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1881 census place

Durness surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Durness, Sutherland 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

15 surnames are listed for Durness, Sutherland, covering 538 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Mackay, with 167 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Durness

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.

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1Mackay167467.79x
2Campbell10562.86x
3Sutherland72144.78x
4Morrison7090.23x
5Munro48108.94x
6Gunn30124.12x
7Whyte17101.55x
8Swanson11152.14x
9Brydon5161.29x
10Dingwall5127.88x
11Dunnet3128.76x
12Scobie293.02x
13Carle193.46x
14Carry1133.33x
15Third1133.33x