The location of Clan Donnachaidh surnames       


The surnames associated with Clan Donnachaidh have spread beyond the original clan area. In some instances they may have developed separately elsewhere.

It is of particular interest for the DNA project (which for the larger surnames has revealed a wide variety of paternal origins) to discover where the surnames are located and how they have spread.

A mapping program using data from the index of the 1881 census in Great Britain shows the numbers of people bearing each surname and the counties where they were located. The tables lists the counties in order of proportion in the population as that gives a better indication of the main focal points.

It should be noted that by 1881 a number of people had migrated to the larger towns and cities to seek work. A survey covering the middle of the 18th century, which is currently being carried out, reveals a high concentration of the Clan Donnachaidh surnames in towns such as Perth, Dundee, St Andrews and Aberdeen. By the late 19th century people had moved even further, not only to the industrial areas of Scotland but to the industrial areas of England as well.

Interpretation of the maps
In the maps below, the darkest colours indicate the highest numbers or the highest concentrations of the surname within the population. The lighter colours indicate low numbers or a low concentration of the surname within the population, with various gradations in-between.

        Collier * Don(n)achie * Duncan * Duncanson * Inches * M(a)cConnachie * McInroy *           M(a)cLag(g)an * M(a)cRobert(s) *M(a)cRobbie*Reid*Robertson*Roy*Stark

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2

Collier in the 1881 census index                       © Archer Software, 2003

              Actual numbers

     Per 100 000 of the population


                                               Collier

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Kinross-shire

24

327

Peebleshire

27

197

Wiltshire

260

101

Buckinghamshire

144

82

Oxfordshire

126

70

Lancashire

2354

68

Derbyshire

303

66

Yorks N.Riding

216

64

Cheshire

415

64

Berkshire

126

58

Northamptonshire

155

57

Hertfordshire

115

57

Monmouthshire

118

56

York

29

51

Staffordshire

451

46

Gloucestershire

262

46

Devonshire

264

44

Selkirkshire

11

42

Fifeshire

73

42

Middlesex

1168

41

Yorks E.Riding

120

38

Surrey

548

38

Leicestershire

124

38

Somerset

170

36

Dorset

67

35

Glamorgan

172

34

City of London

16

31

Cambridgeshire

57

31

Herefordshire

36

30

Essex

175

30

Warwickshire

206

28

Shropshire

60

24

Yorks W.Riding

485

22

Kent

205

21

Hampshire

112

21

Worcestershire

74

19

Rutland

4

19

Northumberland

84

19

Bedfordshire

29

19

Sussex

88

18

Co. Durham

152

18

Isle of Man

9

17

Angus

41

15

Midlothian

53

14

Flintshire

9

11

Aberdeenshire

29

11

Nottinghamshire

39

10

Sutherland

2

9

Perthshire

12

9

Huntingdonshire

5

9

Cornwall

31

9

East Lothian

3

8

Westmorland

5

8

Stirlingshire

8

7

Kirkcudbrightshire

3

7

Inverness

6

7

Carmarthenshire

7

6

Norfolk

26

6

Dumfriesshire

3

5

Argyllshire

4

5

Lincolnshire

22

5

Jersey

2

4

Anglesey

2

4

Suffolk

14

4

Wigtownshire

1

3

Lanarkshire

29

3

Isle of Wight

2

3

Cumberland

8

3

Merionethshire

1

2

Denbighshire

1

1

Ross & Cromarty

1

1

Dunbartonshire

1

1

Renfrewshire

1

0

Total

10005

 

 

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Don(n)achie in the 1881 census index              © Archer Software, 2003

           Actual numbers

     Per 100 000 of the population


 Don(n)achie

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Ayrshire

158

72

Stirlingshire

54

50

Selkirkshire

13

49

Lanarkshire

408

43

Renfrewshire

89

39

Dunbartonshire

28

36

Angus

94

35

Dumfriesshire

9

14

Nairnshire

1

11

Midlothian

42

11

Wigtownshire

3

8

Argyllshire

4

5

Perthshire

5

4

Cumberland

11

4

Yorks N.Riding

9

3

Northumberland

12

3

Fifeshire

4

2

Co. Durham

17

2

Aberdeenshire

1

0

Middlesex

1

0

Lancashire

6

0

Total

969

 

 

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Duncan in the 1881 census index           © Archer Software, 2003

