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1881 census place

Canisbay surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Canisbay, Caithness 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

52 surnames are listed for Canisbay, Caithness, covering 1,668 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dunnet, with 207 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Canisbay

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
1Dunnet2073344.10x
2Mowat142788.01x
3Manson118384.24x
4Banks9973.50x
5Bremner86381.21x
6Sutherland7153.66x
7Rosie631489.36x
8Steven61306.53x
9Matheson56155.95x
10Begg55344.18x
11Kennedy5534.74x
12Bain5279.80x
13Laird52176.39x
14Geddes49155.65x
15Wares451612.90x
16Cormack44221.66x
17Shearer41121.66x
18Nicolson35115.36x
19Gunn3351.32x
20Swanson32166.41x
21Leith30220.59x
22Innes2561.49x
23Baikie22604.40x
24Moodie21170.32x
25Houston1853.83x
26Dundas14281.69x
27Keith1449.73x
28Dunnett13162.91x
29Ham1365.92x
30Levack11705.13x
31Coghill9173.08x
32Purves952.42x
33Barnetson8707.96x
34Groat7231.02x
35Tough769.31x
36Barnie6731.71x
37Haggie6821.92x
38Stalker646.44x
39Cruickshanks5116.82x
40Cheyne445.82x
41Dass41111.11x
42Leask437.07x
43Meiklejohn467.57x
44Cruden395.85x
45Donn2116.28x
46Charleson153.19x
47Cleugh1102.04x
48Georgeson119.08x
49Malcom147.39x
50Norquay160.98x
51Oag155.56x
52Steenson1434.78x