1881 census place

Birsay Harray surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Birsay Harray, Orkney in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

59 surnames are listed for Birsay Harray, Orkney, covering 1,441 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Spence, with 237 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Birsay Harray

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Spence	237	10.16%	307.11x
2	Johnston	172	7.37%	91.36x
3	Flett	121	5.19%	1198.02x
4	Moar	96	4.11%	2630.14x
5	Harvey	95	4.07%	38.14x
6	Corrigall	64	2.74%	4076.43x
7	Stanger	60	2.57%	1022.15x
8	Mowat	57	2.44%	356.03x
9	Isbister	54	2.31%	1730.77x
10	Linklater	47	2.01%	859.23x
11	Kirkness	37	1.59%	1396.23x
12	Clouston	35	1.50%	1125.40x
13	Johnstone	34	1.46%	32.24x
14	Merriman	29	1.24%	339.98x
15	Borwick	26	1.11%	1274.51x
16	Garson	22	0.940%	1100.00x
17	Matches	19	0.810%	2043.01x
18	Baikie	16	0.690%	495.36x
19	Stephen	15	0.640%	36.67x
20	Hourston	14	0.600%	869.57x
21	Bias	13	0.560%	5652.17x
22	Manson	13	0.560%	47.65x
23	Sabiston	12	0.510%	1061.95x
24	Scarth	11	0.470%	268.29x
25	Whitlaw	11	0.470%	956.52x
26	Leask	9	0.390%	93.85x
27	Muirden	9	0.390%	1636.36x
28	Bews	8	0.340%	221.61x
29	Groundwater	8	0.340%	425.53x
30	Scollay	8	0.340%	661.16x
31	Couper	7	0.300%	66.99x
32	Cutt	7	0.300%	292.89x
33	Lennie	7	0.300%	139.44x
34	Ritch	7	0.300%	338.16x
35	Duthie	6	0.260%	47.92x
36	Corsie	5	0.210%	602.41x
37	Findlater	5	0.210%	145.35x
38	Spense	4	0.170%	555.56x
39	Yorston	4	0.170%	186.05x
40	Coghill	3	0.130%	64.94x
41	Dunnet	3	0.130%	54.55x
42	Foubister	3	0.130%	175.44x
43	Inkster	3	0.130%	74.44x
44	Marwick	3	0.130%	106.38x
45	Meason	3	0.130%	270.27x
46	Tyne	3	0.130%	188.68x
47	Drever	2	0.090%	50.13x
48	Hercus	2	0.090%	192.31x
49	Martins	2	0.090%	52.36x
50	Bichan	1	0.040%	172.41x
51	Cromarty	1	0.040%	37.45x
52	Dearness	1	0.040%	78.74x
53	Dickey	1	0.040%	106.38x
54	Gaudie	1	0.040%	90.09x
55	Mainland	1	0.040%	44.25x
56	Oag	1	0.040%	62.50x
57	Phillipe	1	0.040%	833.33x
58	Skea	1	0.040%	52.36x
59	Twatt	1	0.040%	74.07x