1881 census place

Sandsting Aitsting surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sandsting Aitsting, 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

53 surnames are listed for Sandsting Aitsting, Shetland, covering 1,766 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Johnston, with 145 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sandsting Aitsting

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	Johnston	145	5.36%	66.45x
2	Tait	139	5.14%	174.60x
3	Abernethy	126	4.66%	2016.00x
4	Jamieson	107	3.96%	142.10x
5	Robertson	106	3.92%	23.39x
6	Henry	99	3.66%	144.84x
7	Fraser	84	3.11%	34.90x
8	Nicolson	83	3.07%	265.69x
9	Leask	69	2.55%	621.06x
10	Moncrieff	60	2.22%	881.06x
11	Peterson	58	2.15%	421.82x
12	Ridland	55	2.03%	3642.38x
13	Dalziel	50	1.85%	418.41x
14	Georgeson	48	1.78%	888.89x
15	Tulloch	40	1.48%	222.97x
16	Moar	38	1.41%	898.35x
17	Irvine	37	1.37%	62.11x
18	Mouat	35	1.29%	743.10x
19	Garrick	33	1.22%	804.88x
20	Arthurson	29	1.07%	4328.36x
21	Manson	28	1.04%	88.55x
22	Laurenson	25	0.920%	376.51x
23	Cumming	24	0.890%	46.52x
24	Moffat	24	0.890%	49.00x
25	Moodie	24	0.890%	189.13x
26	Dowell	21	0.780%	155.10x
27	Cheyne	20	0.740%	222.47x
28	Flaws	18	0.670%	1176.47x
29	Dalziell	13	0.480%	1048.39x
30	Garriock	12	0.440%	759.49x
31	Charleson	11	0.410%	569.95x
32	Doull	10	0.370%	278.55x
33	Wishart	10	0.370%	47.21x
34	Hughson	9	0.330%	181.82x
35	Laurenceson	9	0.330%	2812.50x
36	Twatt	8	0.300%	512.82x
37	Isbister	7	0.260%	193.37x
38	Slatter	7	0.260%	65.12x
39	Evenson	5	0.180%	555.56x
40	Hawick	5	0.180%	462.96x
41	Inkster	5	0.180%	107.07x
42	Linklater	5	0.180%	78.86x
43	Barrons	4	0.150%	373.83x
44	Pole	4	0.150%	47.68x
45	Goudie	3	0.110%	35.05x
46	Tailor	3	0.110%	63.56x
47	Darroch	2	0.070%	28.37x
48	Forsythe	2	0.070%	76.05x
49	Leisk	2	0.070%	125.00x
50	Walterson	2	0.070%	250.00x
51	Barons	1	0.040%	135.14x
52	Goodlad	1	0.040%	21.83x
53	Goodlet	1	0.040%	66.23x