1881 census place

Rousay Egilshay surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rousay Egilshay, 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

36 surnames are listed for Rousay Egilshay, Orkney, covering 742 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Craigie, with 143 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rousay Egilshay

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	Craigie	143	12.75%	4050.99x
2	Marwick	119	10.61%	8750.00x
3	Mainland	115	10.25%	10550.46x
4	Inkster	60	5.35%	3092.78x
5	Grieve	32	2.85%	246.15x
6	Logie	31	2.76%	950.92x
7	Corsie	30	2.67%	7500.00x
8	Leonard	28	2.50%	115.13x
9	Kirkness	22	1.96%	1732.28x
10	Harrold	18	1.60%	355.73x
11	Louttit	16	1.43%	1904.76x
12	Mowat	14	1.25%	181.82x
13	Sabiston	14	1.25%	2592.59x
14	Flaws	13	1.16%	2063.49x
15	Garson	11	0.980%	1145.83x
16	Auld	10	0.890%	147.93x
17	Bews	10	0.890%	578.03x
18	Clouston	8	0.710%	536.91x
19	Yorston	8	0.710%	776.70x
20	Learmouth	7	0.620%	666.67x
21	Scollay	7	0.620%	1206.90x
22	Seatter	4	0.360%	666.67x
23	Work	4	0.360%	294.12x
24	Murison	3	0.270%	272.73x
25	Elphinstone	2	0.180%	235.29x
26	Harcus	2	0.180%	136.99x
27	Murrison	2	0.180%	350.88x
28	Allardice	1	0.090%	67.57x
29	Cutt	1	0.090%	86.96x
30	Drever	1	0.090%	52.08x
31	Dunnet	1	0.090%	37.74x
32	Goudie	1	0.090%	28.17x
33	Heddle	1	0.090%	87.72x
34	Macfadyen	1	0.090%	285.71x
35	Matches	1	0.090%	222.22x
36	Oddie	1	0.090%	46.95x