1881 census place

Reay surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Reay, Caithness 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

46 surnames are listed for Reay, Caithness, covering 1,016 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Mackay, with 273 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Reay

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	Mackay	273	12.45%	344.22x
2	Campbell	146	6.66%	39.34x
3	Sutherland	126	5.75%	114.04x
4	Gunn	85	3.88%	158.29x
5	Macdonald	63	2.87%	72.40x
6	Macleod	32	1.46%	103.33x
7	Manson	27	1.23%	105.30x
8	Elder	23	1.05%	99.31x
9	Macpherson	23	1.05%	161.97x
10	Bain	22	1.00%	40.43x
11	Jack	21	0.960%	45.06x
12	Meiklejohn	15	0.680%	303.64x
13	Steven	15	0.680%	90.25x
14	Farquhar	14	0.640%	82.06x
15	Mowat	12	0.550%	79.73x
16	Dunnet	10	0.460%	193.42x
17	Swanson	10	0.460%	62.27x
18	Couper	8	0.360%	81.38x
19	Gair	8	0.360%	137.69x
20	Inkster	8	0.360%	211.08x
21	Macbeth	8	0.360%	392.16x
22	Begg	7	0.320%	52.47x
23	Fyfe	7	0.320%	34.77x
24	Macaulay	7	0.320%	89.51x
25	Coghill	5	0.230%	115.21x
26	Doull	4	0.180%	137.46x
27	Dundas	4	0.180%	96.39x
28	Macphee	4	0.180%	258.06x
29	Watherston	4	0.180%	784.31x
30	Craighead	3	0.140%	152.28x
31	Gallie	3	0.140%	104.90x
32	Fingland	2	0.090%	178.57x
33	Leed	2	0.090%	229.89x
34	Macbeath	2	0.090%	151.52x
35	Rosie	2	0.090%	56.66x
36	Baikie	1	0.050%	32.89x
37	Blank	1	0.050%	48.78x
38	Brims	1	0.050%	68.97x
39	Dundass	1	0.050%	120.48x
40	Durran	1	0.050%	69.93x
41	Flaws	1	0.050%	80.65x
42	Macadie	1	0.050%	200.00x
43	Macneil	1	0.050%	67.11x
44	Macsween	1	0.050%	133.33x
45	Martain	1	0.050%	84.03x
46	Oman	1	0.050%	38.31x