Top surnames from the 1881 census in Walls Sandness Papa, Zetland (Shetland)

Walls Sandness Papa is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Zetland (Shetland)

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
FRASER5521.5686242.29
JOHNSTON259.8039121.48
SINCLAIR228.6275167.30
SCOTT207.843131.00
GEORGESON155.88242,941.18
ISBISTER155.88244,411.76
COUTTS114.3137428.02
JAMESON114.3137390.07
JAMIESON103.9216140.85
HUGHSON103.92162,127.66
HENDERSON62.352921.65
WILLIAMSON62.352926.25
ROBERTSON51.960811.70
PETERSON51.9608384.62
POLE41.5686506.33
MOFFAT10.392221.65
HENRY10.392215.50
HAY10.392210.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ISBISTER4,411.76155.8824
GEORGESON2,941.18155.8824
HUGHSON2,127.66103.9216
POLE506.3341.5686
COUTTS428.02114.3137
JAMESON390.07114.3137
PETERSON384.6251.9608
FRASER242.295521.5686
SINCLAIR167.30228.6275
JAMIESON140.85103.9216
JOHNSTON121.48259.8039
SCOTT31.00207.8431
WILLIAMSON26.2562.3529
MOFFAT21.6510.3922
HENDERSON21.6562.3529
HENRY15.5010.3922
ROBERTSON11.7051.9608
HAY10.7010.3922

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 15 people called ISBISTER in Walls Sandness Papa 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 5.8824 in Walls Sandness Papa means that 5.8824% of the people in Walls Sandness Papa on census day were called ISBISTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ISBISTER 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 ISBISTER 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 ISBISTER 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 ISBISTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,411.76 in Walls Sandness Papa means that you are 4,411.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ISBISTER in Walls Sandness Papa than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Walls Sandness Papa in 1881

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

COUTTS (11)  EWANSON (6)  FOUBISTER (12)  FRASER (55)  GEORGESON (15)  SCOTT (GOUTTS) (2)  HAY (1)  HENDERSON (6)  HENRY (1)  HUGHSON (10)  UMPHRAY (7)  ISBISTER (15)  JAMESON (11)  JAMIESON (10)  JOHNSTON (25)  LAURENSON (4)  MOFFAT (1)  PETERSON (5)  POLE (4)  ROBERTSON (5)  SCOTT (20)  SINCLAIR (22)  TWATT (1)  WILLIAMSON (6)