1881 census place

Rosskeen surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rosskeen, 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

60 surnames are listed for Rosskeen, Ross-shire, covering 2,171 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Ross, with 648 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rosskeen

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	Ross	648	17.16%	157.03x
2	Munro	453	12.00%	268.72x
3	Mackenzie	158	4.18%	149.49x
4	Fraser	146	3.87%	43.44x
5	Macleod	86	2.28%	161.29x
6	Macdonald	78	2.07%	52.06x
7	Urquhart	59	1.56%	111.24x
8	Mackay	57	1.51%	41.74x
9	Cameron	53	1.40%	18.06x
10	Morrison	52	1.38%	17.52x
11	Bain	37	0.980%	39.49x
12	Sutherland	35	0.930%	18.40x
13	Maclean	34	0.900%	81.40x
14	Aird	32	0.850%	162.93x
15	Macrae	32	0.850%	108.70x
16	Matheson	29	0.770%	56.17x
17	Maclennan	27	0.720%	191.49x
18	Tolmie	14	0.370%	227.64x
19	Chisholm	12	0.320%	21.88x
20	Patience	12	0.320%	170.45x
21	Finlayson	11	0.290%	25.29x
22	Gair	11	0.290%	110.00x
23	Holm	8	0.210%	276.82x
24	Paulin	8	0.210%	221.61x
25	Dallas	7	0.190%	49.09x
26	Gallie	6	0.160%	121.95x
27	Laverton	6	0.160%	392.16x
28	Orrock	5	0.130%	210.97x
29	Audsley	4	0.110%	96.15x
30	Deas	3	0.080%	27.08x
31	Kynoch	3	0.080%	85.96x
32	Macdiarmid	3	0.080%	389.61x
33	Shivas	3	0.080%	254.24x
34	Cattanach	2	0.050%	41.84x
35	Clunas	2	0.050%	136.05x
36	Denoon	2	0.050%	102.56x
37	Gollan	2	0.050%	72.99x
38	Hossack	2	0.050%	24.07x
39	Macintyre	2	0.050%	21.23x
40	Maciver	2	0.050%	25.48x
41	Macnab	2	0.050%	58.48x
42	Macphail	2	0.050%	53.62x
43	Macqueen	2	0.050%	45.77x
44	Murchison	2	0.050%	52.49x
45	Souden	2	0.050%	160.00x
46	Annandale	1	0.030%	47.17x
47	Barth	1	0.030%	57.47x
48	Berrie	1	0.030%	34.01x
49	Berrill	1	0.030%	19.84x
50	Bogue	1	0.030%	47.85x
51	Cassels	1	0.030%	14.64x
52	Cromwell	1	0.030%	26.53x
53	Inness	1	0.030%	34.60x
54	Kenton	1	0.030%	31.15x
55	Macdonell	1	0.030%	64.52x
56	Macdougal	1	0.030%	112.36x
57	Macleay	1	0.030%	71.94x
58	Macniel	1	0.030%	476.19x
59	Stobo	1	0.030%	24.51x
60	Tarrell	1	0.030%	169.49x