1881 census county

Orkney surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Orkney in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

738 surnames are listed for Orkney, covering 27,971 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Hutchison, with 86 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Orkney

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
101	Hutchison	86	0.270%	16.27x
102	Corsie	81	0.250%	705.57x
103	Johnstone	79	0.250%	5.44x
104	Harrold	78	0.240%	53.80x
105	Yorston	78	0.240%	263.34x
106	Hepburn	77	0.240%	26.93x
107	Dunnet	75	0.230%	98.98x
108	Bichan	74	0.230%	931.99x
109	Grieve	73	0.230%	19.60x
110	Simpson	73	0.230%	1.30x
111	Copland	72	0.220%	40.01x
112	Croy	72	0.220%	462.72x
113	Driver	71	0.220%	11.92x
114	Foulis	70	0.220%	291.18x
115	Sandison	70	0.220%	86.62x
116	Campbell	68	0.210%	1.25x
117	Omand	67	0.210%	636.88x
118	Tullock	67	0.210%	160.48x
119	Park	66	0.210%	6.63x
120	Stewart	66	0.210%	1.31x
121	Towers	66	0.210%	17.72x
122	Angus	64	0.200%	13.92x
123	Learmonth	63	0.200%	120.78x
124	Leonard	63	0.200%	9.04x
125	Fiddler	61	0.190%	87.85x
126	Hunter	61	0.190%	1.85x
127	Liddle	60	0.190%	15.85x
128	Maxwell	60	0.190%	7.86x
129	Millar	60	0.190%	5.11x
130	Merriman	59	0.180%	50.21x
131	Russell	59	0.180%	1.50x
132	Bremner	58	0.180%	21.00x
133	Flaws	58	0.180%	319.74x
134	Harper	58	0.180%	2.82x
135	Leith	58	0.180%	34.85x
136	Swanson	58	0.180%	24.64x
137	Kent	57	0.180%	4.21x
138	Williamson	56	0.170%	1.94x
139	Banks	55	0.170%	3.34x
140	Borwick	54	0.170%	192.03x
141	Esson	54	0.170%	76.12x
142	Lesslie	53	0.160%	240.91x
143	Dickson	52	0.160%	4.37x
144	Robson	49	0.150%	2.32x
145	Watt	49	0.150%	3.98x
146	Fraser	48	0.150%	1.68x
147	Hewison	48	0.150%	62.29x
148	Kirkpatrick	48	0.150%	17.34x
149	Stove	48	0.150%	346.82x
150	Oman	47	0.150%	122.68x
151	Oddie	45	0.140%	73.70x
152	Aitken	44	0.140%	5.22x
153	Ritchie	44	0.140%	3.96x
154	Twatt	44	0.140%	237.07x
155	Barnett	43	0.130%	2.97x
156	Morrison	43	0.130%	1.70x
157	Bain	42	0.130%	5.27x
158	Donaldson	42	0.130%	4.58x
159	Scarth	42	0.130%	74.40x
160	King	41	0.130%	0.59x
161	Caithness	40	0.120%	163.47x
162	Norquoy	40	0.120%	932.40x
163	Pratt	40	0.120%	2.17x
164	Brodie	39	0.120%	9.04x
165	Seater	39	0.120%	333.33x
166	Drummond	38	0.120%	5.95x
167	Mason	38	0.120%	0.88x
168	Mitchell	38	0.120%	0.58x
169	Nicholson	38	0.120%	1.66x
170	Burgess	37	0.120%	1.66x
171	Calder	36	0.110%	8.01x
172	Alexander	35	0.110%	2.06x
173	Hume	35	0.110%	7.68x
174	Scollay	34	0.110%	204.45x
175	Brough	33	0.100%	8.40x
176	Melville	33	0.100%	9.72x
177	Sclater	33	0.100%	100.15x
178	Couper	32	0.100%	22.22x
179	Learmouth	31	0.100%	103.16x
180	Berston	30	0.090%	735.29x
181	Grant	30	0.090%	0.94x
182	Balfour	29	0.090%	12.95x
183	Munro	28	0.090%	1.95x
184	Murray	28	0.090%	0.70x
185	Dass	27	0.080%	613.64x
186	Kennedy	27	0.080%	1.39x
187	Pearson	27	0.080%	0.72x
188	Lyall	26	0.080%	11.86x
189	Lyon	26	0.080%	3.86x
190	Mackay	26	0.080%	2.24x
191	Watson	26	0.080%	0.35x
192	Dennison	25	0.080%	10.06x
193	Horne	25	0.080%	3.57x
194	Kemp	25	0.080%	1.40x
195	Low	25	0.080%	3.67x
196	Fotheringham	24	0.070%	17.76x
197	Henderson	24	0.070%	0.69x
198	Knight	24	0.070%	0.61x
199	Pirie	24	0.070%	10.44x
200	Traill	24	0.070%	54.15x