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 Ward, with 3 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
501	Ward	3	0.010%	0.04x
502	Warren	3	0.010%	0.14x
503	West	3	0.010%	0.10x
504	Yule	3	0.010%	1.86x
505	Abrams	2	0.010%	2.52x
506	Aitkin	2	0.010%	3.62x
507	Armstrong	2	0.010%	0.08x
508	Barnetson	2	0.010%	14.45x
509	Bilton	2	0.010%	1.47x
510	Bows	2	0.010%	13.50x
511	Brooks	2	0.010%	0.06x
512	Burns	2	0.010%	0.09x
513	Burroughs	2	0.010%	1.94x
514	Cassels	2	0.010%	3.44x
515	Cheyne	2	0.010%	1.87x
516	Chrystal	2	0.010%	4.51x
517	Conner	2	0.010%	0.80x
518	Cruden	2	0.010%	5.22x
519	Cummin	2	0.010%	19.63x
520	Dag	2	0.010%	155.04x
521	David	2	0.010%	0.60x
522	Durran	2	0.010%	9.56x
523	Elphinstone	2	0.010%	8.25x
524	Farquhar	2	0.010%	0.80x
525	Flood	2	0.010%	0.71x
526	Gallon	2	0.010%	2.53x
527	Goldberg	2	0.010%	4.69x
528	Goodfellow	2	0.010%	0.70x
529	Hansen	2	0.010%	3.39x
530	Harvy	2	0.010%	6.43x
531	Howie	2	0.010%	0.63x
532	Hunt	2	0.010%	0.05x
533	Kendall	2	0.010%	0.29x
534	Lawrence	2	0.010%	0.10x
535	Lindsay	2	0.010%	0.19x
536	Martin	2	0.010%	0.03x
537	Martins	2	0.010%	3.80x
538	Martyn	2	0.010%	1.56x
539	Mills	2	0.010%	0.05x
540	Moat	2	0.010%	3.22x
541	Moor	2	0.010%	0.44x
542	Mortimer	2	0.010%	0.30x
543	Murrison	2	0.010%	12.26x
544	Nichelson	2	0.010%	60.06x
545	Olson	2	0.010%	9.27x
546	Osman	2	0.010%	1.71x
547	Patterson	2	0.010%	0.18x
548	Peddie	2	0.010%	2.33x
549	Perrie	2	0.010%	5.43x
550	Price	2	0.010%	0.04x
551	Rennie	2	0.010%	0.36x
552	Riley	2	0.010%	0.08x
553	Rudge	2	0.010%	0.79x
554	Sanderson	2	0.010%	0.15x
555	Steveson	2	0.010%	21.41x
556	Sutton	2	0.010%	0.10x
557	Swan	2	0.010%	0.24x
558	Sword	2	0.010%	3.14x
559	Tail	2	0.010%	33.90x
560	Topp	2	0.010%	2.72x
561	Warwick	2	0.010%	0.45x
562	Willie	2	0.010%	7.61x
563	Adams	1	0.000%	0.02x
564	Addington	1	0.000%	3.43x
565	Allardice	1	0.000%	2.35x
566	Armstong	1	0.000%	23.31x
567	Atwood	1	0.000%	1.70x
568	Ballentine	1	0.000%	8.80x
569	Barclay	1	0.000%	0.15x
570	Beaton	1	0.000%	0.27x
571	Bells	1	0.000%	6.05x
572	Benson	1	0.000%	0.11x
573	Bettles	1	0.000%	2.24x
574	Birss	1	0.000%	5.42x
575	Blank	1	0.000%	3.33x
576	Brabner	1	0.000%	7.90x
577	Brash	1	0.000%	1.76x
578	Breck	1	0.000%	17.27x
579	Brotchie	1	0.000%	8.47x
580	Buckle	1	0.000%	0.29x
581	Burges	1	0.000%	1.25x
582	Burnet	1	0.000%	0.85x
583	Burt	1	0.000%	0.13x
584	Calderwood	1	0.000%	0.87x
585	Cammeron	1	0.000%	10.83x
586	Cardno	1	0.000%	3.87x
587	Carson	1	0.000%	0.28x
588	Catto	1	0.000%	1.65x
589	Charleson	1	0.000%	4.36x
590	Christensen	1	0.000%	12.11x
591	Christiansen	1	0.000%	14.12x
592	Cleugh	1	0.000%	8.32x
593	Cochrane	1	0.000%	0.20x
594	Colins	1	0.000%	6.17x
595	Collins	1	0.000%	0.02x
596	Compton	1	0.000%	0.32x
597	Cook	1	0.000%	0.02x
598	Copeland	1	0.000%	0.33x
599	Cormick	1	0.000%	4.64x
600	Coutts	1	0.000%	0.31x