Orkney Surnames in the 1921 Census

(Report date: 03/05/24)

Surname	Count
Adam	10
Adamson	28
Addison	1
Aim	21
Aitchison	2
Aitken	26
Aitkin	12
Albrecht	2
Alexander	34
Allan	144
Allen	1
Anderson	227
Angmaid	4
Angus	28
Annal	65
Archer	3
Armour	2
Armstrong	4
Arthur	5
Baikie	110
Bailey	5
Baillie	24
Bain	70
Baird	2
Baldwin	2
Balfour	17
Ballanden	2
Ballantyne	24
Ballenden	1
Banks	32
Bannerman	1
Barber	1
Barclay	5
Barkovsky	1
Barlee	1
Barnett	43
Barney	2
Baron	1
Barron	1
Bass	1
Bathgate	4
Beatton	4
Begg	12
Bell	2
Benston	9
Berstan	3
Berstane	5
Berston	30
Bertram	12
Bethune	1
Bews	204
Bias	14
Bichan	74
Bisset	1
Black	17
Bolt	5
Booth	5
Borthwick	1
Borwick	67
Bowes	4
Boyle	3
Brass	106
Breck	8
Bremner	51
Brock	5
Brodie	15
Brook	6
Brough	38
Brown	169
Brownlie	5
Bruce	93
Bryce	1
Bu?	1
Buchan	13
Buchanan	6
Budge	130
Bunnell	3
Burch	2
Burgar	5
Burger	1
Burgess	39
Burgher	18
Burghes	12
Burghess	1
Burnett	18
Burr	3
Byars	5
Byas	1
Byers	12
Cadger	2
Caithness	22
Calder	10
Cameron	7
Campbell	55
Carter	8
Castle	2
Cavanagh	2
Chalmers	119
Chapman	2
Christie	3
Chrystall	3
Clark	25
Clarke	10
Cleat	2
Clements	3
Clifton	2
Cload	8
Clouston	206
Clyne	11
Cochrane	1
Cock	8
Coghill	14
Cogle	4
Coleman	2
Collins	1
Colvin	1
Comloquoy	17
Conn	3
Cook	20
Cooke	2
Cooper	141
Copland	30
Corey	1
Cormack	53
Corrigal	1
Corrigall	102
Corse	24
Corsie	68
Corston	2
Costie	22
Coull	1
Couper	40
Couston	1
Cowie	1
Cragie	2
Craig	1
Craigie	204
Craven	1
Crawford	2
Crear	4
Creelman	6
Crichton	1
Crisp	7
Croft	1
Cromarty	92
Cromer	5
Crook	3
Crooks	1
Croy	58
Cruden	1
Cruickshank	7
Cruickshanks	2
Cruikshank	1
Cruikshanks	1
Cumming	72
Curran	1
Currie	1
Cursiter	64
Cusator	15
Cusiter	16
Cuthbert	2
Cuthel	2
Cutt	67
Daly	1
Dalziel	2
Dass	20
Davidson	50
Davie	5
Davis	1
Dawson	2
Dearness	90
Deerness	2
Delday	51
Dennison	20
Dewar	3
Dexter	1
Deyell	1
Diack	4
Dick	17
Dickey	3
Dickinson	3
Dickson	30
Dishan	5
Dishon	3
Dodds	2
Donadson	1
Donald	1
Donaldson	64
Doris	1
Dornan	1
Dorward	1
Douglas	9
Doull	14
Dow	3
Dowie	2
Downie	1
Dowsell	4
Dreaver	3
Drever	337
Drummond	9
Dryer	3
Drysdale	1
Duff	1
Dunbar	1
Duncan	54
Dunlop	1
Dunn	1
Dunnet	49
Dunnett	6
Duthie	1
Dyce	1
Eady	2
Easmon	1
Easton	1
Eccles	3
Eccleston	1
Eddington	3
Elfinstone	3
Elliman	1
Elliot	2
Elliott	1
Elphinston	3
Elphinstone	7
Esplin	2
Esselmont	2
Esslemont	8
Esson	31
Eunson	130
Ewart	1
Ewing	2
Faircloth	2
Fairley	1
Falconer	3
Farquhar	12
Farrow	3
Fawns	5
Fea	4
Fearnside	3
Fellows	3
Fergus	28
Ferguson	3
Fiddler	36
Findlater	10
Findlay	40
Finlayson	19
Firht	1
Firth	176
Fisher	2
Flaws	35
Fleming	1
Flett	422
Florence	2
Floyd	1
Flynn	6
Folsetter	6
Folster	19
Forbes	16
Ford	4
Forman	1
Forsyth	1
Foster	2
Fotheringham	2
Fotheringhame	47
Foubister	156
Foulis	57
Fowles	1
Fox	5
Fraser	40
Freel	1
Frisken	10
Fugaccia	1
Fullilove	3
Gaddie	8
Garden	13
