1881 census place

Barra surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Barra, Inverness-shire 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

43 surnames are listed for Barra, Inverness-shire, covering 701 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Campbell, with 174 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Barra

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	Campbell	174	7.99%	47.21x
2	Macdonald	73	3.35%	84.46x
3	Macneil	47	2.16%	3175.68x
4	Galbraith	40	1.84%	200.80x
5	Buchanan	39	1.79%	69.28x
6	Maclean	39	1.79%	161.89x
7	Boyd	30	1.38%	39.27x
8	Macintyre	27	1.24%	497.24x
9	Gilles	18	0.830%	550.46x
10	Mackinnon	18	0.830%	229.89x
11	Macphee	17	0.780%	1103.90x
12	Macintosh	16	0.730%	170.21x
13	Macfadyen	14	0.640%	2058.82x
14	Macpherson	13	0.600%	92.20x
15	Gillis	12	0.550%	274.60x
16	Nicolson	12	0.550%	47.69x
17	Boyde	11	0.510%	374.15x
18	Camron	9	0.410%	1836.73x
19	Maccuish	8	0.370%	1600.00x
20	Maclauchlan	8	0.370%	2222.22x
21	Macleod	8	0.370%	26.01x
22	Macmillan	8	0.370%	132.45x
23	Hogarty	7	0.320%	3333.33x
24	Macdougald	7	0.320%	2916.67x
25	Macrae	5	0.230%	29.45x
26	Mcphee	5	0.230%	3571.43x
27	Glancy	4	0.180%	156.86x
28	Macinnis	4	0.180%	3333.33x
29	Baden	3	0.140%	194.81x
30	Greive	3	0.140%	102.04x
31	Haggarty	3	0.140%	71.43x
32	Maccormack	3	0.140%	1764.71x
33	Macinnes	3	0.140%	108.70x
34	Hagarty	2	0.090%	151.52x
35	Murison	2	0.090%	93.90x
36	Rugg	2	0.090%	47.39x
37	Arbuckle	1	0.050%	21.60x
38	Buston	1	0.050%	55.56x
39	Fergus	1	0.050%	25.45x
40	Maceachen	1	0.050%	181.82x
41	Macsween	1	0.050%	135.14x
42	Niel	1	0.050%	80.65x
43	Sherar	1	0.050%	333.33x