Orkney Surnames in the 1841 Census

(Report date: 03/05/24)

Surname	Count
?	6
Abernathy	8
Abernethy	1
Adam	1
Adams	1
Adamson	11
Aim	23
Aitken	9
Aitkens	3
Aitkin	11
Alan	1
Alexander	28
Allan	201
Allen	2
Allon	3
Alquest	1
Anderson	164
Anderson ?	1
Angel	15
Angus	61
Annal	90
Annel	1
Arcas	1
Arches ?	1
Archibald	4
Armit	1
Arscott	2
Arthur	2
Austin	2
B.... ?	1
Baikie	146
Bailie	5
Bain	52
Bainston	8
Bakie	21
Bakie ?	1
Balfour	29
Ballanden	4
Ballandine	1
Ballantine	9
Ballantyne	9
Ballenden	25
Ballendon	3
Ballentine	1
Banker	3
Banks	76
Bannandan	1
Bannantyn	5
Bannatyne	1
Barnet	27
Barnetson	3
Barnett	1
Barr	1
Barrie	1
Barron	3
Barry	4
Barton	2
Be.. ?	4
Beaton	7
Beatton	16
Begg	30
Bell	12
Bellie	1
Benson	3
Benston	12
Berstan	8
Berston	30
Betton	3
Bews	214
Bichan	55
Bichen	6
Biglan	4
Bigland	9
Black	3
Blaikie	3
Blair	1
Blellock	1
Borwick	65
Bower	2
Boyd	1
Boyles	1
Brander	1
Brass	117
Break	5
Breck	11
Bremner	53
Broch	1
Brochie	1
Brock	47
Broddie	8
Brodie	44
Brody	9
Broke	2
Brotchie	15
Brough	17
Brown	328
Brownle	1
Bruce	63
Buchan	16
Buchanan	2
Budge	133
Burgar	29
Burger	1
Burges	5
Burgess	13
Burgher	10
Burn	1
Burnett	3
Buyes	1
Byas	22
Byrs	1
Caike ?	1
Cairncross	6
Caithness	25
Calder	32
Caldwell	1
Cambel	5
Cambel ?	1
Cambell	1
Camel	1
Cameron	8
Campbell	19
Campell	1
Cantley	4
Card	1
Carrol	3
Cathie	1
Chalmers	162
Chalson ?	1
Chambers	23
Chapman	3
Charles	4
Chisholm	3
Chishom ?	1
Christie	11
Church	1
Clark	19
Cleat	1
Clett	2
Clouston	273
Clustan	3
Coban	2
Cobban	3
Cock	15
Coghill	5
Cogle	4
Coldwall	1
Colins	1
Comloquoy	7
Conn ?	1
Conner	1
Connor	7
Constable	1
Cook	7
Cooper	85
Copeland	1
Copland	51
Copper	6
Corigall	3
Cormack	97
Cormey	1
Cormick	5
Corner	6
Corrigal	75
Corrigall	112
Corrigill	27
Corse	18
Corsie	26
Corston	47
Coseter	11
Cosie	1
Costay	5
Costie	17
Couper	55
Coupland	9
Cowper	9
Craggie	9
Cragie	2
Craig	7
Craigie	360
Crawford	2
Cray	5
Crear	13
Creelman	8
Crielman	1
Cristy ?	1
Crolly	2
Cromarty	171
Crookshank	8
Crow	1
Croy	62
Cruickshank	2
Cruickshanks	1
Cruikshank	4
Cuming	1
Cummin	13
Cumming	40
Cummings	10
Cursator	17
Cursatter	1
Cursetter	3
Cursitar	12
Cursiter	38
Cursitor	1
Cursitter	1
Cusiter	7
Cussiter	4
Cuthbert	9
Cutt	47
Danny	4
Dass	26
Davaidson	7
Davey	1
Davidson	70
Davie	17
Davison	4
Deans	2
Dearan	1
Dearness	144
Dears.	1
Deerness	5
Delday	17
Dennison	36
Derness	6
Devison	5
Dewrie	1
Dick	15
Dickson	37
Dikson	2
Dinison	1
Dinnison	25
Dishan	11
Dishon	36
Dixon	4
Donaldson	28
Downer	2
Downie	11
Downie ?	1
Downy	1
Draver	3
Dreaver	25
Drever	346
Driver	26
Drummond	50
Drumond	1
Ducat ?	1
Duguid	7
