Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westray Papa Westray, Orkney

Westray Papa Westray 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
RENDALL34113.37782,522.19
HARCUS1495.84544,487.95
REID943.687735.11
PATERSON682.667739.20
LOGIE632.4716851.35
STEVENSON602.353933.55
LESLIE592.3146139.81
MILLER552.157712.06
GROAT532.07921,802.72
STOUT491.9223401.31
POTTINGER481.8831719.64
DRIVER431.686991.04
GRAY401.569210.99
ALLAN301.176918.75
BREMNER281.0985127.85
SCOTT281.09854.34
BALFOUR271.0592152.11
BAIN261.020041.11
SINCLAIR261.020019.78
THOMPSON261.02003.40
TULLOCK250.9808755.29
TULLOCH250.9808147.84
SANDISON250.9808390.02
MASON230.90236.71
ROBERTSON220.86315.15
SMITH210.82390.58
KENT200.784618.62
HUME170.666947.01
MOWAT160.627791.48
MEIL160.62773,809.52
BURGHER150.58857,894.74
MAINLAND130.5100526.32
HUTCHISON120.470828.63
DAVIDSON120.47085.60
MOODIE120.4708100.25
CORSE110.43152,682.93
WILSON100.39230.85
COOPER90.35311.45
CHAPMAN90.35312.49
BURGER70.27461,166.67
MARCUS70.2746443.04
ROSIE70.2746170.73
CAMERON60.23543.03
IRVING60.235410.57
CALDER60.235416.83
FLETT60.235454.40
GULLION60.23542,857.14
MILLAR60.23546.45
COPLAND60.235442.05
SHEARER50.196215.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROUSEY2.552,54912500.0000
BURGHER2.552,5497894.7368
HARCUS2.552,5494487.9518
MEIL2.552,5493809.5238
GULLION2.552,5492857.1429
CORSE2.552,5492682.9268
RENDALL2.552,5492522.1893
GROAT2.552,5491802.7211
BURGER2.552,5491166.6667
LOGIE2.552,549851.3514
TULLOCK2.552,549755.2870
POTTINGER2.552,549719.6402
MAINLAND2.552,549526.3158
MARCUS2.552,549443.0380
STOUT2.552,549401.3104
SANDISON2.552,549390.0156
ROSIE2.552,549170.7317
BALFOUR2.552,549152.1127
TULLOCH2.552,549147.8415
TRAILL2.552,549142.0455
LESLIE2.552,549139.8104
BREMNER2.552,549127.8539
MOODIE2.552,549100.2506
MOWAT2.552,54991.4808
DRIVER2.552,54991.0438
PLANK2.552,54967.5676
FLETT2.552,54954.3971
HUME2.552,54947.0133
COPLAND2.552,54942.0463
BAIN2.552,54941.1067
PATERSON2.552,54939.2021
ANGEL2.552,54936.5297
THAIN2.552,54936.4520
REID2.552,54935.1087
STEVENSON2.552,54933.5458
HUTCHISON2.552,54928.6328
SINCLAIR2.552,54919.7764
ALLAN2.552,54918.7477
KENT2.552,54918.6237
CALDER2.552,54916.8303
SHEARER2.552,54915.2858
WALLS2.552,54913.0463
MILLER2.552,54912.0593
GRAY2.552,54910.9917
IRVING2.552,54910.5652
GRIEVE2.552,54910.1592
DRUMMOND2.552,5497.8958
MASON2.552,5496.7106
MILLAR2.552,5496.4488
DAVIDSON2.552,5495.5994

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2,549 people called ROUSEY in Westray Papa Westray 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 12500.0000 in Westray Papa Westray means that 12500.0000% of the people in Westray Papa Westray on census day were called ROUSEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROUSEY 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 ROUSEY 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 ROUSEY 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 ROUSEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2.55 in Westray Papa Westray means that you are 2.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROUSEY in Westray Papa Westray than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westray Papa Westray in 1881

