1881 census place
Stromness surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Stromness, 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
97 surnames are listed for Stromness, Orkney, covering 1,279 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Linklater, with 82 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Stromness
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linklater | 82 | 1451.33x |
| 2 | Flett | 79 | 757.43x |
| 3 | Clouston | 76 | 2367.60x |
| 4 | Spence | 67 | 84.01x |
| 5 | Irvine | 43 | 80.95x |
| 6 | Moar | 35 | 925.93x |
| 7 | Sutherland | 33 | 27.17x |
| 8 | Firth | 32 | 39.97x |
| 9 | Leask | 32 | 322.91x |
| 10 | Garson | 31 | 1497.58x |
| 11 | Shearer | 31 | 100.19x |
| 12 | Baikie | 30 | 898.20x |
| 13 | Mowat | 29 | 175.33x |
| 14 | Tait | 27 | 38.04x |
| 15 | Manson | 26 | 92.23x |
| 16 | Stanger | 26 | 428.34x |
| 17 | Towers | 26 | 93.06x |
| 18 | Bews | 22 | 589.81x |
| 19 | Brass | 22 | 482.46x |
| 20 | Isbister | 22 | 681.11x |
| 21 | Kirkness | 22 | 802.92x |
| 22 | Heddle | 21 | 860.66x |
| 23 | Mutch | 20 | 185.87x |
| 24 | Wishart | 20 | 105.88x |
| 25 | Kirkpatrick | 18 | 86.71x |
| 26 | Copland | 17 | 125.93x |
| 27 | Corrigall | 17 | 1042.94x |
| 28 | Garriock | 17 | 1205.67x |
| 29 | Budge | 16 | 130.19x |
| 30 | Fiddler | 16 | 307.10x |
| 31 | Cormack | 13 | 71.31x |
| 32 | Porteous | 13 | 80.85x |
| 33 | Leith | 12 | 96.08x |
| 34 | Marwick | 12 | 412.37x |
| 35 | Wingate | 12 | 140.02x |
| 36 | Creelman | 10 | 1818.18x |
| 37 | Cromarty | 10 | 362.32x |
| 38 | Ferrier | 10 | 71.33x |
| 39 | Beatton | 8 | 1025.64x |
| 40 | Gorrie | 8 | 155.64x |
| 41 | Nicolson | 8 | 28.72x |
| 42 | Sabiston | 8 | 683.76x |
| 43 | Drever | 7 | 169.90x |
| 44 | Lilburn | 7 | 424.24x |
| 45 | Mathison | 7 | 107.36x |
| 46 | Omand | 7 | 886.08x |
| 47 | Stove | 7 | 673.08x |
| 48 | Swaney | 7 | 853.66x |
| 49 | Wald | 7 | 4117.65x |
| 50 | Will | 7 | 71.14x |
| 51 | Flaws | 6 | 441.18x |
| 52 | Garrioch | 6 | 441.18x |
| 53 | Hackland | 6 | 1714.29x |
| 54 | Hourston | 6 | 359.28x |
| 55 | Laughton | 6 | 51.19x |
| 56 | Merryman | 6 | 257.51x |
| 57 | Rendall | 6 | 46.91x |
| 58 | Stout | 6 | 51.95x |
| 59 | Wards | 6 | 317.46x |
| 60 | Dunnet | 5 | 88.03x |
| 61 | Lennie | 5 | 96.53x |
| 62 | Borwick | 4 | 189.57x |
| 63 | Eunson | 4 | 150.38x |
| 64 | Ritch | 4 | 186.92x |
| 65 | Sandison | 4 | 66.01x |
| 66 | Seatter | 4 | 310.08x |
| 67 | Tullock | 4 | 127.80x |
| 68 | Coghill | 3 | 62.89x |
| 69 | Corston | 3 | 322.58x |
| 70 | Esson | 3 | 56.39x |
| 71 | Groundwater | 3 | 154.64x |
| 72 | Learmouth | 3 | 133.33x |
| 73 | Murison | 3 | 127.12x |
| 74 | Oman | 3 | 104.53x |
| 75 | Reith | 3 | 70.92x |
| 76 | Terras | 3 | 241.94x |
| 77 | Twatt | 3 | 215.83x |
| 78 | Cruikshank | 2 | 55.56x |
| 79 | Foubister | 2 | 113.64x |
| 80 | Groat | 2 | 71.68x |
| 81 | Sclater | 2 | 80.97x |
| 82 | Setter | 2 | 122.70x |
| 83 | Yorston | 2 | 90.09x |
| 84 | Addington | 1 | 45.66x |
| 85 | Ballentine | 1 | 117.65x |
| 86 | Breck | 1 | 232.56x |
| 87 | Dearness | 1 | 76.34x |
| 88 | Goudie | 1 | 13.11x |
| 89 | Grenfell | 1 | 24.75x |
| 90 | Hercus | 1 | 92.59x |
| 91 | Inkster | 1 | 24.04x |
| 92 | Keillor | 1 | 58.82x |
| 93 | Mainland | 1 | 42.92x |
| 94 | Malcolmson | 1 | 45.05x |
| 95 | Mouat | 1 | 23.81x |
| 96 | Perrie | 1 | 36.23x |
| 97 | Skea | 1 | 50.76x |