Orkney Surnames in the 1851 Census

(Report date: 03/05/24)

Surname	Count
?	2
Abernethy	6
Adam	1
Adamson	10
Aim	19
Aird	1
Aitchinson	1
Aitken	12
Aitkin	10
Alexander	31
Alison	1
Allan	204
Allen	17
Anderson	182
Angel	12
Anglie	3
Angus	58
Annal	100
Annall	1
Archibald	5
Armit	7
Armour	4
Arthur ?	1
Atkin	6
Audus	11
Auld	2
Austin	1
Baikie	159
Bailey	1
Bailie	9
Baillie	16
Bain	71
Bakey	4
Balfour	27
Ballanden	7
Ballandine	8
Ballantine	17
Ballantyne	6
Ballenden	15
Ballendine	4
Ballentine	2
Banks	85
Bannatyne	1
Barnet	28
Barnetson	1
Barron	10
Barry	2
Barwick	4
Beas	4
Beattie	7
Beatton	28
Begg	20
Bell	10
Benson	2
Benston	24
Berstan	5
Berston	25
Bertram	7
Bews	223
Bias	10
Bichan	64
Biglan	7
Bigland	5
Boiles	1
Borwick	56
Boswell	1
Brack	1
Branen	3
Brass	127
Break	1
Breck	11
Bremner	57
Broch	2
Brock	22
Brodie	46
Brody	7
Brok	5
Broke	1
Brotchie	15
Brough	25
Brown	316
Brown ?	1
Bruce	75
Buchan	24
Buchanan	8
Budge	134
Bues	1
Burdon	1
Burgar	48
Burges	3
Burgess	18
Burgher	5
Burnay ?	1
Burnie	2
Burns	9
Burwick	8
Buyres	4
Byas	5
Byers	3
Caird	1
Caithness	33
Calder	29
Cameron	4
Campbell	35
Cantley	2
Cargill	3
Carmichael	6
Carneggie	1
Caskey	3
Challoner	1
Chalmers	155
Chambers	28
Chapman	1
Chapter	1
Charles	3
Charleson	4
Chiene	2
Chisholm	2
Chorner	4
Chrier	1
Christie	12
Clark	25
Cleat	4
Clouston	267
Coars	12
Cobban	4
Cock	21
Coghill	13
Cogle	4
Colligall	1
Colquhoun	1
Colvill	1
Comlaquoy	7
Comloquoy	1
Conner	3
Connor	1
Cook	6
Cooper	80
Copland	63
Coregall	2
Cormack	107
Cormak	2
Cormick	7
Corner	3
Corrigal	25
Corrigall	142
Corrigill	31
Corse	7
Corsie	30
Corston	48
Corston ?	1
Corsy	4
Costie	17
Couper	55
Coupland	10
Cowper	4
Craggie	6
Cragie	2
Craig	6
Craigie	340
Craigie ?	1
Crawford	3
Crawley	2
Cray	1
Crear	11
Creelman	4
Creggie	1
Cromarty	196
Croy	59
Crukshank	3
Cumming	72
Cummings	2
Cuper	9
Cursater	7
Cursiter	26
Cursitor	5
Cursitter	1
Cusater	9
Cusator	6
Cusiter	8
Cussitar	7
Cussiter	5
Cuthbert	11
Cutt	61
Dass	16
Dauny	2
Davey	1
Davidson	64
Davie	26
Davy	2
Dealdy	8
Dearness	132
Deerness	7
Delday	14
Deldy	2
Delhay	1
Dennison	29
Dick	27
Dickson	32
Dinnison	23
Dishan	8
Dishen	4
Dishon	20
Dixson	6
Dodds	1
Donald	1
Donaldson	38
Dorn	1
Doull	3
Downie	17
Downy	1
Draver	11
Dreaver	1
Drever	457
Druman	1
Drummond	40
Duff	7
Duguid	8
Duncan	91
Dunnet	62
Durran	2
Dyer	9
Dyre	1
Elder	2
Elphinston	4
Elphinstone	2
Elrick	7
Esson	75
Eunson	146
Ewart	1
Ewing	11
