Bute records

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​​Cumbraes
Kilbride
Kilmory
Kingarth
Lochranza (see also Kilmory)
North Bute (see also Rothesay)
Rothesay
Shisken (see Kilmory)

Common surnames in Bute in 1841

Rank	Surname	Per 100,000
1	Mcmillan	2493
2	Stewart	2476
3	Kerr	2214
4	Campbell	2142
5	Currie	2030
6	Hamilton	1740
7	Duncan	1701
8	Cook	1589
9	Robertson	1511
10	Macalister	1455
11	Brown	1450
12	Mcdougall	1344
13	Mckinnon	1338
14	Maclean	1216
15	Crawford	1188
16	Black	1177
17	Mackenzie	1149
18	Hunter	1037
19	Shaw	1032
20	Macfie	959
21	Mcneill	953
22	Thomson	942
23	Mcbride	914
24	Taylor	903
25	Macdonald	853
26	Miller	825
27	Bannatyne	792
28	Mckirdy	758
29	Smith	747
30	Sharp	714
31	Ferguson	697
32	Nicol	697
33	Lamont	658
34	Mcintyre	652
35	Fullarton	619
36	Mccallum	602
37	Darroch	602
38	Mckinlay	580
39	Jamieson	535
40	Walker	524
41	Mckelvie	513
42	Bell	485
43	Blue	479
44	Gillies	474
45	Morrison	474
46	Sillars	468
47	Sinclair	451
48	Mcniel	451
49	Martin	435
50	Mcfee	429
51	Mcphail	423
52	Mackay	412
53	Mcarthur	412
54	Scott	407
55	Kennedy	407
56	Murphy	396
57	Clark	390
58	Leitch	384
59	Mcnicol	384
60	Mcfarlane	379
61	Macpherson	373
62	Mcintosh	368
63	Muir	362
64	Wilson	357
65	Wallace	351
66	Paterson	345
67	Reid	345
68	Lindsay	340
69	Anderson	329
70	Mceachern	329
71	Kelso	323
72	Millar	312
73	Cumming	306
74	Hendry	306
75	Weir	278
76	Galbreath	278
77	Blair	273
78	Cameron	273
79	Mclarty	273
80	Graham	267
81	Davidson	262
82	Mckellar	262
83	Watson	256
84	Mcneil	256
85	Buie	256
86	Mcneish	251
87	Young	245
88	Murchie	245
89	Henderson	239
90	Allan	239
91	Macgregor	234
92	McDougald	234
93	Johnston	228
94	Craig	228
95	Fisher	223
96	Macdougald	221
97	Gray	217
98	Gilchrist	211
99	Maclachlan	211
100	Mclucas	211
101	Keith	206
102	Fergusson	206
103	Mckillop	206
104	Sellars	200