Gardner	3
Garioch	1
Garrick	3
Garrioch	159
Garriock	28
Garson	118
Gaskin	2
Gaudie	25
Geddes	5
Gentle	3
Gerrard	4
Gibson	75
Gilles	1
Gillespie	9
Gillott	1
Gilmour	2
Gilroy	1
Goar	14
Goodbrand	1
Goodfellow	3
Goodlad	8
Goodsir	2
Gordon	16
Gorie	12
Gorman	1
Gorn	42
Goudie	2
Gourlay	5
Gow	16
Gowan	3
Graham	10
Grant	22
Grassick	3
Gray	108
Green	5
Greenhill	1
Greer	4
Greig	10
Grieve	69
Groat	139
Groundwater	111
Gullion	16
Gunn	86
Gutcher	10
Guthrie	71
Halcro	27
Halcrow	6
Hall	8
Hamilton	11
Hampton	1
Hancox	4
Harcus	298
Hardie	2
Hardwick	1
Harley	1
Harper	25
Harray	10
Harrison	5
Harrold	52
Hartingdon	1
Harvey	170
Hatch	1
Hawkins	1
Hay	102
Haydon	3
Hayes	1
Hayton	2
Heath	3
Heddle	112
Hemmings	1
Henderson	27
Hepburn	41
Hercus	5
Herdman	14
Herdsman	7
Hewison	23
Hibbert	1
Hibbut	2
Higgins	7
Hill	10
Hobert	2
Hockin	1
Hogg	4
Holland	4
Homer	2
Hopkins	1
Horne	38
Horrie	5
Hossack	2
Hourie	35
Hourston	163
Hume	35
Humphrey	1
Hunter	27
Huntingford	1
Hutcheon	5
Hutchieson	1
Hutchison	78
Hyon	2
Inkster	82
Innes	9
Ireland	1
Ironside	6
Irvine	102
Irving	2
Isbister	148
Iverack	1
Jackson	9
Jameson	5
Jamieson	5
Jarvie	5
Jeffrey	8
Jeffries	4
Johnson	1
Johnston	374
Johnstone	61
Jolliffe	2
Jolly	17
Jones	4
Jopp	1
Keddie	1
Keetley	3
Kelday	34
Keldie	22
Kelly	3
Kemp	58
Kennedy	28
Kent	50
Kenyon	1
Kidd	1
King	48
Kirkness	154
Kirkpatrick	66
Kirton	4
Knarston	2
Knight	26
Know	1
Laburn	2
Laing	2
Laird	138
Lamb	5
Lamond	3
Lamont	6
Langskail	3
Langskaill	20
Lapsley	2
Laughton	140
Laurenson	3
Laverty	5
Law	6
Lawrence	6
Leadbetter	1
Learmonth	97
Leask	116
Leisk	7
Leitch	6
Leith	12
Lennie	92
Leonard	58
Leslie	148
Lewis	1
Liddell	4
Liddle	31
Lilburn	1
Lindores	1
Lindsay	2
Ling	2
Linklater	288
Linskill	1
Linton	2
Little	4
Livingston	1
Lochore	2
Lockie	1
Logie	91
Longbottom	1
Lonie	4
Louttit	80
Low	24
Luke	3
Lumley	1
Lyall	2
Lyon	21
Macaulay	2
MacBeath	2
Maccoll	6
Macdonald	16
Macdonell	1
MacGregor	9
Macintosh	1
MacIntyre	3
MacIver	5
Mackay	128
Mackenzie	31
Mackie	2
Mackintosh	11
MacLachlan	1
Maclean	1
MacLennan	2
Macleod	10
Macphee	10
Macpherson	1
Macquarrie	2
Mainland	109
Mair	3
Makinson	13
Malcolm	3
Malcolmson	17
Manson	110
Marino	2
Marnoch	2
Marr	3
Martain	1
Martains	8
Marwick	172
Mason	24
Matches	86
Matheson	21
Mathieson	31
Mathison	4
Maurer	1
Maxwell	44
May	1
Mazure	1
McAdie	11
McAllister	3
McAlllister	1
McAra	1
McBeath	17
McCahill	1
McCartaney	1
McCartney	5
McCullie	2
McDonald	32
McEwan	1
McFadyen	3
McFee	2
McGee	1
McGhee	2
McGillivray	17
McGlinchey	5
McGregor	5
McHollan	4
McInnes	8
McInter	1
McIntyre	3
McIver	3
McIvor	10
McKay	30
McKenzie	14
McKinlay	5
McKinnon	6
McKinstry	2
McLan	1
McLaren	6
McLean	2
McLellan	5
McLelland	1
McLennan	6
McMillan	1
McPhail	7
McPherson	2
McQuillam	1
McVicar	1
Meadows	11
Mearns	1
Meason	21
Mee	1
Meiklejohn	1
Meil	38
Mellis	1
Melrose	2