Fairlie	2
Fairweather	1
Falconer	1
Farquar	9
Farquhar	11
Fauily	1
Fea	39
Fergus	13
Ferguson	7
Ferrier	3
Fiddler	37
Findlay	1
Finlay	17
Finlayson	16
Finley	1
Finlyson	3
Firth	178
Fish ?	1
Fisher	5
Flaws	55
Fletcher	1
Flett	737
Folsetter	10
Folster	61
Forbes	18
Fortesque	2
Fotheringham	32
Fotheringhame	42
Foubister	170
Foulis	40
Foulls	1
Fouls	57
Fowles	2
Fowlis	1
Fowls	11
Fraser	19
Frasher	1
Frazer	9
Freasher	1
Frisken	13
Fubister	7
Fullarton	2
Gaddie	3
Gadie	4
Gady	1
Gardner	4
Garioch	8
Garrick	15
Garrioch	191
Garriock	49
Garroch	5
Garson	177
Gaudie	45
Gear	2
Geddes	7
George	1
Georgeson	1
Gerard	2
Gerrard	4
Gibbon	1
Gibson	124
Gilchrist	1
Gilles	5
Gillespie	7
Gillian	3
Gillies	2
Gilmor	1
Goar	45
Gold	3
Gonsalvo	3
Gor ?	1
Gordon	4
Gore	17
Gorie	54
Gorn	27
Gorrie	2
Goudie	8
Gow	7
Gowan	1
Gowans	5
Graham	2
Grant	10
Gray	145
Green	23
Greeve	4
Greg	2
Greig	6
Greive	3
Grey	16
Grieve	53
Grive	2
Groat	138
Groot	1
Groundwater	101
Gulion	5
Gulland	1
Gullion	25
Gun	2
Gunn	136
Gutcher	19
Guthrie	117
Hackland	22
Hacrow	1
Hadden	2
Hakland	7
Halcro	52
Halcrow	19
Hamager ?	1
Hamilton	11
Handyside	2
Harcus	326
Hardy	3
Harold	12
Harper	46
Harrald	14
Harray	13
Harrild	2
Harrold	48
Harvey	160
Harvie	5
Harvie ?	2
Hatlaw	1
Hay	145
Head	3
Heddell	1
Heddle	208
Henderson	20
Hendry	1
Hepburn	71
Hercus	65
Herdman	2
Hervey	7
Hewison	51
Hiddleston	2
Hill	3
Himager	3
Hinton	1
Hiskess	1
Holland	26
Horie	10
Horn	15
Horne	13
Horrie	19
Hossack	14
Hourie	31
Hourston	205
Houry	9
Houston	14
Hull	1
Hume	27
Humphrey	6
Huner	1
Hunter	85
Huntow	7
Hurey	1
Hurie	22
Hurrie	10
Hurstan	6
Hury	3
Hutcheson	19
Hutchieson	7
Hutchinson	1
Hutchison	66
Inait	1
Ingram	7
Inksetter	57
Inkstar	1
Inkster	91
Innes	6
Ireland	17
Irven	4
Irvin	20
Irvine	346
Irvine ?	1
Irving	3
Isaacs	7
Isbester	6
Isbister	257
Iverach	7
Jack	1
Jameson	1
Jobson	8
Johns	1
Johnson	3
Johnston	442
Johnstone	48
Jolly	1
Jones	8
Keillor	1
Keith	1
Kelday	55
Keldie	12
Keldy	1
Kelly	1
Kemp	5
Kennedy	17
Kent	40
Kilda	6
Kilpatrick	2
King	34
Kirkness	213
Kirkpatrick	11
Knarston	43
Knight	36
Laird	70
Langskail	14
Langskaill	7
Langskal	2
Langskel	3
Langskell	4
Lankgskaill	1
Lankscale	1
Lanskail	1
Lanskaill	1
LARNACH	1
Laughton	241
Lawrence	2
Lawson	1
Layle	1
Leanay	6
Leany	3
Learmonth	44
Leask	294
Leavock	8
Lees	6
Leith	79
Lenie	5
Lennard	1
Lennie	51
Leonard	39
Lermont	1
Lesk	1
Leslie	161
Lesslie	1
Levach ?	1
Levack ?	1
Liddell	1
