Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holm, Orkney

Holm is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Orkney

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
LAUGHTON928.54221,755.73
SINCLAIR635.8496113.41
SHEARER363.3426260.49
GORN282.599828,000.00
TAIT242.228475.69
PETRIE232.1356179.69
ANDERSON201.85709.40
MUIR171.578541.24
SLATER171.578526.07
DAVIDSON151.392816.57
HEPBURN151.3928156.58
SUTHERLAND151.392827.64
PRATT151.392824.24
RITCHIE151.392840.31
MANSON131.2071103.26
BRASS121.1142588.24
SMITH121.11420.79
ALLAN121.114217.75
GADDIE121.114212,000.00
COPLAND121.1142199.01
KIRKNESS111.0214901.64
FIRTH111.021430.75
ANGUS100.928564.89
BURGESS100.928513.37
GUNN90.835734.13
COWPER90.8357190.68
CLOUSTON90.8357629.37
SPENCE90.835725.27
MOSS80.742812.05
COUPER80.7428165.63
ESSON80.7428336.13
TAYLOR80.74281.16
ISBISTER80.7428555.56
FLETT80.7428171.67
TAILOR80.7428425.53
WYLIE70.650055.87
WALLS70.650054.05
MOORE60.55712.79
CREAR50.46431,923.08
MARWICK50.4643384.62
PARK50.464314.98
ANNAL50.4643704.23
HARCUS40.3714285.71
KENT40.37148.82
SORN40.371420,000.00
MACKENZIE40.371413.27
DOWNIE40.371431.67
DUTHIE40.371469.20
POTTINGER30.2786106.38
CAMPBELL30.27861.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GORN1.081,07728000.0000
SORN1.081,07720000.0000
GADDIE1.081,07712000.0000
CREAR1.081,0771923.0769
LAUGHTON1.081,0771755.7252
KIRKNESS1.081,077901.6393
ANNAL1.081,077704.2254
CLOUSTON1.081,077629.3706
BRASS1.081,077588.2353
ISBISTER1.081,077555.5556
TAILOR1.081,077425.5319
MARWICK1.081,077384.6154
ESSON1.081,077336.1345
HARCUS1.081,077285.7143
SHEARER1.081,077260.4920
WORK1.081,077229.0076
RITCH1.081,077208.3333
COPLAND1.081,077199.0050
COWPER1.081,077190.6780
PETRIE1.081,077179.6875
FLETT1.081,077171.6738
COUPER1.081,077165.6315
HEPBURN1.081,077156.5762
ROSIE1.081,077115.6069
SINCLAIR1.081,077113.4113
POTTINGER1.081,077106.3830
MANSON1.081,077103.2566
TAIT1.081,07775.6859
DUTHIE1.081,07769.2042
LEASK1.081,07767.7201
ANGUS1.081,07764.8929
WYLIE1.081,07755.8659
WALLS1.081,07754.0541
MUIR1.081,07741.2421
MOWAT1.081,07740.5954
RITCHIE1.081,07740.3117
RENDALL1.081,07735.0263
GUNN1.081,07734.1297
DOWNIE1.081,07731.6706
FIRTH1.081,07730.7520
SUTHERLAND1.081,07727.6447
SLATER1.081,07726.0736
SPENCE1.081,07725.2667
PRATT1.081,07724.2444
ALLAN1.081,07717.7489
DAVIDSON1.081,07716.5654
PARK1.081,07714.9790
RICH1.081,07714.8148
BURGESS1.081,07713.3690
MACKENZIE1.081,07713.2714

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,077 people called GORN in Holm at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 28000.0000 in Holm means that 28000.0000% of the people in Holm on census day were called GORN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GORN in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called GORN as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called GORN here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called GORN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.08 in Holm means that you are 1.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GORN in Holm than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holm in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALLAN (12)  ANDERSON (20)  ANGUS (10)  ANNAL (5)  AITKEN (1)  BANKS (2)  BARNETT (1)  BEATON (1)  BEWS (8)  BRASS (12)  BRUCE (1)  BUCHAN (1)  BUDGE (1)  BURGESS (10)  CAMPBELL (3)  CARSON (1)  CATTO (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CLARK (1)  CLOUSTON (9)  COGHILL (1)  COWPER (9)  COUPER (8)  COUPAR (4)  COPLAND (12)  COUPLAND (1)  CORMACK (1)  CORRIGAL (1)  CUTT (1)  CRAIGIE (10)  CROMARTY (3)  CREAR (5)  CUMMING (1)  DARL (1)  DAVIDSON (15)  DELDAY (7)  DISHAN (3)  DISHIN (2)  DISHON (1)  DOWNIE (4)  DUNCAN (1)  DUNNET (7)  DUNNETT (1)  DUTHIE (4)  AIM (10)  ESSON (8)  EUNSON (19)  FARQUHASONS (1)  FIRTH (11)  FLETT (8)  FORBES (1)  FOUBISTER (31)  GADDIE (12)  GORN (28)  GALLIE (1)  GARRIOCK (24)  GARRIOCH (13)  GORDON (1)  GRAY (1)  GUNN (9)  HARCUS (4)  HAY (2)  HEDDLE (24)  HEPBURN (15)  HEWISON (11)  HOURIE (1)  HOURRY (1)  HOURSTON (9)  HUNT (2)  HUTCHEON (4)  HUTCHISON (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  INGLETON (1)  INKSTER (7)  ISBISTER (8)  JACK (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  KENDALL (1)  KENT (4)  KIRKNESS (11)  LANSKAIL (18)  LANSKAILL (1)  LAUGHTON (92)  LEASK (3)  LINNIE (3)  LOGIE (1)  LORNSKAIL (2)  LOUTIT (8)  LUTTIT (1)  MACKTIRE (1)  MAINLAND (1)  MARWICK (5)  MANSON (13)  MATCHES (5)  MAXWELL (1)  MC BEATH (3)  MC KENZIE (2)  MACKENZIE (4)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILLER (1)  MOP (3)  MODIE (1)  MUIR (17)  MOORE (6)  MOAR (1)  MORA (1)  MOSS (8)  MOUAL (2)  MOWAT (3)  MC NEIL (8)  NICOLSON (1)  NOBLE (1)  NORWICK (1)  ODDIE (21)  PARK (5)  PERIE (1)  PETRIE (23)  POTTINGER (3)  PRATT (15)  RAINDAIL (1)  RENDALL (2)  REID (1)  RITCH (2)  RICH (2)  RITCHIE (15)  ROBERTSON (3)  ROSIE (2)  RUNCIMAN (7)  SABISTON (1)  SCARTTE (1)  SCOLLAY (1)  SHEARER (36)  SINCLAIR (63)  SLATER (17)  SCLATER (1)  SMITH (12)  SORN (4)  SPENCE (9)  STEWART (2)  STOVE (1)  SUMMERS (1)  SUTHERLAND (15)  SWANNIE (11)  SWANNEY (1)  TAIT (24)  TAYLOR (8)  TAILOR (8)  THOMSON (2)  THOMPSON (1)  TORES (1)  TULLOCK (1)  WALLS (7)  WARDS (4)  WATERS (1)  WATSON (2)  WATT (2)  WEST (1)  WINWICK (1)  WORK OR WOOK (2)  WOOLDRAGE (11)  WOOLDRAGH (?) (1)  WORK (3)  WYLIE (7)  YORSTON (1)