1881 census place

Thurso surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Thurso, 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

124 surnames are listed for Thurso, Caithness, covering 3,846 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Sutherland, with 368 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Thurso

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	Sutherland	368	5.90%	117.07x
2	Swanson	341	5.47%	746.33x
3	Mackay	294	4.71%	130.30x
4	Manson	207	3.32%	283.72x
5	Gunn	161	2.58%	105.39x
6	Campbell	152	2.44%	14.40x
7	Miller	147	2.36%	13.17x
8	Munro	124	1.99%	44.52x
9	Henderson	101	1.62%	14.89x
10	Ross	94	1.51%	13.79x
11	Bain	82	1.31%	52.97x
12	Bruce	70	1.12%	23.95x
13	Calder	68	1.09%	77.94x
14	Macdonald	64	1.03%	25.85x
15	Morrison	59	0.950%	12.03x
16	Coghill	56	0.900%	453.44x
17	Williamson	54	0.870%	9.65x
18	Brims	51	0.820%	1237.86x
19	Angus	50	0.800%	56.01x
20	Budge	48	0.770%	150.90x
21	Bremner	47	0.750%	87.69x
22	Tait	44	0.710%	23.95x
23	Dunnet	43	0.690%	292.32x
24	Shearer	42	0.670%	52.46x
25	Waters	42	0.670%	16.75x
26	Forbes	40	0.640%	19.13x
27	Mowat	38	0.610%	88.76x
28	Cormack	37	0.590%	78.44x
29	Banks	36	0.580%	11.25x
30	Skinner	34	0.550%	10.74x
31	Watt	33	0.530%	13.79x
32	Doull	30	0.480%	361.88x
33	Meiklejohn	30	0.480%	213.37x
34	Matheson	27	0.430%	31.65x
35	Elder	26	0.420%	39.46x
36	Innes	26	0.420%	26.92x
37	Mill	25	0.400%	66.45x
38	Couper	24	0.380%	85.84x
39	Macleod	24	0.380%	27.24x
40	Oman	24	0.380%	322.58x
41	Nicolson	23	0.370%	31.91x
42	Stephen	23	0.370%	21.03x
43	Gerry	21	0.340%	175.29x
44	Ryrie	21	0.340%	580.11x
45	Brotchie	18	0.290%	786.03x
46	Keith	18	0.290%	26.92x
47	Clyne	17	0.270%	201.42x
48	Durran	17	0.270%	418.72x
49	Leed	16	0.260%	645.16x
50	Steven	16	0.260%	33.85x
51	Geddes	14	0.220%	18.72x
52	Leith	14	0.220%	43.33x
53	Dallas	13	0.210%	55.18x
54	Falconer	13	0.210%	17.47x
55	Docherty	12	0.190%	12.93x
56	Dunbar	11	0.180%	15.34x
57	Farquhar	11	0.180%	22.66x
58	Rosie	11	0.180%	109.56x
59	Stratton	11	0.180%	20.35x
60	Baikie	10	0.160%	115.61x
61	Carnaby	10	0.160%	315.46x
62	Gair	10	0.160%	60.53x
63	Groat	10	0.160%	138.70x
64	Ogilvy	10	0.160%	71.23x
65	Charleson	9	0.140%	201.79x
66	Fortune	9	0.140%	27.61x
67	Fyfe	9	0.140%	15.72x
68	Ganson	9	0.140%	257.14x
69	Leitch	9	0.140%	15.12x
70	Macgregor	9	0.140%	34.54x
71	Maclean	9	0.140%	13.04x
72	Polson	8	0.130%	55.25x
73	Sime	8	0.130%	32.00x
74	Clouston	7	0.110%	84.24x
75	Fitzgibbon	6	0.100%	80.65x
76	Forbas	6	0.100%	3529.41x
77	Forsythe	6	0.100%	99.01x
78	Inkster	6	0.100%	55.71x
79	Macrae	6	0.100%	12.34x
80	Milliken	6	0.100%	114.72x
81	Moodie	6	0.100%	20.48x
82	Olson	6	0.100%	143.20x
83	Divers	5	0.080%	78.74x
84	Garrioch	5	0.080%	142.05x
85	Macsween	5	0.080%	235.85x
86	Wilkison	5	0.080%	273.22x
87	Alan	4	0.060%	300.75x
88	Dundas	4	0.060%	33.87x
89	Dundass	4	0.060%	170.21x
90	Lead	4	0.060%	133.33x
91	Macadie	4	0.060%	281.69x
92	Macbeath	4	0.060%	106.67x
93	Oag	4	0.060%	93.68x
94	Tibbles	4	0.060%	37.95x
95	Barnie	3	0.050%	154.64x
96	Beatton	3	0.050%	148.51x
97	Donn	3	0.050%	73.53x
98	Rorison	3	0.050%	173.41x
99	Rugg	3	0.050%	24.83x
100	Sorrie	3	0.050%	179.64x