Liddle	62
Lillburn	1
Lillie	1
Linay	53
Liney	1
Linkater	1
Linketer	1
Linklater	404
Linklatter	1
Linnard	4
Linnay	15
Linney	3
Linnie	41
Lion	11
Lochore	7
Logan	4
Logie	128
Loin ?	1
Lottit	3
Louth	1
Loutit	31
Loutitt	29
Louttit	226
Low	13
Lyal	4
Lyall	15
Lyon	34
Macay	1
Macbeth	5
MacDonald	12
Macgillivrey	1
Macintyre	6
Mackay	45
MacKenzie	9
Mackie	4
MacKinlay	2
MacKintosh	2
MacLean	1
MacLeod	8
MacMarnee ?	2
Macolmson	24
Macrae	9
Mainland	204
Malcolm	5
Malcolmson	11
Malcom	3
Malcomson	18
Manson	157
Martyn ?	1
Marwick	229
Mason	26
Masson	7
Matches	88
Matheson	20
Mathieson	2
Maure ?	1
Maxwell	47
Mc ?	3
McAuslenn	1
McBain	1
McBeath	13
McBeth	15
McCacheun ?	1
McCain	1
McCauley	5
McCoall	1
McCuras	2
McDennach	1
McDonald	47
McDougal	1
McGhie	5
McGillvary	10
McGowan	8
McGregor	8
McGriger	3
McGuffie	6
McIlliriach	2
McIntosh	4
McIntyre	6
McIver	12
McIvor ?	1
McKay	89
McKenzie	34
McKinlay	7
McKinnon	1
McKinzie	3
McLachlan	1
McLain	2
McLaren	2
McLellan	14
McLennan	2
McLeod	8
McLoed	1
McLoud	1
McNeil	1
McPherson	5
McRabbie	4
McRobie	1
Meadows	13
Meal	21
Meall	13
Mear	1
Meason	15
Meil	5
Meile	10
Mein ?	1
Mellice	5
Mellish	1
Melval	11
Melville	15
Melvin	1
Menzies	1
Merriman	77
Merryman	16
Meryman	1
Meson	1
Michael	2
Michal	4
Michall	6
Mill	20
Millar	107
Miller	404
Miller ?	1
Milligan	1
Millis	1
Milln	9
Milne	19
Milner	1
Mitchal	1
Mitchel	1
Mitchell	32
Moad	7
Moar	301
Moare	4
Moat	3
Mode	2
Moffatt	2
Mollyson	1
Moncrieff	3
Monro	3
Montgomery	1
Moodie	112
Moody	1
Moonie	1
Moore	2
Moorhouse	1
More	2
Morgan	2
Morison	6
Morrison	13
Morwick	26
Moss	15
Mouad	1
Mouat	3
Mowat	352
Mowatt	20
Mudie	29
Muir	527
Munro	16
Mure	1
Muro	1
Murray	34
Murrell	5
n k	1
Newland	1
Nicholl	1
Nicholson	16
Nickelson	1
Nicolson	96
Nisbet	5
Noble	8
Norie	3
Norn	38
Norne	1
Norquay	76
Norquoy	59
Noru	2
Nouland	6
O'Kane	1
Odday	1
Oddie	35
Okain	1
Olay	9
Olipher	2
Oliver	1
Ollay	15
Oman	50
Omand	85
Omond	21
Osborn	7
Osburn	1
Pably	1
Pagan	2
Paplay	32
Paris	1
Park	56
Paterson	10
Patton	12
Paul	6
Pavey	2
Pavie	5
Pavy	1
Peace	333
Pearson	18
Peavy	1
Peebles	10
Perre	1
Peterson	43
Petrie	124
Philip	9
Philips	35
Phillips	1
Phimster	2
Pithie	2
Pointon	2
Pollexsen	1
Pollexson	2
Porteous	8
Potingar	12
Potinger	4
Pottengar	2
Pottingar	4
Pottinger	83
Potts	3
Pratt	20
Rae	5
Ramsay	18
Randall	5
Ranken	7
Reandal	1
Redder	1
Reder	2
Redland	5
Reid	392
Rendal	6
Rendall	507
Renton	8
Rettie	2
