1881 census place

Kirkwall St Ola surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kirkwall St Ola, 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

170 surnames are listed for Kirkwall St Ola, Orkney, covering 2,588 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Muir, with 108 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kirkwall St Ola

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	Muir	108	2.24%	58.62x
2	Flett	91	1.89%	436.87x
3	Heddle	67	1.39%	1375.77x
4	Hercus	67	1.39%	3116.28x
5	Leslie	66	1.37%	82.81x
6	Shearer	63	1.31%	101.99x
7	Craigie	62	1.29%	409.78x
8	Peace	59	1.23%	135.20x
9	Work	59	1.23%	1008.55x
10	Spence	53	1.10%	33.28x
11	Sutherland	53	1.10%	21.85x
12	Bews	52	1.08%	698.92x
13	Drever	49	1.02%	595.38x
14	Linklater	42	0.870%	372.34x
15	Garrioch	41	0.850%	1507.35x
16	Lennie	41	0.850%	396.14x
17	Rendall	41	0.850%	160.53x
18	Manson	40	0.830%	71.06x
19	Marwick	39	0.810%	670.10x
20	Liddle	38	0.790%	67.01x
21	Walls	37	0.770%	63.90x
22	Eunson	36	0.750%	676.69x
23	Mowat	36	0.750%	108.99x
24	Leask	35	0.730%	176.86x
25	Irvine	34	0.710%	32.06x
26	Laughton	34	0.710%	145.30x
27	Cutt	32	0.660%	649.09x
28	Tulloch	32	0.660%	100.19x
29	Wylie	31	0.640%	55.34x
30	Hourston	29	0.600%	870.87x
31	Chalmers	27	0.560%	23.56x
32	Cumming	27	0.560%	29.40x
33	Harrold	24	0.500%	110.50x
34	Tait	24	0.500%	16.93x
35	Copland	23	0.480%	85.31x
36	Gunn	23	0.480%	19.51x
37	Corsie	22	0.460%	1279.07x
38	Dearness	21	0.440%	801.53x
39	Logie	21	0.440%	150.21x
40	Calder	20	0.420%	29.71x
41	Guthrie	20	0.420%	32.97x
42	Driver	19	0.390%	21.30x
43	Mainland	19	0.390%	407.73x
44	Sclater	19	0.390%	385.40x
45	Seatter	19	0.390%	739.30x
46	Foubister	18	0.370%	511.36x
47	Kirkness	18	0.370%	329.07x
48	Pottinger	17	0.350%	134.92x
49	Swanney	17	0.350%	604.98x
50	Harcus	16	0.330%	255.18x
51	Petrie	16	0.330%	27.97x
52	Wards	16	0.330%	423.28x
53	Yorston	16	0.330%	360.36x
54	Borwick	15	0.310%	356.29x
55	Groundwater	15	0.310%	387.60x
56	Hutchison	15	0.310%	18.95x
57	Isbister	15	0.310%	232.56x
58	Wishart	15	0.310%	39.78x
59	Baikie	14	0.290%	209.90x
60	Brough	14	0.290%	23.79x
61	Dennison	14	0.290%	37.62x
62	Dunnet	14	0.290%	123.35x
63	Foulis	14	0.290%	388.89x
64	Mooney	14	0.290%	25.05x
65	Laird	13	0.270%	24.06x
66	Rosie	13	0.270%	167.74x
67	Wick	13	0.270%	155.32x
68	Scollay	12	0.250%	481.93x
69	Groat	11	0.230%	197.84x
70	Newland	11	0.230%	38.14x
71	Cormack	10	0.210%	27.48x
72	Omand	10	0.210%	632.91x
73	Sommerville	10	0.210%	52.69x
74	Gaudie	9	0.190%	394.74x
75	Howatt	9	0.190%	335.82x
76	Inkster	9	0.190%	108.30x
77	Moar	9	0.190%	119.36x
78	Traill	9	0.190%	135.54x
79	Beatton	8	0.170%	512.82x
80	Hadden	8	0.170%	37.42x
81	Hewison	8	0.170%	69.32x
82	Hewson	8	0.170%	20.36x
83	Louttit	8	0.170%	220.99x
84	Nicolson	8	0.170%	14.38x
85	Skea	8	0.170%	203.05x
86	Spark	8	0.170%	37.83x
87	Twatt	8	0.170%	287.77x
88	Brass	7	0.150%	76.84x
89	Caithness	7	0.150%	191.26x
90	Chrystall	7	0.150%	619.47x
91	Garriock	7	0.150%	249.11x
92	Garson	7	0.150%	169.49x
93	Macrae	7	0.150%	18.65x
94	Moodie	7	0.150%	30.97x
95	Stout	7	0.150%	30.34x
96	Bichan	6	0.120%	504.20x
97	Birse	6	0.120%	110.70x
98	Clouston	6	0.120%	93.60x
99	Corrigall	6	0.120%	184.62x
100	Fotheringham	6	0.120%	29.64x