1881 census place

Golspie surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Golspie, 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

30 surnames are listed for Golspie, Sutherland, covering 823 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Sutherland, with 234 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Golspie

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	Sutherland	234	15.03%	298.28x
2	Macdonald	106	6.81%	171.55x
3	Mackay	100	6.42%	177.59x
4	Gordon	47	3.02%	47.90x
5	Munro	45	2.89%	64.74x
6	Gunn	43	2.76%	112.80x
7	Matheson	36	2.31%	169.09x
8	Macrae	35	2.25%	288.30x
9	Bannerman	33	2.12%	604.40x
10	Mackenzie	29	1.86%	66.54x
11	Melville	20	1.28%	121.65x
12	Polson	17	1.09%	470.91x
13	Macleod	16	1.03%	72.76x
14	Vass	10	0.640%	189.39x
15	Borthwick	6	0.390%	68.65x
16	Doull	6	0.390%	289.86x
17	Jeans	5	0.320%	95.42x
18	Macgregor	5	0.320%	76.92x
19	Connacher	4	0.260%	597.01x
20	Maclennan	4	0.260%	68.85x
21	Olson	4	0.260%	384.62x
22	Traquair	4	0.260%	1142.86x
23	Dudgeon	3	0.190%	92.59x
24	Elphinstone	2	0.130%	170.94x
25	Garde	2	0.130%	487.80x
26	Macandrew	2	0.130%	289.86x
27	Soutar	2	0.130%	36.04x
28	Higgie	1	0.060%	294.12x
29	Lighton	1	0.060%	78.74x
30	Oman	1	0.060%	53.76x