Melville	5
Menzies	3
Merriman	53
Michael	3
Middlemore	2
Middleton	2
Millan	7
Millar	14
Miller	251
Mills	7
Milne	31
Mitchell	34
Mitchelmore	1
Moar	170
Moffat	7
Moir	2
Moncrieff	1
Moncur	1
Monkman	3
Montgomery	8
Moodie	113
Moody	1
Mooney	13
Moore	5
Morgan	2
Morison	3
Morrice	2
Morris	6
Morrison	30
Moss	8
Mowat	246
Mowatt	25
Muir	362
Muirden	15
Munro	7
Munroe	7
Murdoch	4
Murison	4
Murray	26
Murrell	4
Myles	1
Nelson	2
Nesbit	1
Newland	16
Newlands	44
Nicholson	16
Nicolson	80
Nisbet	4
Norn	13
Norquay	106
Norquoy	64
Oag	9
Odd	1
Oddie	16
Offord	1
Oliver	1
Omand	94
Ommanney	2
Omond	12
Osborne	13
Osburn	2
Oswald	1
Overton	1
Oxley	2
Paplay	3
Papley	12
Park	73
Parrington	1
Parrott	1
Parry	1
Paterson	65
Paton	3
Patterson	12
Paul	3
Payne	1
Peace	150
Peacock	1
Pearson	5
Penny	1
Percival	2
Perrie	1
Peterkin	3
Petrie	92
Philcox	2
Phillips	35
Phin	1
Pirie	29
Pirrie	1
Plank	1
Poke	10
Porteous	4
Porter	1
Pottinger	86
Pratt	42
Price	3
Pringle	1
Rae	7
Ramsay	8
Redland	3
Redmond	1
Reid	194
Rendal	3
Rendall	518
Rice	1
Richmond	15
Ricth	1
Ridland	1
Ritch	148
Ritchie	52
Robb	20
Roberts	4
Robertson	324
Robinson	16
Robson	28
Rodger	7
Rogers	2
Roland	2
Rolfe	1
Ronald	2
Rorie	14
Rory	1
Rosey	1
Rosie	171
Ross	49
Rossie	4
Rousay	41
Rowland	8
Rugg	1
Runceman	4
Russel	1
Russell	40
Russland	3
Ryden	1
Ryrie	6
Sabiston	121
Sandison	48
Sangster	3
Sartan	1
Saw	2
Scarth	39
Schollay	9
Schollie	3
Sclater	50
Scobie	4
Scolie	1
Scollay	23
Scollie	11
Scott	310
Seater	8
Seator	11
Seatter	156
Seller	1
Shand	1
Sharp	4
Sharpe	1
Shaw	1
Shea	1
Shearer	270
Shepherd	2
Shewan	3
Shoesmith	2
Shurie	6
Sibbald	4
Silver	6
Sim	2
Simes	1
Simison	16
Simpson	70
Sinclair	794
Skae	4
Skea	113
Skeitheway	1
Skethaway	6
Skinner	17
Slater	97
Smeaton	1
Smith	244
Snell	1
Sommerville	11
Soutar	2
Spence	388
Stainsby	1
Stanger	68
Steel	1
Stephen	20
Stephens	1
Stephenson	2
Steven	1
Stevenson	159
Stevinson	4
Stewart	35
Stickler	4
Still	1
Stockan	45
Stockin	2
Stocks	3
Stone	1
Stott	4
Stout	122
Stove	23
Strachan	3
Strong	2
Struthers	6
Summers	4
Sutherland	366
Swan	3
Swanney	165
Swannie	17
Swanson	33
Syms	3
Tait	144
Taylor	241
Thain	2
Thomas	2
Thomison	10
Thompson	27
Thomson	401
Tinch	8
Todd	2
Tomison	35
Topping	1
Towers	53
Towrie	9
Trail	2
Traill	8
Troup	1
Trumbland	2
Tulloch	327
Tullock	22
Turface	5
Turfeus	5
Turfus	24
Turkington	2
Turnpenny	2
Twatt	56
Tyrie	3
Upton	2
Vass	3
Vawe	2
Velzian	14
Vigar	2
Vine	4
Voy	15
Walker	18
Wallace	58
Walls	103
Walter	14
Ward	16
Wards	91
Waters	7
Watkins	4
Watson	16
Watt	47
Watters	13
Watts	1
Weaks	2
Webster	9
Welsby	5
Westness	1
White	16
Whitelaw	5
Whitlaw	4
Whittaker	1
Whittet	1
Whyte	4
Wick	23
Will	4
Williamson	59
Willoughby	1
Wilson	216
Windwick	17
Winton	3
Wishart	73
Witheridge	4
Wood	100
Wooldrage	21
Work	161
Wortley	2
Wright	8
Wylie	168
Yorston	50
Young	21
Yule	24
Zanre	2