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 Meek, with 5 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
301	Meek	5	0.020%	1.44x
302	Phillip	5	0.020%	3.30x
303	Rosie	5	0.020%	10.41x
304	Sanderson	5	0.020%	0.41x
305	Sinclaire	5	0.020%	314.47x
306	Tailor	5	0.020%	9.60x
307	Yell	5	0.020%	44.01x
308	Barrons	4	0.010%	34.01x
309	Birnie	4	0.010%	3.15x
310	Boag	4	0.010%	4.63x
311	Boyers	4	0.010%	22.95x
312	Brady	4	0.010%	0.76x
313	Goudy	4	0.010%	50.83x
314	Ingram	4	0.010%	0.44x
315	Innes	4	0.010%	0.87x
316	Jardine	4	0.010%	1.44x
317	Kidd	4	0.010%	0.66x
318	Macfarlane	4	0.010%	2.34x
319	Maclean	4	0.010%	1.21x
320	Macrae	4	0.010%	1.72x
321	Martin	4	0.010%	0.05x
322	Millar	4	0.010%	0.37x
323	Moore	4	0.010%	0.07x
324	Polson	4	0.010%	5.78x
325	Rankin	4	0.010%	0.90x
326	Robert	4	0.010%	2.74x
327	Rogers	4	0.010%	0.10x
328	Saunders	4	0.010%	0.15x
329	Wyllie	4	0.010%	1.91x
330	Blanche	3	0.010%	14.84x
331	Bothwick	3	0.010%	41.27x
332	Butchart	3	0.010%	4.46x
333	Collins	3	0.010%	0.07x
334	Flockhart	3	0.010%	5.31x
335	Flynn	3	0.010%	0.53x
336	Forbes	3	0.010%	0.30x
337	Gardener	3	0.010%	0.56x
338	Hindmarch	3	0.010%	5.21x
339	Hobart	3	0.010%	8.53x
340	Louttit	3	0.010%	13.38x
341	Macbeath	3	0.010%	16.73x
342	Macgregor	3	0.010%	2.41x
343	Marr	3	0.010%	0.88x
344	Mason	3	0.010%	0.07x
345	Merrylees	3	0.010%	37.64x
346	Moir	3	0.010%	0.73x
347	Moncur	3	0.010%	5.10x
348	Ogilvie	3	0.010%	1.04x
349	Oman	3	0.010%	8.44x
350	Pirie	3	0.010%	1.41x
351	Robison	3	0.010%	4.50x
352	Rutherford	3	0.010%	0.41x
353	Watts	3	0.010%	0.12x
354	Allen	2	0.010%	0.04x
355	Allison	2	0.010%	0.24x
356	Bannerman	2	0.010%	1.91x
357	Bayne	2	0.010%	1.83x
358	Blair	2	0.010%	0.26x
359	Bolton	2	0.010%	0.16x
360	Boult	2	0.010%	4.06x
361	Busson	2	0.010%	14.76x
362	Cardus	2	0.010%	12.71x
363	Chisholm	2	0.010%	0.46x
364	Christison	2	0.010%	4.09x
365	Clucas	2	0.010%	2.80x
366	Combe	2	0.010%	2.96x
367	Conley	2	0.010%	1.85x
368	Connon	2	0.010%	5.20x
369	Cordiner	2	0.010%	5.01x
370	Cormack	2	0.010%	0.89x
371	Corrigall	2	0.010%	9.94x
372	Darroch	2	0.010%	2.57x
373	Davison	2	0.010%	0.19x
374	Evans	2	0.010%	0.02x
375	Findlay	2	0.010%	0.32x
376	Forsythe	2	0.010%	6.90x
377	Gibb	2	0.010%	0.38x
378	Graham	2	0.010%	0.06x
379	Grig	2	0.010%	80.32x
380	Grindley	2	0.010%	2.41x
381	Hallahan	2	0.010%	51.55x
382	Hawkes	2	0.010%	0.42x
383	Irvin	2	0.010%	2.28x
384	Jordan	2	0.010%	0.15x
385	Keppie	2	0.010%	17.92x
386	Lovie	2	0.010%	7.35x
387	Mair	2	0.010%	0.73x
388	Melville	2	0.010%	0.63x
389	Middlemas	2	0.010%	4.25x
390	Nichol	2	0.010%	0.62x
391	Nicol	2	0.010%	0.32x
392	Osborne	2	0.010%	0.14x
393	Rattray	2	0.010%	1.37x
394	Shand	2	0.010%	0.98x
395	Sheridan	2	0.010%	1.11x
396	Simonson	2	0.010%	40.16x
397	Sloane	2	0.010%	2.90x
398	Stevenson	2	0.010%	0.10x
399	Stobie	2	0.010%	4.56x
400	Tayler	2	0.010%	1.22x