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 Wood, with 14 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
101	Wood	14	0.060%	0.20x
102	Aird	13	0.060%	11.12x
103	Bell	13	0.060%	0.31x
104	Forsyth	13	0.060%	2.71x
105	Hunter	13	0.060%	0.56x
106	Menzies	13	0.060%	4.45x
107	Paul	13	0.060%	2.31x
108	Walker	13	0.060%	0.17x
109	Findlay	12	0.050%	2.58x
110	Gun	12	0.050%	78.43x
111	Keith	12	0.050%	4.98x
112	Mather	12	0.050%	2.15x
113	Millar	12	0.050%	1.46x
114	Ormiston	12	0.050%	18.58x
115	Shearer	12	0.050%	4.16x
116	Williamson	12	0.050%	0.60x
117	Brydon	11	0.050%	15.57x
118	Gair	11	0.050%	18.49x
119	Green	11	0.050%	0.17x
120	Jappy	11	0.050%	120.22x
121	Mitchel	11	0.050%	5.01x
122	Munn	11	0.050%	6.80x
123	Oman	11	0.050%	41.08x
124	Swanson	11	0.050%	6.69x
125	Turner	11	0.050%	0.18x
126	Alexander	10	0.040%	0.84x
127	Allan	10	0.040%	0.71x
128	Christie	10	0.040%	1.37x
129	Gibson	10	0.040%	0.37x
130	Meldrum	10	0.040%	7.07x
131	Scott	10	0.040%	0.18x
132	Burgess	9	0.040%	0.58x
133	Burnett	9	0.040%	1.45x
134	Crawford	9	0.040%	0.82x
135	Cruckshank	9	0.040%	86.96x
136	Grahame	9	0.040%	15.30x
137	Hamilton	9	0.040%	0.53x
138	Irvine	9	0.040%	1.82x
139	Johnston	9	0.040%	0.50x
140	Kidd	9	0.040%	1.97x
141	Lamont	9	0.040%	4.51x
142	Macbeath	9	0.040%	66.67x
143	Mackinnon	9	0.040%	11.15x
144	Mathison	9	0.040%	14.81x
145	Paine	9	0.040%	2.91x
146	Shaw	9	0.040%	0.22x
147	Waters	9	0.040%	1.00x
148	White	9	0.040%	0.12x
149	Angus	8	0.040%	2.49x
150	Baxter	8	0.040%	0.60x
151	Cormack	8	0.040%	4.71x
152	Cruikshank	8	0.040%	23.86x
153	Elphinstone	8	0.040%	47.20x
154	French	8	0.040%	0.73x
155	Gillespie	8	0.040%	2.25x
156	Hendry	8	0.040%	2.25x
157	Horne	8	0.040%	1.64x
158	Jack	8	0.040%	1.68x
159	Johnstone	8	0.040%	0.79x
160	Leck	8	0.040%	31.37x
161	Maxwell	8	0.040%	1.50x
162	Merchant	8	0.040%	5.30x
163	Norris	8	0.040%	0.83x
164	Oliver	8	0.040%	0.50x
165	Russell	8	0.040%	0.29x
166	Slater	8	0.040%	0.59x
167	Souter	8	0.040%	6.56x
168	Telford	8	0.040%	4.04x
169	Turnbull	8	0.040%	0.84x
170	Wright	8	0.040%	0.11x
171	Allison	7	0.030%	1.10x
172	Birnie	7	0.030%	7.32x
173	Bridgeford	7	0.030%	59.07x
174	Bryden	7	0.030%	7.38x
175	Burnet	7	0.030%	8.51x
176	Cadger	7	0.030%	54.60x
177	Doull	7	0.030%	23.45x
178	Geddes	7	0.030%	2.60x
179	Gillanders	7	0.030%	23.69x
180	Gillies	7	0.030%	2.18x
181	Harvey	7	0.030%	0.29x
182	Horn	7	0.030%	1.37x
183	Leys	7	0.030%	34.43x
184	Little	7	0.030%	0.66x
185	Macgregor	7	0.030%	7.46x
186	Maclennan	7	0.030%	8.35x
187	Moore	7	0.030%	0.16x
188	Murdie	7	0.030%	68.63x
189	Neill	7	0.030%	4.71x
190	Nicholson	7	0.030%	0.44x
191	Scobie	7	0.030%	14.34x
192	Sharp	7	0.030%	0.37x
193	Sim	7	0.030%	2.77x
194	Smart	7	0.030%	0.68x
195	Strachan	7	0.030%	1.81x
196	Waugh	7	0.030%	2.29x
197	Aitkin	6	0.030%	15.53x
198	Balfour	6	0.030%	3.83x
199	Batters	6	0.030%	27.68x
200	Begg	6	0.030%	4.39x