1881 census place

Wick surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wick, 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

203 surnames are listed for Wick, Caithness, covering 9,455 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Sutherland, with 621 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wick

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	621	4.81%	95.40x
2	Miller	600	4.64%	25.95x
3	Bain	489	3.78%	152.53x
4	Bremner	378	2.93%	340.54x
5	Cormack	319	2.47%	326.61x
6	Gunn	301	2.33%	95.14x
7	Manson	273	2.11%	180.70x
8	Bruce	225	1.74%	37.18x
9	Henderson	207	1.60%	14.74x
10	Campbell	184	1.42%	8.42x
11	Reid	157	1.22%	11.57x
12	Ross	155	1.20%	10.98x
13	Doull	150	1.16%	873.62x
14	Mowat	144	1.11%	162.42x
15	Malcolm	138	1.07%	81.23x
16	Grant	136	1.05%	10.61x
17	Swanson	134	1.04%	141.63x
18	Dunnet	131	1.01%	430.07x
19	Mackay	130	1.01%	27.82x
20	Anderson	129	1.00%	5.06x
21	Budge	127	0.980%	192.77x
22	Wares	126	0.980%	918.37x
23	Davidson	120	0.930%	11.05x
24	Farquhar	119	0.920%	118.38x
25	Robertson	119	0.920%	5.50x
26	Oag	115	0.890%	1300.91x
27	Harper	113	0.870%	13.66x
28	Calder	110	0.850%	60.88x
29	Murray	110	0.850%	6.87x
30	More	106	0.820%	105.49x
31	Steven	99	0.770%	101.13x
32	Rosie	97	0.750%	466.57x
33	Munro	93	0.720%	16.12x
34	Shearer	93	0.720%	56.10x
35	Alexander	87	0.670%	12.72x
36	Tait	86	0.670%	22.61x
37	Nicolson	84	0.650%	56.27x
38	Sandison	81	0.630%	249.38x
39	Leith	78	0.600%	116.57x
40	Weir	78	0.600%	23.22x
41	Clyne	77	0.600%	440.76x
42	Waters	77	0.600%	14.83x
43	Coghill	75	0.580%	293.20x
44	Forbes	67	0.520%	15.48x
45	Banks	64	0.500%	9.66x
46	Flett	63	0.490%	112.68x
47	Williamson	61	0.470%	5.27x
48	Begg	59	0.460%	75.06x
49	Finlayson	54	0.420%	36.28x
50	Geddes	54	0.420%	34.87x
51	Corner	52	0.400%	55.37x
52	Groat	51	0.390%	341.59x
53	Donaldson	48	0.370%	13.03x
54	Lyall	43	0.330%	48.81x
55	Matheson	42	0.330%	23.77x
56	Dunnett	41	0.320%	104.43x
57	Thain	39	0.300%	93.48x
58	Brims	36	0.280%	421.55x
59	Georgeson	36	0.280%	139.53x
60	Falconer	35	0.270%	22.71x
61	Stephen	34	0.260%	15.01x
62	Leitch	32	0.250%	25.96x
63	Phimister	32	0.250%	405.58x
64	Durrand	31	0.240%	844.69x
65	Harrold	31	0.240%	53.19x
66	Gow	30	0.230%	29.39x
67	Couper	29	0.220%	50.09x
68	Dunbar	29	0.220%	19.54x
69	Baikie	28	0.220%	156.42x
70	Rae	28	0.220%	9.51x
71	Barnetson	27	0.210%	485.61x
72	Horne	27	0.210%	9.60x
73	Levack	26	0.200%	338.54x
74	Ronaldson	25	0.190%	131.44x
75	Rugg	25	0.190%	99.92x
76	Crowe	23	0.180%	17.84x
77	Plowman	23	0.180%	34.77x
78	Charleson	22	0.170%	238.35x
79	Henry	22	0.170%	6.74x
80	Oman	22	0.170%	142.86x
81	Jack	21	0.160%	7.65x
82	Macleod	21	0.160%	11.51x
83	Mackenzie	20	0.150%	5.53x
84	Mathieson	20	0.150%	14.69x
85	Ryrie	20	0.150%	266.31x
86	Tulloch	20	0.150%	23.33x
87	Angus	19	0.150%	10.28x
88	Cumming	19	0.150%	7.71x
89	Downie	18	0.140%	11.88x
90	Innes	18	0.140%	9.00x
91	Milligan	18	0.140%	11.84x
92	Muirhead	18	0.140%	18.06x
93	Gair	17	0.130%	49.69x
94	Calcott	16	0.120%	125.29x
95	Keith	16	0.120%	11.55x
96	Oliphant	16	0.120%	31.81x
97	Brock	15	0.120%	9.99x
98	Laird	15	0.120%	10.34x
99	Macadie	15	0.120%	511.95x
100	Meiklejohn	15	0.120%	51.51x