Orkney Surnames in the 1861 Census

(Report date: 03/05/24)

Surname	Count
?	4
Abernethy	3
Adams	1
Adamson	13
Aim	20
Ainsworth	1
Aird	1
Aitken	32
Aitkin	1
Alexander	41
Allan	225
Anderson	190
Angel	3
Angell	9
Angus	52
Annal	104
Anster ?	1
Apple	1
Archibald	9
Armit	8
Armour	7
Arnot	1
Arthur	9
Asluf	1
Audas	9
Aug	1
Baikie	173
Baillie	20
Bain	76
Bakie	2
Balenden	1
Balfour	28
Ball	2
Ball ?	1
Ballantine	6
Ballantyne	14
Ballenden	19
Ballenteen	1
Ballentine	16
Bamilerel	1
Banks	98
Barclay	1
Barnet	24
Barnetson	1
Barron	20
Barry	4
Basketter	2
Bayne	1
Beaton	2
Beattie	5
Beatton	25
Beg	1
Begg	22
Bell	10
Belman ?	1
Benstien	2
Benston	19
Berger	1
Berron	1
Berry	1
Berston	33
Bertram	11
Beuliner	1
Bews	256
Bias	8
Bichan	70
Bickan	1
Bien	3
Bies	2
Biglan	1
Bigland	13
Black	3
Bohn	6
Bornlioline	1
Borwick	58
Botho	1
Boyle	1
Boyles	1
Brake	4
Brash	1
Brass	121
Breck	6
Bremner	65
Brinning	2
Broch	1
Brock	24
Brodie	60
Broleckan	1
Brook	10
Brotchie	5
Brough	27
Brown	264
Brownley	1
Bruce	88
Buchan	18
Buchan ?	1
Buchanan	11
Bucher	1
Budge	149
Burgar	17
Burger	18
Burges	5
Burgess	23
Burgher	7
Burke	2
Burnett	4
Burnie	2
Burns	13
Burt	2
Butcher	1
Byas	9
Byers	7
Byers ?	2
C..ers?	1
Cadger	4
Caird	1
Cairnaby	1
Cairns	1
Caithness	37
Calder	31
Cambel	1
Cameron	3
Campbell	53
Cantle	1
Cantley	1
Cargill	3
Carr	1
Caskey	10
Casper	4
Cassie	6
Castor	2
Celloncrieff	1
Cerston	1
Chalmers	165
Chambers	23
Chapland	1
Chapman	3
Charles	1
Charleson	4
Charleston	1
Cheyne	2
Chiene	1
Chirry	1
Chisholm	1
Christie	12
Christoph	1
Chrystal	1
Chrystall	4
Chyne	1
Clark	28
Clarke	2
Cleat	7
Clerk	1
Clingan	8
Clouston	249
Coars	4
Coarse	14
Cobban	2
Cock	21
Coghill	9
Cogle	11
Comloquoy	7
Conner	2
Cook	4
Cooper	102
Copeland	3
Copland	69
Corigall	2
Corigill	1
Cormack	131
Cormick	4
Corner	12
Corrigal	28
Corrigall	169
Corrigil	1
Corrigill	1
Corrigle	10
Corse	12
Corsie	58
Corston	19
Costie	19
Couper	47
Coupland	3
Coutler	3
Coutts	11
Cowper	14
Crabb	1
Craggie	2
Cragie	2
Craig	7
Craigie	363
Crawford	3
Crear	15
Crear ?	1
Creelman	9
Cromarty	212
Cromerty	2
Croy	65
Croy ?	1
Cruckshank	1
Cruickshank	7
Cumming	93
Cursater	1
Cursatter	7
Curseter	13
Cursiter	22
Cursitor	1
Cursitter	1
Cusiter	19
Cussater	9
Cussatter	1
Cuthbert	9
Cutt	87
Dangerfield	1
