1881 census place

Lochs surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lochs, 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

31 surnames are listed for Lochs, Ross-shire, covering 1,508 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Macleod, with 272 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lochs

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	Macleod	272	4.26%	301.59x
2	Montgomery	147	2.30%	145.04x
3	Morrison	147	2.30%	29.28x
4	Morison	104	1.63%	319.31x
5	Kennedy	93	1.46%	24.15x
6	Nicolson	90	1.41%	121.97x
7	Mackenzie	85	1.33%	47.55x
8	Nicholson	83	1.30%	18.29x
9	Macarthur	62	0.970%	809.40x
10	Matheson	54	0.850%	61.83x
11	Gillies	46	0.720%	50.36x
12	Maciver	42	0.660%	316.03x
13	Macaulay	41	0.640%	179.98x
14	Chisholm	33	0.520%	35.58x
15	Finlayson	33	0.520%	44.85x
16	Macdonald	31	0.490%	12.23x
17	Maclean	31	0.490%	43.87x
18	Mackinnon	26	0.410%	113.29x
19	Mackay	21	0.330%	9.09x
20	Macfarlane	14	0.220%	38.32x
21	Macauly	10	0.160%	431.03x
22	Macsween	10	0.160%	460.83x
23	Macmillan	9	0.140%	50.79x
24	Macqueen	6	0.090%	81.08x
25	Notman	5	0.080%	47.44x
26	Macphail	4	0.060%	63.39x
27	Macneil	3	0.050%	69.28x
28	Carmichal	2	0.030%	110.50x
29	Macinnes	2	0.030%	24.75x
30	Macritchie	1	0.020%	98.04x
31	Mcphail	1	0.020%	114.94x