1881 census county

Shetland surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Shetland 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

531 surnames are listed for Shetland, covering 27,205 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Stove, with 52 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Shetland

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	Stove	52	0.170%	404.67x
102	Moodie	51	0.170%	36.41x
103	Arthurson	50	0.170%	678.43x
104	Slatter	50	0.170%	42.14x
105	Black	49	0.160%	2.54x
106	Colvin	48	0.160%	46.42x
107	Mainland	48	0.160%	166.15x
108	Nelson	48	0.160%	3.32x
109	Johnstone	47	0.160%	3.49x
110	Cogle	45	0.150%	531.29x
111	Cumming	45	0.150%	7.90x
112	Mitchell	45	0.150%	0.74x
113	Priest	45	0.150%	11.52x
114	Cluness	44	0.150%	532.04x
115	Hutcheson	43	0.140%	28.08x
116	Work	43	0.140%	118.59x
117	Green	41	0.140%	0.49x
118	Hutchison	41	0.140%	8.36x
119	Wood	41	0.140%	0.43x
120	Watt	39	0.130%	3.41x
121	Cowie	38	0.130%	10.50x
122	Sharp	38	0.130%	1.53x
123	Mackay	37	0.120%	3.43x
124	Edwardson	36	0.120%	98.20x
125	Couper	34	0.110%	25.43x
126	Mail	34	0.110%	151.04x
127	Hall	32	0.110%	0.36x
128	Russell	32	0.110%	0.88x
129	Sclater	32	0.110%	104.64x
130	Gardner	31	0.100%	1.53x
131	Paton	31	0.100%	4.64x
132	Shearer	31	0.100%	8.10x
133	Burges	30	0.100%	40.26x
134	Hardie	30	0.100%	7.71x
135	Rendall	30	0.100%	18.95x
136	Barclay	29	0.100%	4.72x
137	Angus	28	0.090%	6.56x
138	Donaldson	28	0.090%	3.29x
139	Laurenceson	28	0.090%	804.60x
140	Clarck	27	0.090%	301.00x
141	Fordyce	27	0.090%	41.63x
142	Gunn	26	0.090%	3.56x
143	Humphray	26	0.090%	492.42x
144	Mowat	26	0.090%	12.70x
145	Winchester	26	0.090%	22.87x
146	Guthrie	25	0.080%	6.65x
147	Dowell	24	0.080%	16.06x
148	Doull	23	0.080%	58.01x
149	Adamson	22	0.070%	2.79x
150	Coopland	22	0.070%	216.54x
151	Douglas	22	0.070%	1.52x
152	Gordon	22	0.070%	1.17x
153	Greig	22	0.070%	4.66x
154	Laurence	22	0.070%	5.19x
155	Mathewson	22	0.070%	30.50x
156	Urquhart	22	0.070%	5.25x
157	Andrew	21	0.070%	2.22x
158	Geddes	21	0.070%	5.87x
159	Hart	21	0.070%	0.83x
160	Mathieson	21	0.070%	6.68x
161	Miller	19	0.060%	0.36x
162	Moffatt	19	0.060%	9.90x
163	Ross	19	0.060%	0.58x
164	Adie	18	0.060%	27.97x
165	Fullarton	18	0.060%	28.68x
166	Porteous	18	0.060%	9.05x
167	Ritchie	18	0.060%	1.75x
168	Jacobson	17	0.060%	38.44x
169	Kay	17	0.060%	1.10x
170	Omand	17	0.060%	174.18x
171	Danielson	16	0.050%	392.16x
172	Grant	16	0.050%	0.54x
173	Muir	16	0.050%	1.40x
174	Ogilvy	16	0.050%	23.83x
175	Park	16	0.050%	1.73x
176	Stephen	16	0.050%	3.06x
177	Strachan	16	0.050%	3.11x
178	Ward	16	0.050%	0.25x
179	Coupland	15	0.050%	7.94x
180	Foubister	15	0.050%	68.74x
181	Hamilton	15	0.050%	0.67x
182	Hepburn	15	0.050%	5.65x
183	Law	15	0.050%	1.11x
184	Noble	15	0.050%	1.21x
185	Barron	14	0.050%	3.03x
186	Coull	14	0.050%	13.71x
187	Grey	14	0.050%	2.16x
188	More	14	0.050%	6.03x
189	Yorston	14	0.050%	50.91x
190	Burn	13	0.040%	3.24x
191	Dalziell	13	0.040%	95.24x
192	Kerr	13	0.040%	0.80x
193	Macdonald	13	0.040%	1.10x
194	Mullay	13	0.040%	449.83x
195	Ritch	13	0.040%	49.06x
196	Strong	13	0.040%	2.92x
197	West	13	0.040%	0.45x
198	Beatton	12	0.040%	124.22x
199	Blanch	12	0.040%	20.91x
200	Bowie	12	0.040%	4.62x