Daniel	1
Darovian ?	1
Dass	16
Davidson	77
Davie	25
Davis	1
Davy	2
Dawson	1
Dearness	107
Deerness	20
Delahay	1
Delday	25
Deldie	6
Dennison	31
Dick	11
Dickson	67
Dier	5
Dingers	1
Dinnison	21
Dishan	13
Dishington	1
Dishon	16
Donald	2
Donaldson	36
Dorn	1
Double	1
Douglas	4
Doul	1
Doull	8
Dow	1
Downer	1
Downie	9
Downy	1
Draver	21
Dreaver	24
Drever	424
Drew	1
Driver	2
Drummond	48
Duff	6
Duguid	5
Dunbar	2
Duncan	98
Dundas	1
Dundass	11
Dunn	2
Dunnet	61
Dunnett	14
Durham	4
Dyer	3
Easton	1
Ecke	1
Edgar	10
Elcoill	2
Elphingstone	1
Elphinstone	9
Ervin	1
Esselmont	7
Esslemont	2
Esson	76
Eunson	142
Ewing	12
F... ?	2
Fairlie	2
Fairweather	1
Farquhar	20
Farquharson	2
Fawth ?	1
Fea	35
Fergus	17
Ferguson	7
Fergusson	5
Ferrier	15
Ferty	1
Fiddler	48
Fieldmann	1
Findlater	9
Findlay	17
Finlay	7
Finlayson	10
Finletter	1
Finley	3
Finlison	2
Finly ?	1
Firth	184
Fisher	6
Flaws	47
Flett	653
Flood	5
Florance	4
Folly	1
Folsetter	10
Folster	77
Forbes	25
Fortiscue	5
Fotheringham	24
Fotheringhame	43
Foubister	181
Foulis	58
Fouls	31
Fowles	2
Fowlis	2
Fowls	5
Franklin	3
Fraser	42
Frisken	30
Fritzen	1
Fullarton	7
Gaddie	11
Gadie	3
Gady	1
Gallachu	1
Gallie	2
Gardener	1
Gardiner	1
Gardner	5
Garioch	1
Garrick	2
Garrioch	185
Garriock	63
Garson	193
Gatt	2
Gaudie	22
Gaudy	1
Gebhardt	1
Geddes	2
Gelruth	1
George	3
Gerrard	9
Gibbon ?	1
Gibson	121
Giddes	3
Gilchrest	3
Gillespie	5
Gillion	2
Gills	3
Glency	1
Glendinen	1
Goar	40
Gold	6
Goldie	3
Gonzalus	2
Goodsir	1
Goray	1
Gordon	11
Gore	9
Gorie	45
Gorn	22
Gorrie	2
Goudie	8
Goudy	1
Gourley	1
Gow	11
Gowelan	1
Graham	9
Grant	31
Gray	154
Greave	1
Greave ?	1
Green	22
Greig	8
Grey	3
Grieve	67
Griffans	1
Grindwater	1
Groat	126
Grosskoff	1
Grote	1
Groundrenton	1
Groundwater	118
Gullion	31
Gunn	159
Gutcher	20
Guthrie	117
Hacklan	3
Hackland	24
Hadden	2
Hafuer	3
Hakinann	3
Halcro	58
Halcrow	16
Halkland	2
Handyside	2
Hankey	1
Harcus	296
Harland	2
Harold	13
Harper	49
Harrald	1
Harray	5
Harrison	1
Harrold	82
Harry	8
Harvey	180
Hater	5
Hatler	2
Hatter	2
Hawthorn	1
Hay	129
Heamann	1
Hebden	6
Heddle	214
Heinmen	1
Heinrich	2
Heintz	1
Henderson	22
Heneretta	1
Henry	10
Hepburn	81
Hercus	99
Herdman	5
Hermannsen	1
Hewieson	7
Hewison	54
Hiddleston	2
Higgins	1
Hill	4
Himmager	1
Hislop	2
Hodge	1
Hofmann	2