Dunbrack	2
Duncan	83
Dunnet	64
Durran	7
Durrand	1
Dyer	6
Earven	1
Elder	8
Ellison	1
Elphinstone	5
Elrick	3
Erskine	1
Ervin	1
Ervine	1
Esson	54
Estrem ?	1
Eunson	154
Ewing	10
Fairweather	9
Farquar	1
Farquhar	19
Farquharson	1
Faulio	4
Fea	32
Fergus	5
Ferguson	4
Ferniburgh ?	1
Ferrier	3
Fiddler	29
Fidler	2
Finlay	14
Finlayson	1
Finley	5
Finlison	7
Finnison	8
Firth	151
Firth ?	7
Flaws	70
Flett	759
Flood	4
Fols... ?	1
Folsetter	6
Folster	73
Forbas	15
Forbes	10
Fosby	5
Fotheringam	8
Fotheringham	20
Fotheringhame	60
Foubister	159
Foulis	35
Fouls	23
Fowles	10
Fowlis	28
Fowls	4
Fraser	25
Frasher	1
Friker ?	1
Gaddie	1
Gadie	10
Gallaway	4
Garden	1
Gardner	3
Garner	1
Garrioch	179
Garriock	102
Garroch	3
Garson	144
Gaudie	38
Geddes	2
Geir	2
Gerard	3
Gerrick	1
Ghream	1
Gibbon	3
Gibson	114
Gills	4
Gilvery	1
Goar	65
Goarn	5
Gold	1
Gordon	18
Gore	8
Gorie	13
Gorn	18
Gorrie	36
Goudie	16
Gow	6
Gowdie	5
Graem	1
Graham	2
Grahame	3
Grant	21
Gray	146
Greaves	5
Green	32
Greeve	1
Gregson	2
Greig	4
Grey	18
Grieve	60
Grive	2
Groat	154
Groatster	1
Grote	1
Groundwater	97
Gullion	35
Gun	10
Gunn	103
Gutcher	27
Guthrie	111
Hacklan	3
Hackland	34
Hadden	2
Halcro	26
Halcrow	52
Hall	1
Hamilton	9
Handyside	2
Hannah	1
Harcas	2
Harcus	195
Harcus ?	2
Hardy	4
Harkes	7
Harold	1
Harper	53
Harper ?	1
Harray	17
Harrold	78
Harvey	171
Harvie	2
Harvy	1
Hattlaw	1
Hay	133
Heddel	1
Heddell	2
Heddle	226
Henderson	22
Hepburn	89
Hercus	170
Hercus ?	1
Hervey	11
Hewison	41
Hewso	1
Hilchon	1
Himager	3
Hockney	1
Hollan ?	4
Holland	32
Hope ?	1
Horie	6
Horn	13
Horne	14
Horrie	12
Horry	7
Hossack	14
Hossik	1
Hourie	47
Hourry	6
Hourstan	2
Hourston	188
Houry	10
Houston	11
Huary	1
Hume	29
Humphrey	2
Humphry	1
Hundle ?	1
Hunter	72
Huntow	39
Huntow ?	4
Hurie	10
Hurrie	5
Hurstan	8
Hurston	10
Hutcheson	4
Hutchinson	1
Hutchison	88
Hutton	2
Ingram	5
Ingster	13
Inkester	1
Inksetter	4
Inkster	125
Innes	2
Innis	2
Ireland	13
Irvin	1
Irvine	361
Irving	11
Isbister	268
Isbister ?	1
Iverach	5
Iysbister	1
Jack	10
James	2
Jarvis	1
Ji ?	1
Jobson	5
Johns	4
Johnson	4
Johnston	453
Johnston ?	1
Johnstone	11
Jones	2
Jonston	4
Keith	9
Kelday	22
Keldie	48
Keldy	3
Kelly	1
Kenedy	8
Kennedy	10
Kent	25
Kerail ?	1
King	24
King ?	1
Kinyon	1
Kirkness	203
Kirkpatrick	7
Knarston	30
Knight	35
Laird	58
Langskail	20
Langskaill	11
Langskill	1
Lankskail	2
Lankskill	1
Lanscail	1
Lanskail	3
Lanskaill	1
Lanskal ?	1
Laughton	271
Laurence	2
Learmond	10
Learmonth	28
Leask	262
Leayl	1
Lees	7
Leith	72
Lenie ?	1
Lennard	37
Lennay	1
Lenney	2
Lennie	37
Lenny	1
Leonard	9
Lermon ?	1
Lermond	6
Leslie	126
Lesly	6
Levach	9
Lial	1
