1881 census place

South Ronaldshay surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in South Ronaldshay, 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

69 surnames are listed for South Ronaldshay, Orkney, covering 1,887 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thomson, with 159 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in South Ronaldshay

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	Thomson	159	4.78%	35.78x
2	Norquay	134	4.03%	6442.31x
3	Rosie	130	3.91%	2429.91x
4	Budge	99	2.98%	583.73x
5	Annal	92	2.77%	4181.82x
6	Cromarty	87	2.62%	2283.46x
7	Sutherland	83	2.50%	49.53x
8	Wylie	77	2.32%	198.97x
9	Laird	69	2.07%	184.79x
10	Petrie	56	1.68%	141.66x
11	Bruce	55	1.65%	35.31x
12	Louttit	50	1.50%	2000.00x
13	Wards	44	1.32%	1685.82x
14	Park	39	1.17%	37.83x
15	Cumming	36	1.08%	56.73x
16	Mowat	35	1.05%	153.37x
17	Spence	35	1.05%	31.81x
18	Flaws	32	0.960%	1702.13x
19	Leith	31	0.930%	179.92x
20	Walls	31	0.930%	77.50x
21	Esson	29	0.870%	395.10x
22	Omand	29	0.870%	2660.55x
23	Gunn	28	0.840%	34.38x
24	Laughton	26	0.780%	160.79x
25	Dunnet	25	0.750%	318.88x
26	Berston	23	0.690%	5476.19x
27	Guthrie	22	0.660%	52.49x
28	Tulloch	20	0.600%	90.62x
29	Kirkness	19	0.570%	502.65x
30	Hourston	18	0.540%	782.61x
31	Gow	17	0.510%	64.69x
32	Groat	17	0.510%	442.71x
33	Dass	15	0.450%	3260.87x
34	Dearness	14	0.420%	773.48x
35	Wishart	14	0.420%	53.74x
36	Harrold	13	0.390%	86.67x
37	Heddle	13	0.390%	386.90x
38	Linklater	13	0.390%	166.67x
39	Matheson	12	0.360%	26.39x
40	Cogle	11	0.330%	1170.21x
41	Matches	11	0.330%	833.33x
42	Bichan	9	0.270%	1097.56x
43	Makinson	9	0.270%	94.54x
44	Ryrie	9	0.270%	466.32x
45	Craigie	8	0.240%	76.56x
46	Lennie	8	0.240%	111.89x
47	Mowatt	8	0.240%	156.25x
48	Sabiston	8	0.240%	496.89x
49	Baikie	7	0.210%	151.84x
50	Struthers	7	0.210%	47.07x
51	Omond	6	0.180%	1016.95x
52	Sandison	6	0.180%	71.77x
53	Doull	5	0.150%	113.12x
54	Dunnett	5	0.150%	49.46x
55	Rorie	4	0.120%	740.74x
56	Halcrow	3	0.090%	55.15x
57	Harcus	3	0.090%	69.28x
58	Rendal	3	0.090%	441.18x
59	Clouston	2	0.060%	45.15x
60	Durran	2	0.060%	92.17x
61	Flett	2	0.060%	13.90x
62	Nichelson	2	0.060%	588.24x
63	Norquoy	2	0.060%	454.55x
64	Barnetson	1	0.030%	69.93x
65	Garrick	1	0.030%	19.84x
66	Goodsir	1	0.030%	96.15x
67	Learmonth	1	0.030%	18.52x
68	Meiklejohn	1	0.030%	13.33x
69	Mure	1	0.030%	64.94x