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1881 census place

Ardnamurchan surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

45 surnames are listed for Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire, covering 1,617 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Cameron, with 732 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ardnamurchan

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Cameron732228.31x
2Macdonald266162.50x
3Henderson9220.52x
4Gillies85144.09x
5Kennedy6626.54x
6Maceachen444271.84x
7Livingstone41106.60x
8Macpherson33123.55x
9Livingston2670.18x
10Macdougall23368.00x
11Macphee17582.19x
12Maclean1532.87x
13Dempster1448.24x
14Macmillan14122.27x
15Nisbet1432.15x
16Macisaac131160.71x
17Rankin1219.58x
18Shannon1134.45x
19Macneil10357.14x
20Gilles9145.63x
21Routledge925.64x
22Kirsop8414.51x
23Corbet652.86x
24Maclellan6216.61x
25Macmaster6571.43x
26Ogg537.97x
27Gilespie4310.08x
28Gracie446.46x
29Maccallum4377.36x
30Maclachlan4104.71x
31Colthart3172.41x
32Maceachern36000.00x
33Campell2101.01x
34Coll264.52x
35Macinnes238.31x
36Macqueen241.84x
37Tomson243.96x
38Bethune115.72x
39Betton130.21x
40Girvin168.97x
41Grahan1476.19x
42Mcmillan123.20x
43Millin121.05x
44Nesbet1119.05x
45Walklate131.85x