Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sandwick, Orkney

Sandwick 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
LINKLATER1028.46473,617.02
GARSON675.56026,504.85
KIRKNESS615.06224,452.55
IRVINE504.1494188.32
JOHNSTON433.568544.22
BRASS423.48551,842.11
SPENCE393.236597.84
FLETT373.0705710.17
SINCLAIR332.738653.10
HARVEY292.406622.54
ROBERTSON252.074712.38
SABISTON252.07474,310.34
MERRIMAN252.0747566.89
SMITH231.90871.35
BROWN161.32782.01
HAY151.244833.94
FIRTH151.244837.48
WISHART151.2448158.90
MORRISON141.161814.78
CLOUSTON131.0788807.45
TAYLOR120.99591.56
MARWICK110.9129753.42
SWANSON110.9129124.72
ROWLAND110.912932.12
SCOTT90.74692.95
SLATER90.746912.34
COPLAND80.6639118.52
WALKER80.66391.98
GUNN80.663927.11
MUIR80.663917.35
POKE70.58092,333.33
HUNTER70.58095.66
DICKSON60.497913.45
PEACE60.497954.95
BUDGE60.497997.72
SCARTH60.4979283.02
POTTS60.497914.92
COUPLAND60.497978.64
TOWERS50.414935.82
ANDERSON40.33201.68
WILL40.332081.30
MUNRO40.33207.43
RENDALL40.332062.60
LEONARD40.332015.31
BREMNER40.332038.65
BALLANTYNE40.332043.76
WALLS30.249020.70
MEIL30.24901,500.00
DAVIDSON30.24902.96
BURK30.249069.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GARSON1.211,2056504.8544
KIRKNESS1.211,2054452.5547
SABISTON1.211,2054310.3448
LINKLATER1.211,2053617.0213
POKE1.211,2052333.3333
BRASS1.211,2051842.1053
MEIL1.211,2051500.0000
CLOUSTON1.211,205807.4534
MARWICK1.211,205753.4247
FLETT1.211,205710.1727
MERRIMAN1.211,205566.8934
SCARTH1.211,205283.0189
TYRIE1.211,205234.3750
IRVINE1.211,205188.3239
WISHART1.211,205158.8983
SWANSON1.211,205124.7166
COPLAND1.211,205118.5185
STANGER1.211,20599.0099
SPENCE1.211,20597.8424
BUDGE1.211,20597.7199
WILL1.211,20581.3008
COUPLAND1.211,20578.6370
BURK1.211,20569.2841
RENDALL1.211,20562.5978
PEACE1.211,20554.9451
SINCLAIR1.211,20553.0973
LAUGHTON1.211,20551.1945
JOHNSTON1.211,20544.2205
BALLANTYNE1.211,20543.7637
LEASK1.211,20540.4040
FOTHERINGHAM1.211,20539.4477
BREMNER1.211,20538.6473
FIRTH1.211,20537.4813
TOWERS1.211,20535.8166
HAY1.211,20533.9443
ROWLAND1.211,20532.1168
GUNN1.211,20527.1095
HARVEY1.211,20522.5418
WALLS1.211,20520.7039
MUIR1.211,20517.3461
LEONARD1.211,20515.3139
POTTS1.211,20514.9180
MORRISON1.211,20514.7820
DICKSON1.211,20513.4469
ROBERTSON1.211,20512.3811
SLATER1.211,20512.3372
MUNRO1.211,2057.4349
HUNTER1.211,2055.6570
WATT1.211,2054.3281
BRUCE1.211,2053.5436

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,205 people called GARSON in Sandwick 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 6504.8544 in Sandwick means that 6504.8544% of the people in Sandwick on census day were called GARSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GARSON 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 GARSON 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 GARSON 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 GARSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.21 in Sandwick means that you are 1.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GARSON in Sandwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sandwick in 1881

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

ALLAN (PEACE) (2)  ALLAN (2)  ANDERSON (4)  AITKEN (1)  AITKIN (1)  BAIN (1)  BALLANTYNE (4)  BALLANTINE (1)  BELCOMBE (1)  BEWES (1)  BEWS (6)  BURK (3)  BLACK (1)  BORWICK (1)  BORWICK (DAVIDSON) (2)  BRASS (42)  BREMNER (4)  BROWN (16)  BRUCE (2)  BUDGE (6)  BYAS (1)  CLONSTON (1)  CLOUSTON (13)  COPLAND (8)  COUPLAND (6)  CORRIGALL (10)  CRAIGIE (5)  CRUGIE (1)  CRUCKSHANK (3)  CURSITER (1)  DAG (2)  DAVIDSON (3)  DAVID (1)  DENNISON (1)  DICK (1)  DICKSON (6)  FIRTH OR DICKSON (2)  ESSELEMENT (3)  ESSELMENT (1)  ESSELMONT (5)  FIRTH (15)  FLAWS (1)  FLETT (37)  FOLSTER (3)  FOTHERINGHAM (2)  FOUBISTER (6)  GARSON (67)  GAUDIE (6)  GAUDIE OR LINKLATER (2)  GROAT (1)  GROUNDWATER (7)  GUNN (8)  HARPER (1)  HARVEY (29)  HARWICK (1)  HAY (15)  HEDDLE (1)  OAG (1)  HOURIE (6)  HOURSTON (13)  SCOTT OR HOWIE (2)  HOME (1)  HUNTER (7)  IBISTER (1)  INKSTER (1)  IRONSIDE (7)  IRVINE (50)  JOHNSON (1)  JOHNSTON (43)  MC KAY (1)  KIRKNESS (61)  LAURANCE (1)  LAUGHTON (3)  LEARNMOUTH (1)  LEASK (2)  LENNIE (11)  LEONARD (4)  LINKLATER (102)  LINKLATER (MOAR) (2)  LINSKILL (3)  MUIRDEN (1)  MARWICK (11)  MANSON (1)  MC DONALD (6)  DONALD (1)  MC GHIE (2)  MC IVER (1)  MAC KAY (5)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC RAY (4)  MEIL (3)  MERREMAN (13)  MERRIMAN (25)  MILLER (1)  MOAR (52)  MUIR (8)  MOUR (6)  MORRISON (14)  MUNRO (4)  MUTCH (1)  PAPLAY (3)  PEACE (6)  POKE (7)  POTTS (6)  RENDALL (4)  RENDAL (1)  REDLAND (7)  ROBERTSON (25)  ROWLAND (11)  SABISTON (25)  SANGSTER (1)  SCARTH (6)  SCOTT (9)  SINCLAIR (33)  SLATER (9)  SMITH (23)  SEATTER (6)  SOUTAR (3)  SPENCE (39)  STANGER (3)  STEPHEN (1)  STOCKAN (23)  SUTHERLAND (2)  SWANSON (11)  TAIT (1)  TAYLOR (12)  TYRIE (3)  TWATT (3)  TOWERS (5)  TULLOCH (1)  TURFUS (2)  VELZIAN (11)  WALKER (8)  WALLS (3)  WARDS (8)  WATT (2)  WILL (4)  WILSON (1)  WISHART (15)  YORSTON (1)