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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 Garden, with 6 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
101Garden629.84x
102Leith624.07x
103Norquoy6937.50x
104Oag6181.82x
105Ritch6140.19x
106Ballintyne5290.70x
107Fergus557.47x
108Gun5152.44x
109Hamston51562.50x
110Harold547.85x
111Herdman541.25x
112Matches5261.78x
113Phimister5170.07x
114Plank559.59x
115Sinclar5222.22x
116Stove5241.55x
117Croy4171.67x
118Dunson4784.31x
119Florence442.11x
120Headman4303.03x
121Macgregor419.89x
122Mcguire458.65x
123Scarth447.34x
124Armit376.14x
125Castles3102.04x
126Courtenay353.29x
127Cromarty354.45x
128Esson328.25x
129Garioch3379.75x
130Garrick341.10x
131Halcrow338.07x
132Hossack328.33x
133Ranken398.68x
134Shill374.63x
135Bigland252.77x
136Corston2108.11x
137Flaws273.53x
138Goldberg231.35x
139Hansen222.62x
140Learmouth244.44x
141Meason286.96x
142Norquay266.45x
143Rorie2253.16x
144Sabiston285.84x
145Steveson2142.86x
146Tail2227.27x
147Barnetson148.31x
148Brotchie156.50x
149Burgher1285.71x
150Christensen180.65x
151Christiansen194.34x
152Chrystal115.06x
153Cleugh155.56x
154Cragie148.31x
155Dall111.27x
156Gaughan120.66x
157Grieg130.67x
158Hanger120.62x
159Harison132.26x
160Hegarty123.47x
161Johanson180.65x
162Kid1149.25x
163Learmonth112.80x
164Mellis112.99x
165Oman117.42x
166Pentland117.27x
167Sandison18.26x
168Seater157.14x
169Stern121.83x
170Wyse117.89x