Mackay, with 2,553 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sutherland

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	Mackay	2,553	11.36%	314.24x
2	Sutherland	1,679	7.47%	148.34x
3	Ross	1,184	5.27%	48.23x
4	Munro	857	3.82%	85.45x
5	Murray	800	3.56%	28.72x
6	Matheson	557	2.48%	181.33x
7	Campbell	525	2.34%	13.81x
8	Macleod	445	1.98%	140.28x
9	Morrison	443	1.97%	25.09x
10	Gunn	424	1.89%	77.08x
11	Fraser	377	1.68%	18.85x
12	Macdonald	342	1.52%	38.37x
13	Grant	305	1.36%	13.68x
14	Gordon	274	1.22%	19.35x
15	Mackenzie	272	1.21%	43.26x
16	Kerr	217	0.970%	17.71x
17	Bannerman	128	0.570%	162.52x
18	Stewart	119	0.530%	3.39x
19	Polson	118	0.530%	226.36x
20	Bruce	114	0.510%	10.83x
21	Graham	112	0.500%	4.34x
22	Forbes	110	0.490%	14.61x
23	Anderson	102	0.450%	2.30x
24	Calder	97	0.430%	30.88x
25	Melville	84	0.370%	35.42x
26	Cameron	80	0.360%	4.58x
27	Macpherson	78	0.350%	53.63x
28	Robertson	78	0.350%	2.07x
29	Macrae	67	0.300%	38.25x
30	Chisholm	66	0.290%	20.23x
31	Cumming	62	0.280%	14.47x
32	Mathieson	62	0.280%	26.20x
33	Corbett	60	0.270%	13.63x
34	Gray	52	0.230%	1.62x
35	Wilson	51	0.230%	0.49x
36	Gow	47	0.210%	26.48x
37	Innes	47	0.210%	13.51x
38	Watson	47	0.210%	0.90x
39	Armstrong	46	0.200%	2.68x
40	Baillie	44	0.200%	18.87x
41	Reid	42	0.190%	1.78x
42	Gilchrist	41	0.180%	12.45x
43	Henderson	41	0.180%	1.68x
44	Leslie	41	0.180%	11.02x
45	Douglas	40	0.180%	3.68x
46	Bain	38	0.170%	6.82x
47	Rae	38	0.170%	7.42x
48	Smith	38	0.170%	0.12x
49	Clark	36	0.160%	0.53x
50	Davidson	35	0.160%	1.85x
51	Nicol	35	0.160%	7.48x
52	Bethune	34	0.150%	98.12x
53	Cowie	34	0.150%	12.47x
54	Manson	34	0.150%	12.94x
55	Taylor	33	0.150%	0.23x
56	Simpson	32	0.140%	0.81x
57	Falconer	30	0.130%	11.20x
58	Ferguson	30	0.130%	1.88x
59	Macintosh	30	0.130%	30.93x
60	Mitchell	30	0.130%	0.66x
61	Brown	29	0.130%	0.20x
62	Logan	29	0.130%	5.44x
63	Mackintosh	27	0.120%	17.96x
64	Watt	27	0.120%	3.13x
65	Leith	26	0.120%	22.35x
66	Rose	26	0.120%	1.56x
67	Duff	25	0.110%	6.25x
68	Urquhart	25	0.110%	7.92x
69	Clarke	24	0.110%	0.53x
70	Dempster	24	0.110%	15.19x
71	Stevenson	23	0.100%	1.46x
72	Thomson	23	0.100%	0.77x
73	Black	22	0.100%	1.51x
74	Mcleod	21	0.090%	56.56x
75	Miller	21	0.090%	0.52x
76	Rutherford	21	0.090%	3.83x
77	Whyte	20	0.090%	5.25x
78	Young	19	0.080%	0.39x
79	Bowie	18	0.080%	9.20x
80	Couper	18	0.080%	17.88x
81	Ingram	18	0.080%	2.62x
82	Stuart	18	0.080%	3.36x
83	Beattie	17	0.080%	3.54x
84	Borthwick	17	0.080%	13.48x
85	Bremner	17	0.080%	8.81x
86	Holmes	17	0.080%	0.62x
87	Pope	17	0.080%	2.20x
88	Dingwall	16	0.070%	17.97x
89	Kennedy	16	0.070%	1.18x
90	Maclean	16	0.070%	6.44x
91	Martin	16	0.070%	0.29x
92	Nicolson	16	0.070%	6.16x
93	Barclay	15	0.070%	3.24x
94	Cuthbert	15	0.070%	4.65x
95	Tulloch	15	0.070%	10.06x
96	Beaton	14	0.060%	5.42x
97	Paterson	14	0.060%	0.92x
98	Skinner	14	0.060%	1.23x
99	Vass	14	0.060%	18.37x
100	Weir	14	0.060%	2.40x