Hogg	1
Holland	23
Homeister ?	2
Hopper	1
Horie	6
Horn	8
Horne	18
Horrie	15
Hossack	11
Hourie	55
Hourston	232
Houston	2
Hume	35
Humphrey	5
Hund	2
Hunter	72
Hunto	2
Hurie	6
Hurmann	1
Hurrie	13
Hurry	1
Hurston	1
Hutcheson	2
Hutchieson	7
Hutchion	1
Hutchison	105
Ingram	7
Inkster	114
Innes	9
Ireland	7
Ironside	3
Irven	1
Irvin	1
Irvine	318
Isaac	14
Isbister	231
Iverach	8
Jack	1
Jamison	3
Jennings	2
Jobson	12
Johnson	20
Johnston	472
Johnstone	18
Jolly	5
Jones	9
Keillor	7
Keinig	1
Keith	1
Kelday	25
Keldie	13
Keldy	32
Kelman	1
Kely	1
Kemp	15
Kennedy	23
Kent	44
Kerr	2
Kerton	1
Kidd	2
Kilpatrick	3
King	36
Kirk ?	2
Kirkness	222
Kirkpatrick	27
Klebor	2
Klotz	1
Knarston	30
Knight	26
Koch	3
Koisner	1
Kolibheil	1
Konigkroiner	1
Kraiocukil	1
Krefi	1
Kroft	1
Lafferty	1
Laidlaw	3
Laing	1
Laird	100
Lamont	2
Landskail	1
Langscale	1
Langskaill	11
Lanskail	2
Lanskaill	7
Lanskeil	10
Lanskill	3
LARNACH	1
Laughton	220
Lauper	3
Lauterback	2
Lawson	4
Layal	6
Lea	4
Leanord	1
Leany	1
Learmond	19
Learmonth	47
Leask	295
Leavock	1
Leche	1
Leeney	5
Leenie	13
Lees	2
Leilermann	1
Leing	1
Leitch	1
Leith	62
Leitz	1
Lennay	1
Lenney	1
Lennie	105
Leonard	53
Lesily	4
Leslie	190
Lesslie	2
Levach	8
Levack	6
Liddell	6
Liddle	51
Lidell	1
Lilburn	6
Linay	14
Linie	1
Linire	3
Linklater	368
Linna ?	1
Linnay	11
Linnie	4
Lins	1
Linskill	5
Lion	5
Loacker	1
Lochore	5
Logan	1
Logie	142
Lombard	2
Lomond	1
Long	1
Longbottomly	1
Lonsingor	4
Loughton	1
Loutit	23
Loutitt	6
Louttit	197
Low	15
Lumsden	2
Lyal	8
Lyall	5
Lyon	40
M..... ?	1
MacAdie	2
Macarthur	3
MacDonald	15
MacIntosh	2
MacKay	72
MacKenzie	14
Mackie	1
MacLennan	1
MacRae	2
Maggee	1
Mainland	214
Mair	1
Maitland	3
MaKay	6
Makinson	4
Malcolm	2
Malcolmson	24
Mann	2
Manson	168
Marimon	1
Mark	2
Marr	1
Marshal	1
Marshall	3
Martin	5
Marwick	215
Marz	1
Mason	26
Matches	87
Matheson	17
Mathewson	1
Mathieson	12
Mathison	6
Matthew	2
Maune	1
Maxwell	44
McAdie	4
McBeath	33
McBeith	3
Mcbeth	1
McCauley	2
McClean	1
McCleod	3
McConran	1
McCorkindale	2
McCraw	2
McCrimmon	1
McCures	2
McDonald	68
McDougal	6
McDuff	1
McEacheran	1
McFie	3
McGhie	7
McGillavry	1
McGillvary	13
McGlen	1
McGowan	14
McGregor	18
McGrigor	4
McGuffie	2
McHeburn	2
McHepburn	1
McIlliriach	2
McIntosh	13
McIntyre	5
McIver	15
