1881 census place

Stornoway surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Stornoway, 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

81 surnames are listed for Stornoway, Ross-shire, covering 5,002 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Macleod, with 573 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Stornoway

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	573	5.48%	388.03x
2	Macdonald	533	5.10%	128.45x
3	Murray	465	4.45%	35.86x
4	Campbell	339	3.24%	19.16x
5	Morrison	324	3.10%	39.42x
6	Maciver	310	2.96%	1425.29x
7	Mackenzie	291	2.78%	99.43x
8	Graham	266	2.54%	22.16x
9	Stewart	180	1.72%	11.00x
10	Morison	178	1.70%	333.83x
11	Munro	148	1.42%	31.70x
12	Mackay	127	1.21%	33.58x
13	Matheson	115	1.10%	80.43x
14	Nicolson	108	1.03%	89.40x
15	Macrae	105	1.00%	128.79x
16	Ross	92	0.880%	8.05x
17	Montgomery	80	0.770%	48.21x
18	Macaulay	76	0.730%	203.81x
19	Finlayson	71	0.680%	58.94x
20	Maclean	64	0.610%	55.33x
21	Ferguson	58	0.550%	7.82x
22	Crichton	50	0.480%	56.05x
23	Grahame	47	0.450%	171.66x
24	Beaton	36	0.340%	29.95x
25	Macaskill	36	0.340%	294.60x
26	Gunn	32	0.310%	12.50x
27	Maclennan	30	0.290%	76.84x
28	Bain	26	0.250%	10.02x
29	Macinnes	26	0.250%	196.52x
30	Macmillan	25	0.240%	86.15x
31	Macfarlane	21	0.200%	35.11x
32	Macpherson	20	0.190%	29.54x
33	Macphail	19	0.180%	183.93x
34	Chisholm	15	0.140%	9.88x
35	Greenfield	13	0.120%	11.18x
36	Naughton	10	0.100%	47.80x
37	Macsween	8	0.080%	224.72x
38	Disher	7	0.070%	238.91x
39	Oman	7	0.070%	56.18x
40	Afrin	4	0.040%	2857.14x
41	Gillanders	4	0.040%	29.07x
42	Gilles	4	0.040%	25.51x
43	Macarthur	4	0.040%	31.92x
44	Macritchie	4	0.040%	238.10x
45	Mcleod	4	0.040%	23.15x
46	Colby	3	0.030%	13.86x
47	Mackillop	3	0.030%	74.63x
48	Murchison	3	0.030%	28.46x
49	Caunter	2	0.020%	18.73x
50	Hossack	2	0.020%	8.69x
51	Macdougall	2	0.020%	12.62x
52	Macgilvray	2	0.020%	645.16x
53	Siebert	2	0.020%	119.05x
54	Bethune	1	0.010%	6.20x
55	Borrowdale	1	0.010%	12.24x
56	Brooman	1	0.010%	12.18x
57	Chrichton	1	0.010%	17.15x
58	Danley	1	0.010%	158.73x
59	Flett	1	0.010%	2.21x
60	Gainer	1	0.010%	17.89x
61	Gerrie	1	0.010%	8.47x
62	Hally	1	0.010%	11.79x
63	Hawkridge	1	0.010%	12.50x
64	Hewart	1	0.010%	25.77x
65	Instance	1	0.010%	37.74x
66	Jarrold	1	0.010%	9.51x
67	Lipp	1	0.010%	40.32x
68	Macdermid	1	0.010%	86.96x
69	Macfarlan	1	0.010%	46.95x
70	Macleay	1	0.010%	26.04x
71	Marquis	1	0.010%	5.52x
72	Monson	1	0.010%	19.08x
73	Nutman	1	0.010%	18.48x
74	Olson	1	0.010%	14.25x
75	Riddoch	1	0.010%	8.00x
76	Sandison	1	0.010%	3.80x
77	Seath	1	0.010%	6.39x
78	Skea	1	0.010%	11.70x
79	Swaney	1	0.010%	28.09x
80	Wither	1	0.010%	10.89x
81	Yorston	1	0.010%	10.37x