             Actual numbers

   Per 100 000 of the population


                                             Duncan

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Kincardineshire

508

1431

Bute

221

1250

Aberdeenshire

3089

1147

Banffshire

680

1134

Fifeshire

1532

889

Kinross-shire

65

886

Angus

2380

885

Moray

335

742

Shetland Isles

220

438

West Lothian

195

445

Perthshire

571

 

Stirlingshire

412

384

East Lothian

141

366

Midlothian

1348

345

Orkney Isles

107

334

Clackmannanshire

73

304

Renfrewshire

573

254

Lanarkshire

2245

239

Nairnshire

21

237

Dunbartonshire

170

217

Ayrshire

472

217

Caithness

66

165

Berwickshire

55

156

Peebleshire

20

146

Sutherland

31

138

Argyllshire

106

131

Roxburghshire

52

99

Dumfriesshire

63

98

Northumberland

355

82

Kirkcudbrightshire

33

78

Wigtownshire

27

70

Co. Durham

498

57

Inverness

47

54

Selkirkshire

12

45

Ross & Cromarty

33

41

Yorks E.Riding

121

38

Cheshire

193

30

Middlesex

835

29

Yorks N.Riding

93

27

Lancashire

863

25

Isle of Wight

16

22

Hampshire

117

22

Breconshire

12

21

Kent

203

21

Glamorgan

89

17

York

10

17

Surrey

245

17

Essex

82

14

Devonshire

78

13

Yorks W.Riding

258

12

Norfolk

51

11

Cumberland

28

11

Caernarvonshire

12

10

Derbyshire

45

10

Sussex

46

9

Leicestershire

28

9

Pembrokeshire

7

8

City of London

4

8

Herefordshire

9

8

Berkshire

15

7

Guernsey

2

6

Westmorland

4

6

Warwickshire

45

6

Shropshire

14

6

Lincolnshire

26

6

Monmouthshire

10

5

Dorset

9

5

Staffordshire

42

4

Somerset

18

4

Isle of Man

2

4

Cambridgeshire

7

4

Cardiganshire

2

3

Wiltshire

9

3

Suffolk

10

3

Oxfordshire

5

3

Nottinghamshire

11

3

Northamptonshire

9

3

Hertfordshire

7

3

Gloucestershire

18

3

Bedfordshire

5

3

Denbighshire

2

2

Carmarthenshire

2

2

Anglesey

1

2

Worcestershire

6

2

Cornwall

7

2

Buckinghamshire

3

2

Flintshire

1

1

Total

20493

 

 

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Duncanson in the 1881 census index        © Archer Software, 2003

            Actual numbers

   Per 100 000 of the population


                                            Duncanson

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Clackmannanshire

26

108

Selkirkshire

17

64

East Lothian

24

62

Perthshire

72

55

Stirlingshire

44

41

Lanarkshire

186

20

Fifeshire

33

19

Dunbartonshire

11

14

Midlothian

40

10

York

6

10

Renfrewshire

18

8

Ayrshire

13

6

Pembrokeshire

4

4

Angus

10

4

Yorks N.Riding

14

4

West Lothian

1

2

Roxburghshire

1

2

Yorks E.Riding

5

2

Surrey

9

1

Kent

6

1

Hampshire

7

1

Essex

4

1

Aberdeenshire

1

0

Warwickshire

2

0

Northumberland

1

0

Middlesex

2

0

Lancashire

17

0

Co. Durham

3

0

Devonshire

1

0

Total

578

 

 

 

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10

Inches in the 1881 census index              © Archer Software, 2003

    Actual numbers

Per 100 000 of the population


                          Inches (not including Inch)

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Fifeshire

55

32

Perthshire

20

15

Angus

25

9

Midlothian

29

7

Stirlingshire

8

7

Dumfriesshire

1

2

Dorset

1

1

Lincolnshire

3

1

Northumberland

3

1

Lanarkshire

9

1

Essex

2

0

Kent

3

0

Lancashire

2

0

Middlesex

1

0

Total

162

 

 

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M(a)cConnachie / M(a)cConnachy in      © Archer Software, 2003
the 1881 census index  