Lich	1
Liddle	55
Lillie ?	1
Linay	56
Lindsay	1
Line	1
Liney	28
Linklater	416
Linklatter	12
Linnay	20
Linney	10
Linnie	13
Linny	1
Lion	13
Loggie	2
Logie	126
Loguie	17
Louitt	1
Loutit	54
Loutitt	14
Louttit	250
Low	15
Lowdin	2
Lyal	1
Lyall	18
Lyon	22
Macaulay	1
Macauly	7
Macbeath	6
MacCasket	1
MacDonald	12
MacDonough	1
MacGuffie	4
Machining	1
Macintosh	1
Mackainly	2
Mackay	71
Mackdugal	1
Mackenlay	1
MacKenzie	7
Mackey	2
Mackid ?	1
MacKinlay	3
Mackinley	1
Macleod	2
Macloud	1
Macpherson	1
Maczibren ?	1
Mainland	166
Malcolm	16
Malcolson	8
Malcom	6
Malcomson	46
Male	15
Malish	1
Mallet	1
Manson	133
Manson ?	3
Martin	3
Marwick	263
Mason	31
Masson	9
Matches	74
Matheson	9
Mathieson	2
Mathison	1
Matthieson	4
Maxwell	43
McBain	2
McBeath	18
McCormick	1
McCrae	4
Mccullock	1
McDaull	1
McDonald	39
McDougall	1
McEurie	3
McEuris	2
Mcgea	5
McGillivray	2
McGillvary	6
McGilveri	1
McGregor	2
McGummery	1
McInnis	1
McIntosh	2
McIntyre	11
McIver	12
McIver ?	1
McIvor	7
McIvor ?	1
Mck?	1
McKay	60
McKean	2
McKenzie	29
McKersie ?	5
McKie	1
McKinlay	12
McKinzie	2
McKluskey	1
McLaughlan	4
McLaughlin	1
McLean	2
McLellan	8
McLeod	10
McLoud	7
McMinim	1
McNeal	1
McPherson	4
McQueen	3
Meadows	12
Meal	23
Meall	1
Meason	13
Mecay	2
Meil	14
Meliss	1
Mellis	5
Meriman	6
Merriman	70
Merryman	11
Mettland	1
Michael	7
Michall	23
Michel	1
Michell	1
Mickljohn	1
Mill	18
Millar	141
Miller	327
Milln	9
Millone	1
Mills	1
Miln	1
Milne	16
Mitchel	1
Mitchell	25
Moad	3
Moar	279
Moar ?	1
Moir	2
Moncrief	1
Moncrieff	5
Monro	9
Montgomery	2
Moodie	63
Moody	19
Moore	1
More	6
Morison	6
Morrison	8
Morwick	9
Moss	16
Mouat	6
Mowat	382
Mowatt	2
Mudie	26
Mudy	1
Muir	480
Mullins	1
Munro	12
Munroe	1
Munrou	2
Murdoch	3
Murray	40
n k	2
Narston	13
Nearn ?	3
Neilson	2
Nelson	1
Newland	8
Nichol	1
Nicholson	66
Nickelson	3
Nickleson	1
Nicolson	13
Nisbet	3
Nisbit	6
Niven	1
Norie	7
Norn	46
Norquay	32
Norquoy	74
Nurquoy	1
Oddie	34
Odie	1
Oley ?	4
Ollay	12
Olley	9
Oman	51
Omand	72
Omon	19
Omond	25
Osborn	1
Osburn	4
Ossen ?	3
Ousburn	1
Papaly	2
Papla	10
Paplay	24
Papley	2
Paplie	4
Paply	1
Park	49
Paterson	48
Paton	1
Patten	14
Paul	7
Pavie	9
Pavy	1
Peace	324
Peace ?	3
Pearson	21
Peebles	16
Peterkin	5
Peterson	4
Petrie	138
Philips	5
Phillips	31
Pier / Vier ?	1
Pitcairn	1
Ploughman	1
Pointen	2
Pollexson	4
Porteous	3
Potinger	4
Pottengar	10
Pottenger	4
Pottingar	4
Pottinger	69
Pratt	20
Pringle	1
Rae	6
Railson	1
Raindal	1
Ramsay	9
Randal	5
Randall	2
Rankin	2
Rapson ?	1
Ratter	1
Redland	6
Reed	1
Reeder	5
Reid	384
Rendal	87
Rendall	386
Renton	5
Rettie	1
Rich	41
Richan	2
Riddock	1
Ritch	117
