1881 census place

St Andrews Deerness surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in St Andrews Deerness, 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

57 surnames are listed for St Andrews Deerness, Orkney, covering 1,096 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Ritch, with 113 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in St Andrews Deerness

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	Ritch	113	6.69%	7533.33x
2	Foubister	94	5.56%	7580.65x
3	Eunson	63	3.73%	3368.98x
4	Bichan	53	3.14%	12619.05x
5	Matches	44	2.60%	6567.16x
6	Skea	41	2.43%	2971.01x
7	Bews	34	2.01%	1302.68x
8	Cormack	34	2.01%	266.04x
9	Stove	34	2.01%	4657.53x
10	Spence	32	1.89%	57.25x
11	Garrioch	30	1.78%	3157.89x
12	Pottinger	26	1.54%	588.24x
13	Cromarty	24	1.42%	1237.11x
14	Lennie	24	1.42%	661.16x
15	Linklater	24	1.42%	606.06x
16	Voy	24	1.42%	6486.49x
17	Tait	23	1.36%	46.22x
18	Kirkness	22	1.30%	1145.83x
19	Drever	21	1.24%	726.64x
20	Oddie	21	1.24%	654.21x
21	Petrie	21	1.24%	104.58x
22	Shearer	20	1.18%	92.21x
23	Clouston	19	1.12%	844.44x
24	Laughton	17	1.01%	206.81x
25	Mowat	17	1.01%	146.55x
26	Craigie	16	0.950%	301.32x
27	Wards	16	0.950%	1203.01x
28	Hourston	15	0.890%	1282.05x
29	Louttit	14	0.830%	1102.36x
30	Meason	14	0.830%	1728.40x
31	Budge	13	0.770%	150.81x
32	Harcus	10	0.590%	454.55x
33	Hepburn	10	0.590%	66.53x
34	Rendall	10	0.590%	111.48x
35	Seatter	9	0.530%	1000.00x
36	Baikie	8	0.470%	341.88x
37	Foulis	8	0.470%	634.92x
38	Tulloch	8	0.470%	71.36x
39	Corrigall	7	0.410%	614.04x
40	Corsie	6	0.360%	1000.00x
41	Esson	6	0.360%	160.86x
42	Garriock	6	0.360%	606.06x
43	Swanney	6	0.360%	606.06x
44	Flett	5	0.300%	68.40x
45	Groat	5	0.300%	256.41x
46	Logie	5	0.300%	101.83x
47	Omand	5	0.300%	909.09x
48	Omond	4	0.240%	1333.33x
49	Wick	4	0.240%	136.05x
50	Bows	2	0.120%	256.41x
51	Heddle	2	0.120%	116.96x
52	Marwick	2	0.120%	98.04x
53	Cormick	1	0.060%	88.50x
54	Flaws	1	0.060%	105.26x
55	Inkster	1	0.060%	34.25x
56	Norquay	1	0.060%	94.34x
57	Stickler	1	0.060%	71.94x