     Actual numbers

Per 100 000 of the population


              M(a)cConnachie / M(a)cConnachy

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Banffshire

207

345

Moray

76

168

Argyllshire

104

128

Ayrshire

145

67

Aberdeenshire

180

67

Bute

9

51

Nairnshire

4

45

Renfrewshire

96

43

Dunbartonshire

33

42

Perthshire

45

34

Angus

72

27

Lanarkshire

225

24

Roxburghshire

9

17

Midlothian

54

14

Kincardineshire

5

14

Fifeshire

24

14

Wigtownshire

5

13

Stirlingshire

11

10

West Lothian

4

9

Ross & Cromarty

5

6

Dumfriesshire

4

6

Kirkcudbrightshire

2

5

Westmorland

3

5

Northumberland

17

4

Glamorgan

8

2

Surrey

22

2

City of London

1

2

Kent

18

2

Isle of Man

1

2

Co. Durham

21

2

Cumberland

5

2

Cheshire

16

2

Staffordshire

7

1

Suffolk

4

1

Middlesex

17

1

Lancashire

22

1

Hampshire

7

1

Dorset

1

1

Yorks W.Riding

2

0

Warwickshire

1

0

Leicestershire

1

0

Total

1493

 

 

13

14

McInroy in the 1881 census index                      © Archer Software, 2003

                     Actual numbers

       Per 100 000 of the population


                                              McInroy

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Perthshire

89

68

Angus

85

32

Kincardineshire

5

14

Midlothian

19

5

Lanarkshire

45

5

Banffshire

3

5

Selkirkshire

1

4

Roxburghshire

1

2

Ayrshire

3

1

Cheshire

6

1

Aberdeenshire

1

0

Sussex

1

0

Lancashire

10

0

Gloucestershire

2

0

Total

271

 

 

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16

M(a)cLag(g)an in the 1881 census index   © Archer Software, 2003

 Actual numbers

Per 100 000 of the population


                           MacLagan (various spellings)

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Perthshire

177

136

Kincardineshire

12

34

Angus

87

32

Kinross-shire

2

27

Midlothian

94

24

Fifeshire

31

18

Selkirkshire

4

15

Argyllshire

3

4

Northumberland

16

4

Lanarkshire

39

4

Wigtownshire

1

3

Banffshire

2

3

Stirlingshire

3

3

City of London

1

2

Renfrewshire

4

2

Aberdeenshire

2

1

Devonshire

4

1

Co. Durham

5

1

Sussex

1

0

Kent

1

0

Hertfordshire

1

0

Gloucestershire

1

0

Derbyshire

1

0

Somerset

2

0

Staffordshire

4

0

Surrey

4

0

Lancashire

4

0

Middlesex

14

0

Total

520

 

 

17

18

M(a)cRobert(s) in the 1881 census index     © Archer Software, 2003

   Actual numbers

Per 100 000 of the population


                                            McRobert(s)

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Kirkcudbrightshire

161

382

Wigtownshire

52

135

Dumfriesshire

48

75

Banffshire

25

42

Ayrshire

50

23

Aberdeenshire

53

20

Lanarkshire

158

17

Moray

7

16

Orkney Isles

4

12

Selkirkshire

3

11

Dunbartonshire

7

9

Peebleshire

1

7

Renfrewshire

12

5

Midlothian

21

5

Stirlingshire

3

3

York

1

2

Cumberland

4

2

Co. Durham

15

2

Flintshire

1

1

Angus

3

1

Essex

5

1

Surrey

8

1

Lancashire

37

1

Devonshire

1

0

Leicestershire

1

0

Northumberland

1

0

Staffordshire

1

0

Cheshire

3

0

Kent

3

0

Warwickshire

3

0

Middlesex

14

0

Total

706

 

 

19

20

M(a)cRobbie in the 1881 census index       © Archer Software, 2003

       Actual numbers

Per 100 000 of the population


                                             M(a)cRobbie

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Aberdeenshire

233

86

Clackmannanshire

12

50

Kincardineshire

16

45

Moray

18

40

Perthshire

48

37

Fifeshire

24

14

Banffshire

7

12

Bute

2

11

Angus

29

11

Stirlingshire

8

7

Kirkcudbrightshire

3

7

Midlothian

20

5

Roxburghshire

2

4

Lanarkshire

36

4

Co. Durham

5

1

Yorks E.Riding

1

0

Staffordshire

1

0

Northumberland

1

0

Middlesex

6

0

Lancashire

4

0

Kent

1

0

Gloucestershire

1

0

Total

478

 

 

