1881 census place

Nairn surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Nairn, Nairnshire 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

124 surnames are listed for Nairn, Nairnshire, covering 2,162 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Fraser, with 245 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Nairn

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	Fraser	245	4.53%	50.86x
2	Ross	148	2.74%	25.03x
3	Main	109	2.01%	123.07x
4	Rose	102	1.89%	25.42x
5	Barron	93	1.72%	111.01x
6	Cameron	74	1.37%	17.60x
7	Grant	73	1.35%	13.59x
8	Mackintosh	62	1.15%	171.22x
9	Ralph	52	0.960%	63.11x
10	Macdonald	50	0.920%	23.29x
11	Jamieson	48	0.890%	31.85x
12	Urquhart	47	0.870%	61.83x
13	Bain	43	0.790%	32.03x
14	Munro	41	0.760%	16.97x
15	Ellen	39	0.720%	334.76x
16	Gordon	39	0.720%	11.44x
17	Squair	38	0.700%	1784.04x
18	Storm	36	0.670%	520.23x
19	Bunker	34	0.630%	156.03x
20	Forbes	34	0.630%	18.75x
21	Baillie	33	0.610%	58.76x
22	Chisholm	33	0.610%	42.00x
23	Mackenzie	32	0.590%	21.13x
24	Downie	30	0.550%	47.27x
25	Innes	28	0.520%	33.42x
26	Coup	26	0.480%	671.83x
27	Dunbar	26	0.480%	41.82x
28	Finlayson	24	0.440%	38.50x
29	Falconer	23	0.430%	35.64x
30	Cumming	20	0.370%	19.37x
31	Tulloch	20	0.370%	55.71x
32	Dallas	19	0.350%	93.00x
33	Macbean	17	0.310%	421.84x
34	Whyte	16	0.300%	17.44x
35	Roy	15	0.280%	30.50x
36	Ballie	13	0.240%	619.05x
37	Masson	13	0.240%	39.14x
38	Tolmie	13	0.240%	147.39x
39	Bill	12	0.220%	62.31x
40	Duffus	11	0.200%	133.17x
41	Ogilvie	11	0.200%	21.02x
42	Bowie	10	0.180%	21.21x
43	Leith	10	0.180%	35.69x
44	Raff	10	0.180%	1111.11x
45	Ellin	9	0.170%	291.26x
46	Ian	9	0.170%	2250.00x
47	Macgillivray	9	0.170%	283.02x
48	Polson	9	0.170%	71.66x
49	Aird	8	0.150%	28.42x
50	Boyne	8	0.150%	93.79x
51	Brooman	8	0.150%	188.24x
52	Dooly	8	0.150%	360.36x
53	Fudge	8	0.150%	39.60x
54	Kinnaird	8	0.150%	84.21x
55	Ogg	8	0.150%	46.32x
56	Dowding	7	0.130%	30.26x
57	Gair	7	0.130%	48.85x
58	Hossack	7	0.130%	58.77x
59	Macrae	7	0.130%	16.59x
60	Michie	7	0.130%	26.43x
61	Pryce	7	0.130%	27.06x
62	Corbet	6	0.110%	40.30x
63	Findlater	6	0.110%	75.09x
64	Gillanders	6	0.110%	84.27x
65	Keillor	6	0.110%	157.48x
66	Tweedie	6	0.110%	28.75x
67	Benzies	5	0.090%	247.52x
68	Durno	5	0.090%	159.24x
69	Macpherson	5	0.090%	14.27x
70	Sellar	5	0.090%	38.91x
71	Wink	5	0.090%	111.11x
72	Boa	4	0.070%	174.67x
73	Denoon	4	0.070%	142.86x
74	Hendrie	4	0.070%	30.17x
75	Ketchen	4	0.070%	198.02x
76	Macarthur	4	0.070%	61.63x
77	Macintyre	4	0.070%	29.63x
78	Pender	4	0.070%	22.75x
79	Rhind	4	0.070%	30.96x
80	Symon	4	0.070%	44.20x
81	Clunas	3	0.060%	142.18x
82	Riddel	3	0.060%	36.59x
83	Scot	3	0.060%	50.34x
84	Turnball	3	0.060%	180.72x
85	Callum	2	0.040%	32.84x
86	Cran	2	0.040%	26.04x
87	Cromwell	2	0.040%	37.04x
88	Cruickshanks	2	0.040%	22.68x
89	Findlayson	2	0.040%	75.76x
90	Harold	2	0.040%	17.04x
91	Hector	2	0.040%	22.10x
92	Inness	2	0.040%	48.31x
93	Junor	2	0.040%	37.66x
94	Maclennan	2	0.040%	9.90x
95	Steuart	2	0.040%	63.90x
96	Walace	2	0.040%	153.85x
97	Waterston	2	0.040%	25.51x
98	Annan	1	0.020%	13.18x
99	Auston	1	0.020%	36.36x
100	Bethune	1	0.020%	11.98x