Top surnames from the 1881 census in Birsay Harray, Orkney

Birsay Harray 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
SPENCE23710.1586307.11
JOHNSTON1727.372591.36
FLETT1215.18651,198.02
TAYLOR1054.50067.04
HARVEY954.072038.14
STANGER602.57181,022.15
MOWAT572.4432356.03
ISBISTER542.31461,730.77
LINKLATER472.0146859.23
SCOTT461.97177.79
HUNTER451.928818.78
SINCLAIR451.928837.40
ANDERSON401.71458.68
KIRKNESS371.58591,396.23
CLOUSTON351.50021,125.40
ROBERTSON351.50028.95
JOHNSTONE341.457432.24
MERRIMAN291.2430339.98
BROWN271.15731.76
SMITH230.98590.70
HARPER220.943014.73
GARSON220.94301,100.00
PHILLIPS210.90015.03
FIRTH200.857325.81
DAVIDSON190.81449.69
STEPHEN150.642936.67
MANSON130.557247.65
BIAS130.55725,652.17
MEADOWS120.514436.78
SABISTON120.51441,061.95
COOPER120.51442.11
SCARTH110.4715268.29
ADAMSON110.471517.83
HAY110.471512.86
IRVINE100.428619.46
MILLER100.42862.40
GRAY90.38582.70
LEASK90.385893.85
PHILIPS80.342918.52
FRASER80.34293.85
HEPBURN80.342938.55
AITKEN80.342913.07
PATERSON80.34295.04
CRUICKSHANK70.300026.72
BRUCE70.30006.41
CUTT70.3000292.89
RITCH70.3000338.16
COUPER70.300066.99
GUNN70.300012.25
CUMMING70.300015.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIAS2.332,3335652.1739
ISBISTER2.332,3331730.7692
KIRKNESS2.332,3331396.2264
FLETT2.332,3331198.0198
CLOUSTON2.332,3331125.4019
GARSON2.332,3331100.0000
SABISTON2.332,3331061.9469
STANGER2.332,3331022.1465
LINKLATER2.332,333859.2322
MOWAT2.332,333356.0275
MERRIMAN2.332,333339.9766
RITCH2.332,333338.1643
SPENCE2.332,333307.1142
CUTT2.332,333292.8870
MEASON2.332,333270.2703
SCARTH2.332,333268.2927
MARWICK2.332,333106.3830
LEASK2.332,33393.8478
JOHNSTON2.332,33391.3582
COUPER2.332,33366.9856
COGHILL2.332,33364.9351
DUTHIE2.332,33347.9233
MANSON2.332,33347.6540
HEPBURN2.332,33338.5542
HARVEY2.332,33338.1388
SINCLAIR2.332,33337.3972
MEADOWS2.332,33336.7760
STEPHEN2.332,33336.6659
JOHNSTONE2.332,33332.2428
SANGSTER2.332,33326.8817
CRUICKSHANK2.332,33326.7176
FIRTH2.332,33325.8131
RUST2.332,33324.3704
BALLANTYNE2.332,33322.6116
GRIEVE2.332,33322.1976
WALLS2.332,33321.3828
IRVINE2.332,33319.4553
HUNTER2.332,33318.7829
PHILIPS2.332,33318.5185
ADAMSON2.332,33317.8253
CUMMING2.332,33315.7268
HARPER2.332,33314.7295
SHEARER2.332,33313.3601
AITKEN2.332,33313.0676
HAY2.332,33312.8565
GUNN2.332,33312.2528
DAVIDSON2.332,3339.6865
JOLLY2.332,3339.0717
ROBERTSON2.332,3338.9528
ANDERSON2.332,3338.6806

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2,333 people called BIAS in Birsay Harray 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 5652.1739 in Birsay Harray means that 5652.1739% of the people in Birsay Harray on census day were called BIAS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIAS 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 BIAS 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 BIAS 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 BIAS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2.33 in Birsay Harray means that you are 2.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIAS in Birsay Harray than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Birsay Harray in 1881

