Ulster, 1630. Several Muster Rolls exist. I know of three which have been transcribed and are available as plain text:
The lists are plain ASCII text files, with TAB characters or speces to separate the columns. Let me know if you have problems reading them.
Since I had these names transcribed on the computer, I thought it might be instructive to do a name count - to analyse the frequency of names occurring in these rolls. This page is to explain these, to allow you to download the actual counted data and to offer a few comments.
I've not included the original lists here but could do so.
My own interest is in the surname Torrens - a John Torrenc and a Mungo Torents are listed in the Donegal list, but it is believed they returned to Scotland. I will therefore offer a few comments on the forenames.
I analysed some 1300+ names
Note that 398 of them are John. An astonishing 30%. No wonder the name John is of zero genealogical value and virtually untraceable!
Next commonest is William (11.4%) and Robert (9.2%). Interestingly, William is rare in my own group from the Bann valley.
I'm sure you can do the rest of the calculations for yourselves!