1881 census place

Cromarty surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cromarty, Ross-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

45 surnames are listed for Cromarty, Ross-shire, covering 1,175 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Watson, with 187 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cromarty

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	Watson	187	8.71%	37.55x
2	Ross	138	6.43%	58.81x
3	Skinner	101	4.70%	92.68x
4	Finlayson	99	4.61%	400.32x
5	Hossack	94	4.38%	1991.53x
6	Fraser	87	4.05%	45.52x
7	Mackenzie	84	3.91%	139.79x
8	Munro	60	2.79%	62.60x
9	Mackay	48	2.24%	61.82x
10	Macleman	28	1.30%	14000.00x
11	Macrae	25	1.16%	149.34x
12	Urquhart	25	1.16%	82.89x
13	Macleod	23	1.07%	75.86x
14	Maclennan	21	0.980%	262.17x
15	Bisset	13	0.610%	77.24x
16	Beaton	12	0.560%	48.62x
17	Gair	9	0.420%	158.17x
18	Junor	9	0.420%	426.54x
19	More	9	0.420%	53.89x
20	Barnet	8	0.370%	77.75x
21	Corbet	8	0.370%	135.36x
22	Dickie	8	0.370%	47.48x
23	Maclean	8	0.370%	33.68x
24	Neill	8	0.370%	56.26x
25	Ritson	7	0.330%	81.21x
26	Gilles	6	0.280%	186.34x
27	Macphail	6	0.280%	283.02x
28	Gallie	5	0.230%	178.57x
29	Junner	5	0.230%	1666.67x
30	Forsythe	4	0.190%	191.39x
31	Grigor	4	0.190%	160.64x
32	Holm	4	0.190%	243.90x
33	Mathison	4	0.190%	68.85x
34	Dyce	3	0.140%	306.12x
35	Allardyce	2	0.090%	93.90x
36	Maciver	2	0.090%	44.74x
37	Patience	2	0.090%	50.00x
38	Sinclar	2	0.090%	200.00x
39	Annan	1	0.050%	33.22x
40	Badenoch	1	0.050%	95.24x
41	Denoon	1	0.050%	90.09x
42	Denson	1	0.050%	40.16x
43	Evenson	1	0.050%	138.89x
44	Goodbrand	1	0.050%	100.00x
45	Lugton	1	0.050%	74.63x