1881 census place

Lerwick Gulberwick surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lerwick Gulberwick, 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

137 surnames are listed for Lerwick Gulberwick, Shetland, covering 2,749 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robertson, with 153 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lerwick Gulberwick

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	Robertson	153	3.31%	19.77x
2	Williamson	147	3.18%	35.51x
3	Irvine	130	2.82%	127.78x
4	Tait	120	2.60%	88.26x
5	Anderson	112	2.43%	12.28x
6	Leask	98	2.12%	516.33x
7	Jamieson	93	2.01%	72.32x
8	Nicolson	92	1.99%	172.45x
9	Henderson	83	1.80%	16.54x
10	Laurenson	73	1.58%	644.31x
11	Goudie	58	1.26%	396.72x
12	Sutherland	58	1.26%	24.93x
13	Manson	55	1.19%	101.85x
14	Bolt	51	1.10%	152.79x
15	Halcrow	51	1.10%	674.60x
16	Tulloch	48	1.04%	156.66x
17	Hughson	36	0.780%	426.04x
18	Mouat	36	0.780%	447.21x
19	Cowie	35	0.760%	62.46x
20	Linklater	33	0.710%	304.99x
21	Peterson	33	0.710%	140.55x
22	Ridland	33	0.710%	1284.05x
23	Malcolmson	32	0.690%	751.17x
24	Stout	32	0.690%	144.60x
25	Gifford	31	0.670%	77.21x
26	Henry	31	0.670%	26.56x
27	Gilbertson	30	0.650%	222.06x
28	Sandison	27	0.580%	232.56x
29	Arcus	24	0.520%	1589.40x
30	Mowat	24	0.520%	75.73x
31	Paton	24	0.520%	23.23x
32	Blance	23	0.500%	690.69x
33	Ratter	23	0.500%	987.12x
34	Goodlad	22	0.480%	281.33x
35	Ramsay	22	0.480%	18.50x
36	Bain	21	0.450%	18.33x
37	Angus	20	0.430%	30.27x
38	Flaws	20	0.430%	766.28x
39	Pottinger	20	0.430%	165.43x
40	Twatt	20	0.430%	749.06x
41	Abernethy	19	0.410%	178.07x
42	Georgeson	19	0.410%	206.07x
43	Moffat	19	0.410%	22.71x
44	Laing	18	0.390%	19.40x
45	Leslie	18	0.390%	23.54x
46	Mail	18	0.390%	517.24x
47	Stove	18	0.390%	904.52x
48	Urquhart	17	0.370%	26.21x
49	Coutts	16	0.350%	34.35x
50	Isbister	16	0.350%	258.90x
51	Laurence	15	0.320%	22.85x
52	Stephen	15	0.320%	18.53x
53	Coull	14	0.300%	88.55x
54	Hardie	14	0.300%	23.26x
55	Cluness	13	0.280%	1015.63x
56	Garrick	13	0.280%	185.71x
57	Garriock	13	0.280%	481.48x
58	Wishart	13	0.280%	35.93x
59	Cheyne	12	0.260%	78.13x
60	Eunson	12	0.260%	235.29x
61	Inkster	12	0.260%	150.56x
62	Mathewson	12	0.260%	107.53x
63	Moodie	12	0.260%	55.35x
64	Work	12	0.260%	213.90x
65	Ogilvy	11	0.240%	105.87x
66	Petrie	11	0.240%	20.04x
67	Pole	11	0.240%	76.76x
68	Arthurson	10	0.220%	877.19x
69	Ganson	10	0.220%	386.10x
70	Nisbet	10	0.220%	20.51x
71	Shewan	10	0.220%	169.78x
72	Yeats	10	0.220%	78.43x
73	Dalziel	9	0.190%	44.07x
74	Leisk	9	0.190%	329.67x
75	Moncrieff	9	0.190%	77.39x
76	Mullay	9	0.190%	2000.00x
77	Hutcheson	8	0.170%	33.76x
78	Hutchieson	8	0.170%	244.65x
79	Millikin	8	0.170%	583.94x
80	Erridge	7	0.150%	350.00x
81	Jappy	7	0.150%	372.34x
82	Rendall	7	0.150%	28.57x
83	Edwardson	6	0.130%	105.82x
84	Fordyce	6	0.130%	59.76x
85	Gair	6	0.130%	49.06x
86	Gear	6	0.130%	34.80x
87	Moar	6	0.130%	82.99x
88	Poplar	6	0.130%	517.24x
89	Skea	6	0.130%	158.73x
90	Allardice	5	0.110%	81.83x
91	Coghill	5	0.110%	54.70x
92	Mainland	5	0.110%	111.86x
93	Rosie	5	0.110%	67.29x
94	Scollay	5	0.110%	209.21x
95	Sinclaire	5	0.110%	2000.00x
96	Boyers	4	0.090%	148.15x
97	Hawick	4	0.090%	216.22x
98	Polson	4	0.090%	37.31x
99	Blanche	3	0.070%	95.85x
100	Bothwick	3	0.070%	265.49x