1881 census place

Tingwall surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Tingwall, 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

44 surnames are listed for Tingwall, Shetland, covering 839 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Irvine, with 122 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Tingwall

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	Irvine	122	8.18%	371.39x
2	Tait	60	4.02%	136.67x
3	Laurenson	54	3.62%	1475.41x
4	Jamieson	49	3.29%	118.02x
5	Leask	45	3.02%	734.09x
6	Nicolson	42	2.82%	243.76x
7	Slatter	40	2.68%	674.54x
8	Inkster	37	2.48%	1439.69x
9	Goodlad	29	1.95%	1150.79x
10	Leslie	27	1.81%	109.40x
11	Moncrieff	26	1.74%	693.33x
12	Peterson	26	1.74%	343.01x
13	Henry	22	1.48%	58.37x
14	Manson	20	1.34%	114.68x
15	Georgeson	18	1.21%	604.03x
16	Coutts	17	1.14%	113.03x
17	Fullarton	17	1.14%	541.40x
18	Mouat	15	1.01%	576.92x
19	Goudie	14	0.940%	296.61x
20	Garriock	13	0.870%	1494.25x
21	Beatton	11	0.740%	2291.67x
22	Blance	11	0.740%	1018.52x
23	Eunson	11	0.740%	666.67x
24	Halcrow	11	0.740%	450.82x
25	Sandison	10	0.670%	266.67x
26	Laurie	9	0.600%	70.26x
27	Hughson	7	0.470%	256.41x
28	Murison	7	0.470%	479.45x
29	Pottinger	7	0.470%	179.49x
30	Bews	6	0.400%	259.74x
31	Cheyne	6	0.400%	120.97x
32	Dalgleish	6	0.400%	89.55x
33	Dalzell	6	0.400%	310.88x
34	Harcus	6	0.400%	309.28x
35	Swanson	6	0.400%	54.95x
36	Tulloch	6	0.400%	60.67x
37	Tullock	5	0.340%	257.73x
38	Twatt	4	0.270%	465.12x
39	Coutt	3	0.200%	1578.95x
40	Sclater	3	0.200%	196.08x
41	Linklater	2	0.130%	57.31x
42	Burgass	1	0.070%	526.32x
43	Gault	1	0.070%	50.25x
44	Mullay	1	0.070%	714.29x