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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 Bode, with 1 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.

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101Bode138.17x
102Bulkeley157.14x
103Byres127.40x
104Cattanach114.60x
105Cobban120.49x
106Craigen136.90x
107Donachie114.45x
108Galacher182.64x
109Hasting130.21x
110Hebron120.88x
111Joss110.14x
112Kinnard130.12x
113Lapham118.02x
114Longmuir19.95x
115Macphail118.69x
116Mally162.11x
117Micheal1192.31x
118Mile158.82x
119Nairne140.65x
120Primrose114.16x
121Shearn116.05x
122Tocher114.22x
123Tyre120.58x
124Wedderburn122.32x