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

ALLAN (30)  ANGEL (4)  BAIN (26)  BALFOUR (27)  BELLS (1)  BENSON (1)  BEWES (4)  BEWS (20)  BEWS (LOGIE) (4)  BIGLAND (4)  BIRSS (1)  BLANK (1)  BRABNER (1)  BREMNER (28)  BURGHER (15)  BURGER (7)  BURGAR (14)  BURGHESS (9)  CALDER (6)  CAMERON (6)  CAMMERON (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARTER (2)  CHALMERS (1)  CHAPMAN (9)  CLARK (1)  CLATTES (1)  COLLINS (1)  COLINS (1)  COWPER OR COMPER (2)  COOPER (9)  COPER (6)  COWPER (2)  COPLAND (6)  CORMACK (1)  COSTIE (1)  CORSE (11)  CRAIGIE (2)  CUMMING (2)  CURSITER (13)  CUSSITER (1)  DAVIDSON (12)  DEARNESS (2)  DEERNETT (1)  DREVAR (2)  DREVER (211)  DREVER OR FOULIS (2)  DRIVER (43)  DRUMMOND (4)  EUNSON (7)  EUNSSON (1)  FEATHER (1)  FERGIUS (7)  FLETT (6)  FORSTON (1)  FOULIS (38)  FOULIS OR ROSS (2)  FOWLS (3)  GALLON (2)  GARRIOCK (6)  GIBSON (1)  GRANT (2)  GRAY (40)  GRAY OR RENDALL (2)  GRIEVE (3)  GROAT (53)  GULLION (6)  GUNN (2)  HARCUS (149)  HERCUS (36)  HARWICH (1)  MC HAY (1)  HEDDLE (3)  HEDDLE (ROBERTSON) (2)  HEIGHET (1)  HELDIE (4)  HEWISON (28)  HILL (3)  HOURIE (2)  HOURSTON (17)  HUME (17)  HUTCHISON (12)  IRVING (6)  IRVINE (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  MC KAY (10)  KENDALL (1)  KENT (20)  KELDIE (6)  KING (4)  LAWRENCE (2)  LEARMONTH (9)  LENNIE (3)  LESLIE (59)  LIDDLE (1)  LINDSAY (2)  LINKLATER (1)  LOGIE (63)  MAELVILL (?) (1)  MAGREGOR (3)  MAINLAND (13)  MARCUS (7)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (23)  MASSON (1)  MC DONALD (3)  MC EWEN (1)  MC GREGOR (1)  MACKAY (3)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC RAY (5)  MEIL (16)  MENLAND (3)  MILLAR (6)  MILLER (55)  MILNE (1)  MONCUR (1)  MOODIE (12)  MUIR (5)  MOWAT (16)  MYERS (1)  NORN (1)  PATERSON (68)  PATTERSON (2)  PEDDIE (2)  PLANK (3)  POPLEY (1)  POTTINGER (48)  RENDALL (341)  REID (94)  MC ROBERT (4)  ROBERTSON (22)  ROUSAY (6)  ROSIE (7)  ROUSEY (5)  SANDISON (25)  SCOLLAY (6)  SCHOLLAY (5)  SCOLLY (3)  SCHOLIE (4)  SCHOLLEY (4)  SCHOLLIE (9)  SCOLI (2)  SCOTT (28)  SHEARER (5)  SIMSON (1)  SINCLAIR (26)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (21)  SEATER (35)  SEATTER (68)  SEATOR (58)  SPENCER (5)  STEVENSON (60)  STEWART (1)  STOCKAN (5)  STOUT (49)  SWANNY (5)  SWANNEY (1)  SWANNAY (6)  THAIN (3)  THELDY (1)  THOMSON (5)  THOMPSON (26)  TWATT (7)  TRAILL (5)  TULLOCK (25)  TULLOCH (25)  WAGREL (1)  WALLS (4)  WALSH (3)  WARD (2)  WATT (1)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILSON (10)  WOOD (1)  WORKE (1)  YULE (1)