1881 census place

Unst surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Unst, 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

50 surnames are listed for Unst, Shetland, covering 1,285 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Sutherland, with 154 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Unst

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	Sutherland	154	7.06%	140.08x
2	Thomson	124	5.68%	42.53x
3	Jamieson	100	4.58%	164.55x
4	Williamson	88	4.03%	44.99x
5	Johnston	77	3.53%	43.73x
6	Bruce	64	2.93%	62.62x
7	Spence	63	2.89%	87.28x
8	Mouat	54	2.47%	1421.05x
9	Priest	45	2.06%	157.51x
10	Nisbet	31	1.42%	134.55x
11	Edwardson	30	1.37%	1119.40x
12	Sandison	28	1.28%	510.02x
13	Laurenson	27	1.24%	503.73x
14	Manson	26	1.19%	101.88x
15	Nicolson	23	1.05%	91.23x
16	Abernethy	22	1.01%	436.51x
17	Mackay	21	0.960%	26.61x
18	Moar	20	0.920%	584.80x
19	Hughson	19	0.870%	476.19x
20	Mathieson	18	0.820%	78.29x
21	Peterson	18	0.820%	162.16x
22	Petrie	18	0.820%	69.42x
23	Cluness	17	0.780%	2833.33x
24	Inkster	17	0.780%	450.93x
25	Isbister	16	0.730%	547.95x
26	Gifford	14	0.640%	73.80x
27	Jameson	14	0.640%	57.97x
28	Burn	13	0.600%	44.28x
29	Ritch	13	0.600%	670.10x
30	Fordyce	12	0.550%	253.16x
31	Gilbertson	12	0.550%	188.09x
32	Craigie	10	0.460%	145.77x
33	Scollay	10	0.460%	884.96x
34	Pennant	9	0.410%	1551.72x
35	Boyne	8	0.370%	232.56x
36	Georgeson	8	0.370%	183.49x
37	Nevin	8	0.370%	182.65x
38	Bunt	6	0.280%	155.44x
39	Matthewson	6	0.280%	191.69x
40	Ogilvy	4	0.180%	81.47x
41	Pennie	4	0.180%	421.05x
42	Charleson	3	0.140%	192.31x
43	Corrigall	2	0.090%	136.05x
44	Leisk	2	0.090%	155.04x
45	Walterson	2	0.090%	307.69x
46	Danielson	1	0.050%	333.33x
47	Jaffray	1	0.050%	33.11x
48	Lovie	1	0.050%	50.25x
49	Mundell	1	0.050%	32.68x
50	Nesbet	1	0.050%	227.27x