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.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Cameron	732	17.75%	228.31x
2	Macdonald	266	6.45%	162.50x
3	Henderson	92	2.23%	20.52x
4	Gillies	85	2.06%	144.09x
5	Kennedy	66	1.60%	26.54x
6	Maceachen	44	1.07%	4271.84x
7	Livingstone	41	0.990%	106.60x
8	Macpherson	33	0.800%	123.55x
9	Livingston	26	0.630%	70.18x
10	Macdougall	23	0.560%	368.00x
11	Macphee	17	0.410%	582.19x
12	Maclean	15	0.360%	32.87x
13	Dempster	14	0.340%	48.24x
14	Macmillan	14	0.340%	122.27x
15	Nisbet	14	0.340%	32.15x
16	Macisaac	13	0.320%	1160.71x
17	Rankin	12	0.290%	19.58x
18	Shannon	11	0.270%	34.45x
19	Macneil	10	0.240%	357.14x
20	Gilles	9	0.220%	145.63x
21	Routledge	9	0.220%	25.64x
22	Kirsop	8	0.190%	414.51x
23	Corbet	6	0.150%	52.86x
24	Maclellan	6	0.150%	216.61x
25	Macmaster	6	0.150%	571.43x
26	Ogg	5	0.120%	37.97x
27	Gilespie	4	0.100%	310.08x
28	Gracie	4	0.100%	46.46x
29	Maccallum	4	0.100%	377.36x
30	Maclachlan	4	0.100%	104.71x
31	Colthart	3	0.070%	172.41x
32	Maceachern	3	0.070%	6000.00x
33	Campell	2	0.050%	101.01x
34	Coll	2	0.050%	64.52x
35	Macinnes	2	0.050%	38.31x
36	Macqueen	2	0.050%	41.84x
37	Tomson	2	0.050%	43.96x
38	Bethune	1	0.020%	15.72x
39	Betton	1	0.020%	30.21x
40	Girvin	1	0.020%	68.97x
41	Grahan	1	0.020%	476.19x
42	Mcmillan	1	0.020%	23.20x
43	Millin	1	0.020%	21.05x
44	Nesbet	1	0.020%	119.05x
45	Walklate	1	0.020%	31.85x