1881 census place

Watten surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Watten, 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 Watten, Caithness, covering 701 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Mackay, with 89 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Watten

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	89	6.33%	175.02x
2	Sutherland	83	5.90%	117.17x
3	Gunn	54	3.84%	156.84x
4	Bruce	35	2.49%	53.15x
5	Swanson	33	2.35%	320.39x
6	Macadie	31	2.20%	9687.50x
7	Bain	28	1.99%	80.25x
8	Doull	25	1.78%	1336.90x
9	Mackenzie	24	1.71%	60.99x
10	Mowat	24	1.71%	248.70x
11	Macleod	20	1.42%	100.76x
12	Cormack	17	1.21%	159.92x
13	Finlayson	16	1.14%	98.77x
14	Malcolm	16	1.14%	86.53x
15	Meiklejohn	15	1.07%	473.19x
16	Steven	15	1.07%	140.85x
17	Clyne	14	1.00%	736.84x
18	Brims	12	0.850%	1290.32x
19	Begg	11	0.780%	128.66x
20	Macrae	11	0.780%	100.37x
21	Ryrie	11	0.780%	1341.46x
22	Baikie	9	0.640%	461.54x
23	Macgregor	9	0.640%	153.32x
24	Phimister	9	0.640%	1046.51x
25	Budge	8	0.570%	111.58x
26	Grahame	8	0.570%	217.39x
27	Macadam	8	0.570%	655.74x
28	Auld	7	0.500%	82.64x
29	Barnetson	7	0.500%	1147.54x
30	Lyall	7	0.500%	72.99x
31	Flett	6	0.430%	98.68x
32	Macivor	6	0.430%	4000.00x
33	Sandison	5	0.360%	141.24x
34	Bannerman	4	0.280%	81.14x
35	Coghill	4	0.280%	143.88x
36	Groat	4	0.280%	246.91x
37	Polson	3	0.210%	92.02x
38	Donn	2	0.140%	217.39x
39	Georgeson	2	0.140%	71.17x
40	Oman	2	0.140%	119.05x
41	Wares	2	0.140%	134.23x
42	Brotchie	1	0.070%	192.31x
43	Hymers	1	0.070%	90.91x
44	Macbeath	1	0.070%	117.65x
45	Seton	1	0.070%	74.63x
46	Skea	1	0.070%	86.96x