1881 census place
Bressay Burra Quarff surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Bressay Burra Quarff, Shetland 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
27 surnames are listed for Bressay Burra Quarff, Shetland, covering 680 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Inkster, with 98 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Bressay Burra Quarff
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inkster | 98 | 4355.56x |
| 2 | Pottinger | 92 | 2697.95x |
| 3 | Manson | 82 | 539.12x |
| 4 | Goodlad | 79 | 3590.91x |
| 5 | Laurenson | 56 | 1755.49x |
| 6 | Linklater | 45 | 1475.41x |
| 7 | Jamieson | 39 | 107.65x |
| 8 | Christie | 38 | 90.09x |
| 9 | Nicolson | 27 | 179.64x |
| 10 | Sclater | 22 | 1654.14x |
| 11 | Leask | 13 | 242.99x |
| 12 | Bolt | 12 | 127.52x |
| 13 | Leisk | 12 | 1558.44x |
| 14 | Burges | 11 | 338.46x |
| 15 | Tulloch | 11 | 127.46x |
| 16 | Aitkin | 10 | 446.43x |
| 17 | Fordyce | 6 | 212.01x |
| 18 | Mouat | 6 | 264.32x |
| 19 | Birnie | 4 | 72.20x |
| 20 | Eunson | 4 | 277.78x |
| 21 | Butchart | 3 | 102.39x |
| 22 | Oman | 3 | 193.55x |
| 23 | Hughson | 2 | 84.03x |
| 24 | Yorston | 2 | 166.67x |
| 25 | Humphray | 1 | 434.78x |
| 26 | Lovie | 1 | 84.03x |
| 27 | Wards | 1 | 98.04x |