Ritcheson	1
Ritchie	11
Robb	19
Robertson	371
Robertson ?	1
Robson	31
Rolland	1
Ronaldson	5
Rorie	6
Rory	8
Rosie	107
Ross	123
Rossie	30
Rouland	8
Rouland ?	2
Rousay	38
Rouse	6
Rousland	1
Rowans	2
Rowland	37
Rusell	5
Rusland	32
Russel	15
Russell	47
Russland	8
Rutherford	1
Ryrie	1
Sabbeston	3
Sabeston	1
Sabisten	1
Sabiston	143
Sabiston ?	9
Sabyston	1
Sanders	9
Sandeson	1
Sandison	101
Sands	4
Sangster	1
Saunders	10
Scarth	46
Sclater	60
Sclatter	5
Scletter	3
Scollay	21
Scolley	2
Scolly	4
Scoly	11
Scott	464
Seater	82
Seater?	1
Seator	46
Seatter	60
Sebeston	11
Selkirk	1
Setter	28
Setters ?	2
Settor	4
Shaw	6
Shearer	201
Shepler	1
Sheppard	1
Sherar	42
Sherer	18
Sherrer	7
Sherriff	8
Shildon	1
Short	9
Shurrie	15
Simeson	11
Simon ?	1
Simpson	103
Sinclair	946
Sinclair ?	1
Sinclar	2
Skea	129
Sketheway	2
Skethway	30
Skinner	10
Slater	106
Slatter	53
Slay	1
Sleatter	1
Sletter	15
Sletter ?	1
Small	1
Smeaton	9
Smellie	5
Smillie	1
Smith	443
Snoddy	2
Snodey	1
Snody	7
Solly	2
Speed	1
Spence	633
Staig	1
Stamp ?	1
Stanger	55
Stapp	1
Stark	1
Starkey	3
Stenegair	8
Stenger	10
Stenghar ?	1
Stenigair	2
Stensgair	47
Stenston	1
Stephen	4
Stephenson	36
Steven	5
Stevenson	89
Stevinson	1
Stevnson	1
Steward	4
Stewart	91
Stickler	22
Stirling	1
Stobbs	8
Stobie	3
Stockan	45
Stockand	2
Stokan	14
Stout	92
Stoutt	1
Stove	51
Strachan	1
Strang	3
Strong	1
Struthers	4
Sutherland	363
Suttie	2
Swan	8
Swanay	7
Swaney	34
Swanie	36
Swannay	1
Swanney	96
Swannie	20
Swanny	19
Swanson	47
Swanston	9
Swany	6
Swordie	8
Swordie ?	1
Sybiston	1
Symeson	23
Symison	13
Symison ?	1
Tailor	20
Tait	236
Taree ?	3
Taven	1
Taylor	354
Thamson	1
Thoirs	6
Thomison	63
Thompson	103
Thomson	356
Thorntown	1
Tilloch	1
Tinch	1
Tomison	40
Tomson	21
Tough	3
Tourie	2
Tours	5
Towers	43
Towers ?	1
Towrie	30
Trail	1
Traill	42
Tripp	1
Trumbland	10
Tulloch	331
Tullock	41
Turface	23
Turffes	2
Turfus	11
Turnbull	1
Turner	9
Turphes	1
Twat	4
Twatt	50
Tyrie	10
Urquart	1
Urquhart	3
Vailliont	4
Valaine ?	2
Valian	3
Vedder	8
Vellian	5
Vellion	4
Velzian	17
Velzion	6
Vincent	1
Voy	15
Waas	1
Wald	13
Walker	1
Wallace	71
Waller ?	1
Walls	130
Walter	8
Ward	2
Wards	136
Wareing	1
Wares	14
Warren	16
Waters	10
Watt	21
Watters	5
Waugh	1
Webster	5
Weir	2
Welsh	2
Wessness	2
Westness	8
White	26
Whitelay	7
Whitway	4
Wick	24
Wildrage	6
Williams	1
Williamson	46
Willison	5
Willocks	1
Wilson	200
Wilson ?	1
Windwick	7
Winwick	1
Wirk	7
Wishart	111
Wisseman	1
Wood	139
Woods	1
Wooldrage	9
Wooldreg	3
Wooldridge	14
Woolridge	1
Work	175
Wright	16
Wurke	8
Wylie	73
Yorstane	3
Yorston	114
Yorston ?	1
Young	38
Yourston	1
Yule	2