1881 census place
Westray Papa Westray surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Westray Papa Westray, 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
58 surnames are listed for Westray Papa Westray, Orkney, covering 1,830 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Rendall, with 341 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Westray Papa Westray
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 | Rendall | 341 | 2522.19x |
| 2 | Drever | 211 | 4839.45x |
| 3 | Harcus | 149 | 4487.95x |
| 4 | Reid | 94 | 35.11x |
| 5 | Paterson | 68 | 39.20x |
| 6 | Seatter | 68 | 5000.00x |
| 7 | Logie | 63 | 851.35x |
| 8 | Stevenson | 60 | 33.55x |
| 9 | Leslie | 59 | 139.81x |
| 10 | Groat | 53 | 1802.72x |
| 11 | Stout | 49 | 401.31x |
| 12 | Pottinger | 48 | 719.64x |
| 13 | Driver | 43 | 91.04x |
| 14 | Foulis | 38 | 1989.53x |
| 15 | Hercus | 36 | 3157.89x |
| 16 | Seater | 35 | 3763.44x |
| 17 | Bremner | 28 | 127.85x |
| 18 | Hewison | 28 | 458.27x |
| 19 | Balfour | 27 | 152.11x |
| 20 | Bain | 26 | 41.11x |
| 21 | Sandison | 25 | 390.02x |
| 22 | Tulloch | 25 | 147.84x |
| 23 | Tullock | 25 | 755.29x |
| 24 | Bews | 20 | 507.61x |
| 25 | Hourston | 17 | 965.91x |
| 26 | Hume | 17 | 47.01x |
| 27 | Mowat | 16 | 91.48x |
| 28 | Burgher | 15 | 7894.74x |
| 29 | Mainland | 13 | 526.32x |
| 30 | Moodie | 12 | 100.25x |
| 31 | Corse | 11 | 2682.93x |
| 32 | Learmonth | 9 | 217.39x |
| 33 | Burger | 7 | 1166.67x |
| 34 | Eunson | 7 | 248.23x |
| 35 | Marcus | 7 | 443.04x |
| 36 | Rosie | 7 | 170.73x |
| 37 | Twatt | 7 | 476.19x |
| 38 | Coper | 6 | 1224.49x |
| 39 | Copland | 6 | 42.05x |
| 40 | Flett | 6 | 54.40x |
| 41 | Garriock | 6 | 402.68x |
| 42 | Scollay | 6 | 454.55x |
| 43 | Traill | 5 | 142.05x |
| 44 | Bewes | 4 | 547.95x |
| 45 | Bigland | 4 | 199.01x |
| 46 | Fowls | 3 | 240.00x |
| 47 | Heddle | 3 | 116.28x |
| 48 | Lennie | 3 | 54.74x |
| 49 | Plank | 3 | 67.57x |
| 50 | Dearness | 2 | 143.88x |
| 51 | Peddie | 2 | 29.41x |
| 52 | Bells | 1 | 76.34x |
| 53 | Birss | 1 | 68.49x |
| 54 | Brabner | 1 | 100.00x |
| 55 | Cammeron | 1 | 136.99x |
| 56 | Colins | 1 | 77.52x |
| 57 | Linklater | 1 | 16.75x |
| 58 | Swanney | 1 | 67.11x |