21

22

Reid in the 1881 census index               © Archer Software, 2003

  Actual numbers

Per 100 000 of the population


                                                        Reid

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Kinross-shire

115

1568

Banffshire

891

1486

Aberdeenshire

3156

1172

Kincardineshire

408

1149

Moray

468

1037

Orkney Isles

306

955

Ayrshire

1838

843

Perthshire

981

752

Stirlingshire

721

673

Angus

1779

662

Caithness

256

642

Lanarkshire

5633

599

Midlothian

2327

596

Peebleshire

74

540

Clackmannanshire

125

520

Renfrewshire

1160

514

Dunbartonshire

386

493

Fifeshire

846

491

Roxburghshire

255

485

East Lothian

181

470

West Lothian

203

464

Wigtownshire

175

453

Bute

70

396

Kirkcudbrightshire

160

379

Nairnshire

32

361

Shetland Isles

106

356

Ross & Cromarty

255

320

Dumfriesshire

205

319

Selkirkshire

79

300

Berwickshire

105

297

Inverness

232

268

Argyllshire

210

259

Sutherland

42

187

Northumberland

592

136

Cumberland

307

122

City of London

28

54

Middlesex

1417

49

Surrey

669

47

Lancashire

1620

47

Co. Durham

399

46

Cheshire

253

39

Isle of Man

20

37

Westmorland

22

34

Kent

327

33

Pembrokeshire

29

31

Hertfordshire

54

27

Hampshire

140

27

Isle of Wight

19

26

Sussex

124

25

Yorks N.Riding

76

22

Essex

128

22

York

12

21

Berkshire

46

21

Jersey

10

19

Flintshire

15

19

Leicestershire

63

19

Devonshire

118

19

Yorks W.Riding

382

18

Dorset

34

18

Oxfordshire

30

17

Derbyshire

77

17

Gloucestershire

88

15

Bedfordshire

23

15

Nottinghamshire

55

14

Buckinghamshire

25

14

Northamptonshire

32

12

Huntingdonshire

7

12

Glamorgan

55

11

Yorks E.Riding

36

11

Staffordshire

104

11

Cambridgeshire

20

11

Guernsey

3

10

Monmouthshire

22

10

Warwickshire

64

9

Denbighshire

9

8

Merionethshire

4

7

Lincolnshire

33

7

Cornwall

24

7

Somerset

28

6

Shropshire

14

6

Worcestershire

19

5

Suffolk

17

5

Norfolk

22

5

Herefordshire

6

5

Caernarvonshire

4

3

Wiltshire

9

3

Anglesey

1

2

Montgomeryshire

1

1

Cardiganshire

1

1

Total

31517

 

 

23

24

Robertson in the 1881 census index         © Archer Software, 2003

Actual numbers

Per 100 000 of the population


                                              Robertson

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Shetland Isles

1045

3509

Perthshire

4179

3202

Fifeshire

2931

1700

Kinross-shire

121

1650

Angus

4287

1594

Bute

254

1437

Moray

642

1422

Aberdeenshire

3551

1318

Kincardineshire

463

1304

Nairnshire

112

1263

Orkney Isles

399

1245

Midlothian

4849

1243

Inverness

1061

1224

East Lothian

439

1139

West Lothian

497

1135

Berwickshire

400

1133

Banffshire

669

1116

Stirlingshire

1168

1090

Clackmannanshire

236

982

Caithness

348

873

Peebleshire

112

818

Lanarkshire

7644

813

Selkirkshire

209

792

Ayrshire

1620

743

Dunbartonshire

578

738

Roxburghshire

377

716

Renfrewshire

1466

649

Kirkcudbrightshire

191

453

Argyllshire

366

452

Dumfriesshire

256

398

Wigtownshire

137

354

Ross & Cromarty

282

354

Sutherland

78

348

Northumberland

1026

236

Co. Durham

933

108

Isle of Man

35

65

Alderney

1

64

Middlesex

1842

64

Cumberland

160

64

Westmorland

36

56

City of London

29

56

Surrey

733

51

Hampshire

213

41

Norfolk

181

40

Lancashire

1295

38

Gloucestershire

204

36

Essex

210

36

Kent

306

31

York

17

30

Yorks N.Riding

98

29

Isle of Wight

21

29

Devonshire

159

26

Anglesey

13

25

Dorset

45

24

Cheshire

154

24

Rutland

5

23

Yorks E.Riding

68

22

Sussex

110

22

Shropshire

56

22

Berkshire

48

22

Glamorgan

103

20

Hertfordshire

41

20

Suffolk

68

19

Oxfordshire

34

19

Warwickshire

130

18

Merionethshire

9

17

Pembrokeshire

15

16

Monmouthshire

34

16

Yorks W.Riding

319

15

Leicestershire

47

15

Denbighshire

15

14

Herefordshire

15

13

Worcestershire

46

12

Somerset

56

12

Cambridgeshire

22

12

Flintshire

9

11

Staffordshire

110

11

Northamptonshire

30

11

Derbyshire

46

10

Lincolnshire

37

8

Buckinghamshire

14

8

Carmarthenshire

9

7

Wiltshire

18

7

Nottinghamshire

22

6

Bedfordshire

9

6

Cornwall

18

5

Jersey

2

4

Montgomeryshire

3

4

Cardiganshire

3

4

Caernarvonshire

5

4

Huntingdonshire

2

3

Total

50256

 