McKay	105
McKee	1
McKenly	1
McKenzie	83
McKey	1
McKinlay	11
McKiver	1
McLachlan	3
McLaren	1
McLellan	15
McLennan	3
Mcleoad	1
Mcleod	25
McLuskee	1
McNaughton	3
McPhee	1
McPherson	9
McRabbie	3
McRae	4
McTavish	4
McWattie	1
Meadows	11
Meal	12
Mearns	1
Meason	11
Meier	1
Meiklejohn	4
Meil	35
Meile	5
Meill	7
Melvile	8
Melville	14
Melvin	4
Melvine	1
Mennie	8
Merrieman	1
Merriman	73
Merryman	7
Michael	1
Michal	6
Michall	5
Miel	2
Mill	27
Millar	72
Miller	412
Milne	42
Mitchel	1
Mitchell	37
Moad	8
Moar	276
Moare	4
Moffat	1
Moir	2
Moire	1
Moller	2
Moncrief	2
Moncrieff	1
Monrow	6
Montego	1
Montgomery	2
Moodie	130
Moody	7
Mooney	7
Moore	1
More	17
Morgan	8
Morison	4
Morrison	30
Morrow	1
Morwick	10
Moss	9
Mouat	11
Mowat	338
Mowatt	4
Muddie	1
Mudie	18
Muir	575
Muirden	10
Muirison	7
Muller	1
Munro	33
Murison	5
Murray	59
Mutch	15
Nageskosch	1
Neithardt	1
Newlands	17
Nezendreliter	1
Nichols	1
Nicholson	17
Nicol	12
Nicolson	103
Nisbet	6
Nisbett	4
Noble	9
Norn	22
Norne	5
Norquay	143
Norquey	1
Norquoy	25
Norris	1
Nurquoy	1
Nuttildorf	1
Nuttol	3
O'Hanah	2
O'Kane	3
Oddie	36
Offord	1
Ogilvie	4
Olay	1
Oldirein	1
Oliver	12
Ollay	5
Oman	39
Omand	82
Omond	15
Osborne	9
Oswald	1
Pace	1
Paing	1
Paplay	22
Papley	4
Park	60
Paterson	55
Paton	3
Patton	7
Paul	5
Pavey	1
Paxton	1
Peace	320
Pearce	1
Pearson	18
Peavy	7
Peddie	4
Peebles	6
Peel	3
Perie	7
Petrie	126
Pettigrew	2
Philip	3
Philips	7
Phillip	1
Phillips	37
Philp	6
Phimster	2
Pickford	1
Piper	4
Pirie	2
Pirrie	1
Pittendrigh	3
Plank	9
Plowman	1
Pointon	2
Pollexsen	1
Pool	1
Porteous	9
Potinger	4
Pottenger	1
Pottingar	16
Pottinger	107
Potts	6
Pouning	1
Poyett	6
Prager	1
Pratt	16
Pretin	8
Rae	12
Ramage	1
Ramsay	10
Ramshaw	2
Ranken	9
Ratemacher	1
Reach	7
Redland	4
Reedar	2
Reid	354
Reith	5
Rendal	11
Rendall	507
Renton	10
Rettie	2
Reukel	1
Rich	10
Richan	1
Riddoch	1
Riddock	7
Rirer ?	1
Rirey	1
Ritch	169
Ritchie	6
Robb	26
Robertson	398
Robeson	15
Robinson	1
Robson	56
Roger	1
Rohuber	1
Roland	6
Roll?	1
Rolland	12
Romus	2
Ronaldson	7
Rorie	9
Rose	7
Rosey	5
Rosie	121
Ross	131
Rossie	38
Roth	1
Rousay	43
Roussey	1
Rowland	11
Rowsay	2
Rowsey	4
Roxburgh	1
Royston	3
Ruigler	1
Rusland	7
Russel	5
Russell	75
Russland	2
Rust	7
Ryrie	3
Sabaiston	3
Sabaston	2
Sabestion	1
Sabeston	19