Rich	25
Richan	2
Rickson	4
Riddoch	6
Ritch	148
Ritchie	6
Robb	26
Robertson	407
ROBESON	1
Robinson	3
Robison	13
Robson	38
Rolland	12
Ronaldson	7
Rorie	7
Rosie	89
Ross	126
Rossie	54
Rousay	47
Rousey	1
Rowland	20
Roxburgh	1
Rusland	24
Russel	14
Russell	53
Russland	9
Ryrie	1
Sabeston	11
Sabiston	135
Sailor	2
Sanders	5
Sandison	94
Sands	3
Sangster	3
Saunders	18
Scarth	35
Schollay	11
Scholly	4
Scholy	3
Sclaiter	1
Sclater	56
Sclatter	16
Scletter	6
Scollay	27
Scolly	1
Scoly	1
Scot	1
Scott	478
Seater	123
Seator	52
Seatter	49
Selby	1
Selen	1
Setor	4
Settar	3
Setter	19
Settor	10
Sharer	1
Sharpe	3
Shaurie	2
Shaw	8
Shearer	303
Sherar	6
Sherer	1
Short	10
Shurie	1
Shurrie	15
Sibestan	1
Simeson	21
Simison	21
Simpson	94
Simson	5
Sinclair	971
Skea	130
Skeithway	1
Skethaway	4
Sketheway	6
Skethway	6
Skinner	24
Skylion	1
Slater	140
Slatter	12
Sleater	1
Sletter	14
Small	1
Smellie	5
Smith	435
Snodie	4
Snoodie	1
Snoudie	1
Spark	5
Spence	648
Spense	4
Spittal	2
Stainger	1
Stainsgair	16
Stanger	79
Stark	1
Starkay	1
Stenger	47
Stensgair	1
Stephens	1
Stephenson	4
Steven	7
Stevenson	130
Stewart	82
Sticklar	5
Stickler	9
Still	2
Stobbs	7
Stobbs ?	1
Stockan	20
Stocking	1
Stokan	41
Stout	92
Stoutt	5
Stove	46
Strang	3
Strong	1
Struthers	2
Stuard	1
Stuart	5
Summerville	1
Sutherland	403
Suttie	3
Swan	6
Swane	1
Swaney	40
Swanie	6
Swannay	1
Swanney	120
Swannie	22
Swanny	56
Swanson	61
Swanston	10
Swordie	7
Swordy	1
Symison	7
Tailor	1
Tainsh	1
Tait	218
Tate	1
Taylor	360
Tellor	2
Thomison	31
Thompson	60
Thomson	443
Thornton	1
Tinch	3
Tocher	1
Tomison	60
Tomson	1
Toorie	7
Tough	1
Tours ?	1
Towers	65
Towrie	26
Trail	1
Traill	50
Tranter	1
Trumland	1
Tulloch	398
Tullock	16
Turface	14
Turfas	5
Turfes	3
Turfus	18
Turnbull	7
Turner	6
Turpheus	1
Twat	21
Twatt	34
Twatt ?	1
Tyrie	13
Unson	1
Urquhart	2
Valian	1
Valiant	4
Vedder	11
Vellian	9
Velliant	2
Vellyan	1
Velzian	14
Velzien	3
Velzion	2
Voy	16
Waiter ?	1
Waiters	2
Walace	11
Wald	5
Walker	2
Wallace	73
Walls	139
Walter	21
Ward	6
Wards	127
Wares	17
Warren	12
Waters	4
Watson	9
Watt	16
Watten	1
Watters	9
Webster	9
Weir	4
Weires	1
Welsh	2
Wemyss	2
Westness	14
White	27
Whittla	11
Whitway	1
Whyte	5
Wick	25
Wilie	1
Wilkin	1
Williamson	35
Willison	8
Wilson	235
Windwick	6
Winwick	2
Wishard	4
Wishart	111
Woldridge	3
Wood	140
Wood ?	1
Woods	3
Wooldrage	7
Woolrage	8
Woolridge	9
Wooridge	2
Work	201
Wright	8
Wylie	95
Yorston	129
Young	38
Yule	1