 

25

26

Roy in the 1881 census index             © Archer Software, 2003

     Actual numbers

Per 100 000 of the population


                                                  Roy

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Moray

134

297

Kinross-shire

21

286

Perthshire

291

223

Nairnshire

19

214

Clackmannanshire

28

117

Banffshire

62

103

Stirlingshire

99

92

Ayrshire

189

87

West Lothian

27

62

Angus

152

57

Lanarkshire

509

54

Selkirkshire

14

53

Bute

9

51

Aberdeenshire

129

48

Renfrewshire

98

43

Wigtownshire

14

36

Kirkcudbrightshire

14

33

Fifeshire

57

33

Midlothian

124

32

Inverness

21

24

Norfolk

109

24

Jersey

12

23

Dunbartonshire

18

23

Northumberland

73

17

Roxburghshire

8

15

Kincardineshire

4

11

Ross & Cromarty

7

9

East Lothian

3

8

Dumfriesshire

5

8

Caithness

2

5

Somerset

25

5

Rutland

1

5

Cumberland

13

5

Middlesex

127

4

Orkney Isles

1

3

Yorks E.Riding

9

3

Suffolk

11

3

Herefordshire

4

3

Essex

18

3

Co. Durham

25

3

Devonshire

20

3

Anglesey

1

2

Argyllshire

2

2

York

1

2

Westmorland

1

2

Sussex

10

2

Lancashire

69

2

Kent

18

2

Hampshire

8

2

Cheshire

16

2

Cambridgeshire

4

2

Berkshire

4

2

Denbighshire

1

1

Yorks W.Riding

22

1

Worcestershire

3

1

Warwickshire

8

1

Staffordshire

5

1

Oxfordshire

1

1

Lincolnshire

6

1

Dorset

1

1

Derbyshire

4

1

Buckinghamshire

1

1

Glamorgan

1

0

Yorks N.Riding

1

0

Wiltshire

1

0

Shropshire

1

0

Nottinghamshire

1

0

Hertfordshire

1

0

Gloucestershire

2

0

Total

2700

 

 

27

28

Stark in the 1881 census index                 © Archer Software, 2003

     Actual numbers

Per 100 000 of the population


                                                Stark

County

Actual numbers

per 100,000 of the population

Kinross-shire

30

409

Dunbartonshire

145

185

Peebleshire

24

175

Stirlingshire

183

171

Fifeshire

281

163

Isle of Wight

76

103

Berwickshire

36

102

Midlothian

392

100

Angus

254

94

Lanarkshire

733

78

Selkirkshire

14

53

West Lothian

17

39

Caithness

14

35

Kirkcudbrightshire

14

33

Jersey

16

30

Perthshire

39

30

Dumfriesshire

18

28

Renfrewshire

62

27

Roxburghshire

13

25

Somerset

114

24

East Lothian

9

23

Argyllshire

18

22

Co. Durham

190

22

Clackmannanshire

5

21

Yorks E.Riding

65

21

Lincolnshire

91

20

Devonshire

122

20

Ayrshire

38

17

Northumberland

69

16

Dorset

30

16

Leicestershire

48

15

Aberdeenshire

34

13

York

7

12

City of London

6

12

Hampshire

55

10

Berkshire

21

10

Inverness

8

9

Essex

49

9

Monmouthshire

17

8

Hertfordshire

16

8

Cornwall

28

8

Surrey

95

7

Middlesex

197

7

Norfolk

28

6

Gloucestershire

35

6

Wigtownshire

2

5

Kent

46

5

Yorks N.Riding

12

4

Lancashire

131

4

Derbyshire

19

4

Guernsey

1

3

Yorks W.Riding

74

3

Glamorgan

10

2

Banffshire

1

2

Westmorland

1

2

Warwickshire

14

2

Isle of Man

1

2

Cheshire

12

2

Buckinghamshire

3

2

Pembrokeshire

1

1

Sussex

6

1

Suffolk

5

1

Shropshire

3

1

Oxfordshire

1

1

Nottinghamshire

4

1

Northamptonshire

2

1

Cambridgeshire

1

1

Worcestershire

1

0

Staffordshire

3

0

Cumberland

1

0

Total

4111