1881 census place

Delting surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Delting, 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

47 surnames are listed for Delting, Shetland, covering 851 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Williamson, with 101 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Delting

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	Williamson	101	6.02%	67.14x
2	Nicolson	89	5.30%	459.00x
3	Blance	78	4.65%	6446.28x
4	Irvine	61	3.64%	165.00x
5	Laurenson	40	2.38%	970.87x
6	Tait	37	2.21%	74.90x
7	Jameson	30	1.79%	161.55x
8	Peterson	29	1.73%	339.98x
9	Hughson	28	1.67%	912.05x
10	Manson	28	1.67%	142.71x
11	Clarck	27	1.61%	5400.00x
12	Couper	25	1.49%	332.45x
13	Jamieson	25	1.49%	53.50x
14	Leask	25	1.49%	362.32x
15	Cogle	22	1.31%	4583.33x
16	Adie	17	1.01%	469.61x
17	Mouat	16	0.950%	547.95x
18	Gifford	14	0.830%	95.96x
19	Hawick	12	0.720%	1791.04x
20	Jacobson	12	0.720%	481.93x
21	Pole	12	0.720%	230.33x
22	Blanch	11	0.660%	340.56x
23	Sandison	11	0.660%	260.66x
24	Newlands	10	0.600%	147.49x
25	Tullock	10	0.600%	458.72x
26	Scollay	9	0.540%	1034.48x
27	Balfour	8	0.480%	68.43x
28	Ridland	8	0.480%	851.06x
29	Tulloch	8	0.480%	71.88x
30	Cram	6	0.360%	183.49x
31	Jonston	6	0.360%	1395.35x
32	Halcrow	5	0.300%	181.82x
33	Ratter	5	0.300%	588.24x
34	Bettie	4	0.240%	1000.00x
35	Boag	4	0.240%	82.30x
36	Inkster	4	0.240%	137.93x
37	Georgeson	2	0.120%	59.70x
38	Grig	2	0.120%	1428.57x
39	Stove	2	0.120%	277.78x
40	Beatton	1	0.060%	185.19x
41	Cutt	1	0.060%	58.14x
42	Doull	1	0.060%	44.84x
43	Linklater	1	0.060%	25.45x
44	Louttit	1	0.060%	79.37x
45	Malcomson	1	0.060%	204.08x
46	Person	1	0.060%	158.73x
47	Twatt	1	0.060%	103.09x