Sabiston	127
Sailor	2
Sandbach	3
Sanders	2
Sanderson	1
Sandison	93
Sangster	10
Saudheim	1
Saunders	19
Scarth	35
Scetheway	3
Scheffar	1
Scheidmandel	1
Scholie	14
Schollay	1
Schubert	1
Sclater	113
Scleater	2
Scleter	18
Scollay	17
Scolly	23
Scott	512
Seater	134
Seator	56
Seatter	69
Sebastian	1
Sebeston	1
Setter	9
Settor	2
Sharp	2
Shaw	10
Shearer	308
Shedden	1
Shepherd	4
Sherar	2
Shields	1
Short	8
Shurrie	16
Shutze	3
Sim	11
Simeson	27
Simison	8
Simpson	109
Sinclair	1005
Skae	11
Skea	124
Skeitheway	11
Skethaway	4
Skethway	2
Skiland	1
Skinner	23
Slains	1
Slater	75
Slatter	10
Small	2
Smidt	2
Smith	491
Snodie	3
Snoodie	1
Sornton	1
Souter	2
Spalding	9
Spark	9
Spence	617
Spiers?	2
Stanger	128
Stark	1
Stenger	2
Stenhouse	1
Stephen	8
Stephenson	16
Stephinson	2
Steven	6
Steven ?	1
Stevenson	123
Stewart	67
Stickler	15
Still	6
Stobbs	4
Stock	1
Stockan	44
Stockand	1
Stocking	2
Stokan	1
Stout	99
Stoutt	5
Stove	44
Strachan	1
Strang	1
Straton	1
Strong	1
Struthers	1
Stuart	2
Sulore	7
Summerville	1
Sutherland	468
Suttie	2
Swan	5
Swaney	136
Swannay	1
Swanney	66
Swannie	12
Swanny	38
Swanson	66
Swanston	15
Swany	3
Sweeny	1
Swordie	4
Symeson	2
Tailor	1
Tait	196
Taylor	321
Telford	9
Tennant ?	2
Teviotdale	4
Thain	2
Thenclein	2
Thomason	1
Thomison	38
Thompson	39
Thomson	499
Thores	3
Tietz	1
Tinch	7
Tomison	41
Tosh ?	1
Tough	1
Tours	1
Towers	69
Towrie	13
Trail	4
Traill	38
Troup	4
Trumbland	9
Tulloch	361
Tullock	65
Turface	12
Turfus	43
Turnbull	1
Turner	8
Turphaes	6
Twat	3
Twatt	53
Tyrie	8
Ure	1
Urquhart	3
Vaght	1
Vallian	1
Vedder	14
Vellian	2
Velyian	8
Velzian	9
Velzine	1
Velzion	13
Voss	1
Voy	19
Wald	6
Walker	5
Wallace	105
Wallas	1
Waller	1
Walls	125
Walter	28
Walters	1
Ward	2
Warden	3
Wards	115
Wares	21
Warren	7
Waters	11
Waterson	1
Watson	27
Watt	20
Watters	2
Wayolle	1
Weingat	1
Weir	1
Wells	1
Welsh	2
West	4
Westness	11
White	30
Whiteley	1
Whitlaw	10
Wick	33
Wildrage	1
Wilkin	1
Will	10
Willenburgh	6
Willhelm	1
Williamson	41
Willison	5
Willke	1
Willox	9
Wills	1
Wilson	260
Windwick	9
Wirk	2
Wishart	115
Woldrage	3
Wood	134
Woodburn	1
Woodrow	1
Woods	4
Wooldrage	19
Wooldridge	1
Wooldrige	6
Woolridge	4
Work	196
Wright	14
Wylie	99
Yorston	107
Young	38
Youngshouse	5
Yourstan	4
Yule	6
Zeber	1
Zeitler	1
Ziesseke	1