1881 census place

Northmavine surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Northmavine, 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

49 surnames are listed for Northmavine, Shetland, covering 1,611 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Anderson, with 181 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Northmavine

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	Anderson	181	7.97%	40.33x
2	Tulloch	152	6.69%	1008.63x
3	Williamson	147	6.47%	72.17x
4	Inkster	108	4.75%	2755.10x
5	Mouat	105	4.62%	2651.52x
6	Robertson	104	4.58%	27.32x
7	Hawick	67	2.95%	7362.64x
8	Sandison	66	2.90%	1155.87x
9	Manson	65	2.86%	244.64x
10	Ratter	57	2.51%	4956.52x
11	Thomason	45	1.98%	339.37x
12	Peterson	43	1.89%	372.29x
13	Irvine	34	1.50%	67.92x
14	Jameson	34	1.50%	135.24x
15	Jamieson	31	1.36%	49.00x
16	Nicolson	30	1.32%	114.29x
17	Halcrow	27	1.19%	725.81x
18	Cheyne	26	1.14%	343.92x
19	Gilbertson	26	1.14%	390.98x
20	Coopland	22	0.970%	2857.14x
21	Arthur	20	0.880%	40.40x
22	Winchester	18	0.790%	207.85x
23	Blance	16	0.700%	975.61x
24	Charleson	16	0.700%	987.65x
25	Porteous	16	0.700%	105.61x
26	Coupland	14	0.620%	97.29x
27	Dalziel	13	0.570%	129.48x
28	Cogle	12	0.530%	1875.00x
29	Wishart	12	0.530%	67.42x
30	Hughson	11	0.480%	264.42x
31	Leask	11	0.480%	117.77x
32	Dowel	10	0.440%	2173.91x
33	Copeland	9	0.400%	41.86x
34	Moncrieff	9	0.400%	157.34x
35	Scollay	9	0.400%	762.71x
36	Abernethy	7	0.310%	133.33x
37	Bigland	7	0.310%	391.06x
38	Coutt	5	0.220%	1666.67x
39	Fergus	5	0.220%	121.95x
40	Georgeson	5	0.220%	110.13x
41	Malcolmson	3	0.130%	143.54x
42	Robison	3	0.130%	59.06x
43	Stove	3	0.130%	306.12x
44	Simonson	2	0.090%	526.32x
45	Danielson	1	0.040%	322.58x
46	Garrick	1	0.040%	29.07x
47	Garriock	1	0.040%	75.19x
48	Isbister	1	0.040%	32.89x
49	Vennard	1	0.040%	270.27x