1881 census place

Dunrossness surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dunrossness, 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

57 surnames are listed for Dunrossness, Shetland, covering 2,418 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Halcrow, with 211 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dunrossness

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	Halcrow	211	5.37%	3281.49x
2	Goudie	163	4.15%	1311.34x
3	Leslie	143	3.64%	219.90x
4	Henderson	127	3.23%	29.75x
5	Mouat	114	2.90%	1664.23x
6	Jamieson	103	2.62%	94.16x
7	Laurenson	94	2.39%	975.10x
8	Irvine	92	2.34%	106.31x
9	Malcolmson	83	2.11%	2292.82x
10	Harper	80	2.04%	31.81x
11	Williamson	70	1.78%	19.88x
12	Gaudie	68	1.73%	3655.91x
13	Manson	67	1.71%	145.87x
14	Tait	67	1.71%	57.93x
15	Jameson	65	1.65%	149.53x
16	Shewan	59	1.50%	1177.64x
17	Aitken	57	1.45%	55.30x
18	Leask	54	1.37%	334.37x
19	Colvin	46	1.17%	337.99x
20	Gilbertson	46	1.17%	400.35x
21	Mainland	43	1.09%	1131.58x
22	Black	41	1.04%	16.12x
23	Cheyne	38	0.970%	290.96x
24	Ridland	37	0.940%	1689.50x
25	Arcus	35	0.890%	2713.18x
26	Christie	35	0.890%	27.48x
27	Tulloch	34	0.870%	130.47x
28	Nicolson	33	0.840%	72.72x
29	Work	31	0.790%	649.90x
30	Bain	29	0.740%	29.75x
31	Flaws	28	0.710%	1261.26x
32	Stove	27	0.690%	1597.63x
33	Leisk	21	0.530%	905.17x
34	Burges	18	0.460%	183.49x
35	Mail	16	0.410%	540.54x
36	Eunson	13	0.330%	299.54x
37	Laurenceson	13	0.330%	2826.09x
38	Sinclar	12	0.310%	652.17x
39	Garrick	11	0.280%	184.87x
40	Isbister	11	0.280%	209.13x
41	Stout	11	0.280%	58.45x
42	Garriock	9	0.230%	391.30x
43	Meal	8	0.200%	231.88x
44	Goodlad	7	0.180%	105.26x
45	Moncrieff	7	0.180%	70.78x
46	Sandison	7	0.180%	70.85x
47	Budge	6	0.150%	29.96x
48	Malcomson	6	0.150%	526.32x
49	Mulloy	6	0.150%	103.45x
50	Goudy	4	0.100%	384.62x
51	Inkster	3	0.080%	44.25x
52	Mullay	3	0.080%	789.47x
53	Cogle	2	0.050%	180.18x
54	Linklater	1	0.030%	10.86x
55	Macadie	1	0.030%	112.36x
56	Mershall	1	0.030%	10000.00x
57	Tullock	1	0.030%	19.61x