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

ADAMSON (11)  ALEXANDER (6)  ANDERSON (40)  ARCHIBALD (1)  AITKEN (8)  BAKIE (5)  BAIKIE (16)  BALLANTYNE (4)  BALYNTINE (1)  BECACK (8)  BERTRAM (1)  BEWS (8)  BICHAN (1)  BORWICK (26)  BREAK (2)  BRASH (1)  BROWN (27)  BRUCE (7)  BRUNSTON (1)  BIAS (13)  CHAMBERS (1)  CLARK (3)  CLOUSTON (35)  CLOVSTON (1)  COGHILL (3)  COMLEQUOY (1)  COMLOQUOY (13)  COMPTON (1)  COOPER (12)  COUPER (7)  CORRIGALL (64)  CORSIE (5)  CUTT (7)  CRAE (1)  CRAIGIE (1)  CROMARTY (1)  CRUICKSHANK (7)  CUMMING (7)  CURSITER (3)  DAVIDSON (19)  DEERNESS (2)  DERNESS (1)  DEARNESS (1)  DICKEY (1)  DICKSON (2)  DOUGLAS (5)  DREVER (2)  DUNNET (3)  DUTHIE (6)  FINDLATER (5)  FINDLAY (1)  FIRTH (20)  FLETT (121)  FOLSTER (51)  FOUBISTER (3)  FRASER (8)  GANDIE (3)  GARSON (22)  GAUDIE (1)  GORIE (2)  GORRIE (1)  GRAY (9)  GRIEVE (6)  GROUNDWATER (8)  GUNN (7)  HERCUS (2)  HARPER (22)  HARRAY (3)  HARVEY (95)  HAY (11)  HEPBURN (8)  OAG (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOURIE (20)  HOURSTON (14)  HUNTER (45)  INKSTER (3)  IRONSIDE (1)  IRVINE (10)  ISBISTER (54)  KIRKNESS OR ISBISTER (4)  ISBESTER (5)  JOBSON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JOHNSTON (172)  JOHNSTONE (34)  JOHSTON (1)  JOLLY (3)  MC KAY (4)  KING (1)  KIRKNESS (37)  KIRKPATRICK (1)  LANGSKAIL (12)  LANGSKAILL (LANGSKAIL) (2)  LANGSKILL (3)  LEASK (9)  LENNIE (7)  LIDDLE OR SHEARER (2)  LINKLATER (47)  LIVINGSTONE (1)  LOULLET (LOULTET) (2)  LOULLET (2)  LOUTET (2)  MAINLAND (1)  MUIRDEN (9)  MARTINS (2)  MARWICK (3)  MANSON (13)  MEASON (3)  MATCHES (19)  MC CABE (1)  MC CURES (1)  MC DONALD (3)  MAC DONALD (2)  MC INTOSH (2)  MC KENZIE (4)  MEADOWS (12)  MERRIMAN (29)  MERREMAN (1)  MILLER (10)  MILLAR (1)  MIRRIMAN (1)  MOAR (96)  MOORE (6)  MOWAR OR MOWAT (2)  MOWAT (57)  NELZIAN (2)  PATERSON (8)  PEARSON (3)  PHILLIPE (1)  PHILLIPS (21)  PHILIPS (8)  RENDALL (2)  REID (1)  RITCH (7)  ROBERTSON (35)  ROBSON (3)  ROWLAND (3)  RUST (3)  SABISTON (12)  SANGSTER (3)  SONGSTER (1)  SCARTH (11)  SCOLLAY (8)  SCOTT (46)  SHEARER (4)  SINCLAIR (45)  SKEA (1)  SELATER (10)  SMITH (23)  SPENCE (237)  SPENSE (4)  STANGER (60)  STILL (2)  STEPHEN (15)  STEVENSON (4)  STEWART (6)  STICLAR (3)  TAYLOR (105)  TWAT (1)  TWATT (1)  TYNE (3)  WALLS (6)  WALTER (2)  WHITE (1)  WHITLAW (11)  WILSON (1)  WISHART (1)  WOOD (5)  YARSTON (1)  YORSTON (YARSTON) (2)  YORSTONE (6)  YORSTON (4)