1881 census place

Sandwick surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sandwick, 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

48 surnames are listed for Sandwick, Orkney, covering 701 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Linklater, with 102 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sandwick

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	Linklater	102	8.46%	3617.02x
2	Garson	67	5.56%	6504.85x
3	Kirkness	61	5.06%	4452.55x
4	Moar	52	4.32%	2751.32x
5	Irvine	50	4.15%	188.32x
6	Brass	42	3.49%	1842.11x
7	Spence	39	3.24%	97.84x
8	Flett	37	3.07%	710.17x
9	Merriman	25	2.07%	566.89x
10	Sabiston	25	2.07%	4310.34x
11	Wishart	15	1.24%	158.90x
12	Clouston	13	1.08%	807.45x
13	Hourston	13	1.08%	1566.27x
14	Lennie	11	0.910%	424.71x
15	Marwick	11	0.910%	753.42x
16	Swanson	11	0.910%	124.72x
17	Corrigall	10	0.830%	1234.57x
18	Copland	8	0.660%	118.52x
19	Wards	8	0.660%	842.11x
20	Groundwater	7	0.580%	721.65x
21	Ironside	7	0.580%	168.67x
22	Poke	7	0.580%	2333.33x
23	Redland	7	0.580%	10000.00x
24	Bews	6	0.500%	322.58x
25	Budge	6	0.500%	97.72x
26	Foubister	6	0.500%	681.82x
27	Gaudie	6	0.500%	1052.63x
28	Scarth	6	0.500%	283.02x
29	Seatter	6	0.500%	937.50x
30	Craigie	5	0.410%	131.93x
31	Will	4	0.330%	81.30x
32	Cruckshank	3	0.250%	535.71x
33	Linskill	3	0.250%	652.17x
34	Soutar	3	0.250%	69.93x
35	Twatt	3	0.250%	428.57x
36	Tyrie	3	0.250%	234.38x
37	Dag	2	0.170%	4000.00x
38	Bewes	1	0.080%	285.71x
39	Borwick	1	0.080%	95.24x
40	Flaws	1	0.080%	147.06x
41	Groat	1	0.080%	71.94x
42	Harwick	1	0.080%	277.78x
43	Heddle	1	0.080%	81.97x
44	Inkster	1	0.080%	48.08x
45	Muirden	1	0.080%	357.14x
46	Oag	1	0.080%	121.95x
47	Rendal	1	0.080%	400.00x
48	Yorston	1	0.080%	90.09x