Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lady, Orkney

Lady 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
MUIR11411.9748312.93
SKEA535.56726,794.87
SLATER474.937081.54
WALLACE474.937072.09
MOODIE434.5168961.97
SINCLAIR414.306783.50
THOMSON394.096630.66
WORK383.99163,275.86
PEACE333.4664382.39
GUTHRIE272.8361225.00
WILSON262.73115.95
KING202.10089.64
ANGUS171.7857124.82
GRIEVE131.3655117.86
LESSLIE121.26051,846.15
GOAR101.05045,263.16
MAINLAND101.05041,086.96
SWANSON101.0504143.47
CROY90.94541,956.52
TOWERS80.840372.53
FORD80.84038.63
CUMMING80.840344.05
WALLS80.840369.87
MILLER70.73534.11
MOODY70.735328.16
GEORGESON70.7353368.42
SCOTT60.63032.49
SANDISON60.6303251.05
TULLOCH60.630394.94
RITCH60.6303705.88
CUSTER50.52524,545.45
HARVEY50.52524.92
ARMOUR50.525283.75
CORMACK40.420255.56
TULLOCK40.4202322.58
RENDALL30.315159.41
LESLIE30.315119.04
SHEARER30.315124.55
CAMPBELL30.31511.86
SWANEY20.2101625.00
WALTER20.210113.72
GORE20.210118.60
CALDERWOOD10.105029.24
FOX10.10501.13
ESSON10.105047.62
OGG10.105032.89
HUNTER10.10501.02
MORGAN10.10500.53
SIMPSON10.10500.60
MOAT10.105054.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SKEA0.959526794.8718
GOAR0.959525263.1579
CUSTER0.959524545.4545
STOUTT0.959523333.3333
WORK0.959523275.8621
CROY0.959521956.5217
LESSLIE0.959521846.1538
MAINLAND0.959521086.9565
MOODIE0.95952961.9687
RITCH0.95952705.8824
SWANEY0.95952625.0000
PEACE0.95952382.3870
GEORGESON0.95952368.4211
TULLOCK0.95952322.5806
MUIR0.95952312.9289
SANDISON0.95952251.0460
GUTHRIE0.95952225.0000
SWANSON0.95952143.4720
ANGUS0.95952124.8164
GRIEVE0.95952117.8604
CUTT0.95952102.0408
TULLOCH0.9595294.9367
ARMOUR0.9595283.7521
SINCLAIR0.9595283.5031
SLATER0.9595281.5406
HARCUS0.9595280.6452
TOWERS0.9595272.5295
WALLACE0.9595272.0859
WALLS0.9595269.8690
RENDALL0.9595259.4059
BRASS0.9595255.5556
CORMACK0.9595255.5556
MOAT0.9595254.3478
FIDDLER0.9595248.5437
ESSON0.9595247.6190
CUMMING0.9595244.0529
DANGERFIELD0.9595235.9712
OGG0.9595232.8947
THOMSON0.9595230.6604
CALDERWOOD0.9595229.2398
MOODY0.9595228.1577
SHEARER0.9595224.5499
LESLIE0.9595219.0355
GORE0.9595218.6047
WALTER0.9595213.7174
MELVILLE0.959529.9502
KING0.959529.6395
FORD0.959528.6272
WILSON0.959525.9465
HARVEY0.959524.9193

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 952 people called SKEA in Lady 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 6794.8718 in Lady means that 6794.8718% of the people in Lady on census day were called SKEA.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SKEA 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 SKEA 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 SKEA 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 SKEA here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.95 in Lady means that you are 0.95 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SKEA in Lady than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lady in 1881

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

ANGUS (17)  ARMIT (1)  ARMOUR (5)  BRASS (1)  BROCK OR BRUCK (12)  CALDERWOOD (1)  CAMPBELL (3)  CORMACK (4)  CUTT (1)  CROMARTY (1)  CROY (9)  CUMMING (8)  CURSITER (1)  CUSTER (5)  DANGERFIELD (1)  DEARNESS (25)  DREVER (50)  ESSON (1)  FEA (3)  FIDDLER (1)  FORD (8)  FOTHERINGHAME (19)  FOX (1)  GARRIOCK (7)  GARRIOCH (4)  GEORGESON (7)  GOAR (10)  GORE (2)  GRIEVE (13)  GUTHRIE (27)  HERCUS (1)  HARCUS (1)  HARVEY (5)  OGG (1)  HUNTER (1)  KING (20)  LEARMONTH (26)  LENNIE (11)  LESLIE (3)  LESSLIE (12)  LOUTIT (1)  MAINLAND (10)  MAC INNES (5)  MC CLOUD (1)  MC CONAGHY (4)  MELVILLE (1)  MILLER (7)  MILNE (1)  MOAT (1)  MOODIE (43)  MOODY (7)  MUIR (114)  WALLACE OR MUIR (2)  MORGAN (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  PEACE (33)  RENDALL (3)  REID (1)  RITCH (6)  ROUSAY (1)  SANDISON (6)  SCOTT (6)  SHEARER (3)  SIMPSON (1)  SINCLAIR (41)  SKEA (53)  SLATER (47)  SNODY (1)  STEVENSON (1)  STOUTT (1)  SWANEY (2)  SWANNEY (4)  SWANNIE (4)  SWANSON (10)  THOMSON (39)  TOWERS (8)  TULLOCH (6)  TULLOCK (4)  TURFACE (9)  TURFENS (8)  WALLS (8)  WALLACE (47)  WALTER (2)  WESTNESS (4)  WILSON (26)  WORK (38)  YORKSTON (1)