1881 census place

Walls surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Walls, 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

38 surnames are listed for Walls, Shetland, covering 901 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Jamieson, with 131 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Walls

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	Jamieson	131	9.05%	325.06x
2	Williamson	119	8.22%	91.74x
3	Fraser	105	7.26%	81.52x
4	Henry	71	4.91%	194.10x
5	Twatt	51	3.52%	6071.43x
6	Manson	46	3.18%	271.87x
7	Georgeson	37	2.56%	1280.28x
8	Coutts	35	2.42%	239.73x
9	Walterson	30	2.07%	6976.74x
10	Christie	27	1.87%	57.54x
11	Peterson	26	1.80%	353.26x
12	Jameson	23	1.59%	143.66x
13	Abernethy	20	1.38%	598.80x
14	Moffatt	19	1.31%	204.08x
15	Laurenson	18	1.24%	507.04x
16	Ratter	16	1.11%	2191.78x
17	Wishart	16	1.11%	141.09x
18	Charleson	13	0.900%	1262.14x
19	Hughson	13	0.900%	490.57x
20	Mouat	12	0.830%	476.19x
21	Willox	11	0.760%	683.23x
22	Nicolson	10	0.690%	59.81x
23	Gear	8	0.550%	148.15x
24	Isbister	8	0.550%	412.37x
25	Cheyne	6	0.410%	124.74x
26	Yell	5	0.350%	909.09x
27	Halcrow	4	0.280%	168.78x
28	Pole	4	0.280%	89.09x
29	Moncrieff	3	0.210%	82.42x
30	Sclater	3	0.210%	202.70x
31	Busson	2	0.140%	303.03x
32	Clucas	2	0.140%	57.80x
33	Dalzell	2	0.140%	106.95x
34	Cogle	1	0.070%	243.90x
35	Doull	1	0.070%	52.08x
36	Fergeson	1	0.070%	714.29x
37	Ridland	1	0.070%	123.46x
38	Tullock	1	0.070%	53.19x