Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yell Mid, Zetland (Shetland)

Yell Mid 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
JOHNSON777.809323.24
ROBERTSON636.389538.13
SMITH616.18664.38
WILLIAMSON606.085267.88
ANDERSON414.158221.05
THOMASON333.3469572.92
PETRIE292.9412247.44
SPENCE272.738382.80
MANSON262.6369225.50
CLARK242.43418.10
STEWART242.434115.56
SINCLAIR232.332745.23
HUGHSON202.02841,111.11
MANN191.927036.58
NICOLSON181.8256158.03
LEASK181.8256444.44
JAMESON171.7241155.82
COUTTS131.3185130.65
IRVINE131.318559.85
TULLOCK131.31851,015.63
GARDNER121.217017.93
WILLIAMS111.11561.55
POLE101.0142326.80
MORE101.0142130.38
THOMSON101.01427.59
GILBERTSON101.0142347.22
BAIN90.912836.78
THOMPSON90.91283.05
MATHEWSON80.8114336.13
WEIR70.709927.30
HENRY70.709928.09
NICHOLSON70.70999.99
JAMIESON70.709925.49
GUTHRIE60.608548.27
RAMSAY60.608523.63
KEITH60.608556.76
NISBET60.608557.64
WALKER40.40571.21
RITCHIE40.405711.74
FRASER40.40574.56
DAVIDSON40.40574.83
MONCRIEF40.40571,333.33
RUSSELL40.40573.32
BARCLAY30.304314.79
GRAY30.30432.13
SUTHERLAND30.30436.04
HUNTER20.20281.98
HENDERSON20.20281.87
BROWN20.20280.31
JAMISON20.2028101.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MONCRIEF1,333.3340.4057
HUGHSON1,111.11202.0284
TULLOCK1,015.63131.3185
DANIELSON769.2310.1014
THOMASON572.92333.3469
LEASK444.44181.8256
GILBERTSON347.22101.0142
MATHEWSON336.1380.8114
POLE326.80101.0142
BARCLEY256.4110.1014
PETRIE247.44292.9412
MANSON225.50262.6369
NICOLSON158.03181.8256
JAMESON155.82171.7241
COUTTS130.65131.3185
MORE130.38101.0142
JAMISON101.5220.2028
SPENCE82.80272.7383
WILLIAMSON67.88606.0852
IRVINE59.85131.3185
NISBET57.6460.6085
KEITH56.7660.6085
COGHILL51.2810.1014
GUTHRIE48.2760.6085
SINCLAIR45.23232.3327
BUDGE39.7620.2028
ROBERTSON38.13636.3895
BAIN36.7890.9128
MANN36.58191.9270
IRVIN34.6010.1014
HENRY28.0970.7099
WEIR27.3070.7099
CORMACK26.8520.2028
JAMIESON25.4970.7099
RAMSAY23.6360.6085
JOHNSON23.24777.8093
ANDERSON21.05414.1582
GARDNER17.93121.2170
STEWART15.56242.4341
TULLOCH15.2910.1014
BARCLAY14.7930.3043
RITCHIE11.7440.4057
NICHOLSON9.9970.7099
CLARK8.10242.4341
THOMSON7.59101.0142
SUTHERLAND6.0430.3043
DAVIDSON4.8340.4057
FRASER4.5640.4057
SMITH4.38616.1866
RUTHERFORD4.1610.1014

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called MONCRIEF in Yell Mid 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 0.4057 in Yell Mid means that 0.4057% of the people in Yell Mid on census day were called MONCRIEF.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MONCRIEF 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 MONCRIEF 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 MONCRIEF 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 MONCRIEF here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,333.33 in Yell Mid means that you are 1,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MONCRIEF in Yell Mid than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yell Mid in 1881

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

ANDERSON (41)  BAIN (9)  BARCLAY (3)  BARCLEY (1)  BARTHELSON (2)  BROWN (2)  BRUCE (1)  BUDGE (2)  CHARLESON (8)  CLARK (24)  CLUNESS ((TAVIOTT)) (2)  CLUNESS (11)  COGHILL (1)  CORMACK (2)  CORMICK (1)  COUTTS (13)  CRAGOE (1)  DANIALSON (7)  DANIELSON (1)  DAVIDSON (4)  DONALDSON (1)  DUCHARD (5)  EWANSON (5)  FOX (1)  FRASER (4)  GARDNER (12)  GILBERTSON (10)  GRAY (3)  GUTHRIE (6)  HANNSON (1)  HARRISON (2)  HENDERSON (2)  HENRY (7)  HOSEASON (20)  HAWICK (1)  HUGHSON (20)  HUNTER (2)  INKSTER (12)  IRVINE (13)  IRVIN (1)  JAMISON (2)  JAMIESON (7)  JAMESON (17)  JOHNSON (77)  MC KAY (7)  KEITH (6)  LAURENSON (1)  LEISK (5)  LEASK (18)  MANN (19)  MANSON (26)  MATHEWSON (8)  MC LEOD (2)  MILLER (1)  MONCRIEF (4)  MORE (10)  MUIR (1)  MOAR (19)  MOUAT (14)  NICOLSON (18)  NICHOLSON (7)  NINION (2)  NISBET (6)  NORMILES (1)  OMAND (1)  OMOND (4)  PETRIE (29)  POLE (10)  RAMSAY (6)  RATTER (7)  RITCHIE (4)  ROBERTSON (63)  RUSSELL (4)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SCOLLAY (24)  SINCLAIR (23)  SMITH (61)  SMOLET (2)  SPENCE (27)  STEWART (24)  SUTHERLAND (3)  THOMASON (33)  THOMSON (10)  THOMPSON (9)  THOMSON (THOMASON) (2)  TULLOCK (13)  TULLOCH (1)  WALKER (4)  WEIR (7)  WILLIAMS (11)  WILLIAMSON (60)  YOUNG (1)