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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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Campbell17447.21x
2Macdonald7384.46x
3Macneil473175.68x
4Galbraith40200.80x
5Buchanan3969.28x
6Maclean39161.89x
7Boyd3039.27x
8Macintyre27497.24x
9Gilles18550.46x
10Mackinnon18229.89x
11Macphee171103.90x
12Macintosh16170.21x
13Macfadyen142058.82x
14Macpherson1392.20x
15Gillis12274.60x
16Nicolson1247.69x
17Boyde11374.15x
18Camron91836.73x
19Maccuish81600.00x
20Maclauchlan82222.22x
21Macleod826.01x
22Macmillan8132.45x
23Hogarty73333.33x
24Macdougald72916.67x
25Macrae529.45x
26Mcphee53571.43x
27Glancy4156.86x
28Macinnis43333.33x
29Baden3194.81x
30Greive3102.04x
31Haggarty371.43x
32Maccormack31764.71x
33Macinnes3108.70x
34Hagarty2151.52x
35Murison293.90x
36Rugg247.39x
37Arbuckle121.60x
38Buston155.56x
39Fergus125.45x
40Maceachen1181.82x
41Macsween1135.14x
42Niel180.65x
43Sherar1333.33x