1881 census county

Fife surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Fife in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

3,227 surnames are listed for Fife, covering 155,059 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Bickerton, with 18 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Fife

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
901	Bickerton	18	0.010%	2.48x
902	Bryden	18	0.010%	2.47x
903	Carter	18	0.010%	0.06x
904	Clerk	18	0.010%	4.02x
905	Dixon	18	0.010%	0.10x
906	Dobson	18	0.010%	0.24x
907	Dron	18	0.010%	16.07x
908	Ferrie	18	0.010%	5.75x
909	Fitzsimmons	18	0.010%	4.25x
910	Gair	18	0.010%	3.93x
911	Gavin	18	0.010%	2.10x
912	Geddie	18	0.010%	23.44x
913	Goldie	18	0.010%	1.67x
914	Isles	18	0.010%	3.85x
915	Joyce	18	0.010%	0.42x
916	Lang	18	0.010%	0.47x
917	Learmonth	18	0.010%	6.41x
918	Lennox	18	0.010%	1.75x
919	Macpherson	18	0.010%	1.61x
920	Manners	18	0.010%	2.11x
921	Panton	18	0.010%	3.09x
922	Rodgers	18	0.010%	0.38x
923	Simson	18	0.010%	4.00x
924	Spalding	18	0.010%	1.45x
925	Tough	18	0.010%	2.71x
926	Traynor	18	0.010%	4.41x
927	Wellwood	18	0.010%	27.10x
928	Armitage	17	0.010%	0.39x
929	Ayton	17	0.010%	3.16x
930	Bailie	17	0.010%	7.08x
931	Biggs	17	0.010%	0.52x
932	Colman	17	0.010%	1.06x
933	Crow	17	0.010%	0.65x
934	Daily	17	0.010%	3.79x
935	Dishington	17	0.010%	32.71x
936	Finnie	17	0.010%	2.83x
937	Forker	17	0.010%	84.16x
938	Forman	17	0.010%	1.91x
939	Gale	17	0.010%	0.33x
940	Grosset	17	0.010%	23.93x
941	Heigh	17	0.010%	39.26x
942	Just	17	0.010%	13.26x
943	Keltie	17	0.010%	44.62x
944	Latta	17	0.010%	7.85x
945	Painter	17	0.010%	0.72x
946	Ruddiman	17	0.010%	33.09x
947	Sands	17	0.010%	0.88x
948	Savage	17	0.010%	0.26x
949	Scobbie	17	0.010%	10.26x
950	Whitson	17	0.010%	6.83x
951	Wightman	17	0.010%	1.50x
952	Blythe	16	0.010%	1.22x
953	Boucher	16	0.010%	1.76x
954	Bowden	16	0.010%	0.32x
955	Buchannan	16	0.010%	6.57x
956	Dand	16	0.010%	11.17x
957	Davison	16	0.010%	0.26x
958	Eaves	16	0.010%	1.70x
959	Flynn	16	0.010%	0.48x
960	Gillis	16	0.010%	4.61x
961	Gloag	16	0.010%	10.19x
962	Grindlay	16	0.010%	8.47x
963	Heath	16	0.010%	0.19x
964	Kinlay	16	0.010%	34.22x
965	Lewis	16	0.010%	0.04x
966	Melvile	16	0.010%	53.30x
967	Palmer	16	0.010%	0.08x
968	Rankin	16	0.010%	0.62x
969	Stanley	16	0.010%	0.24x
970	Swayne	16	0.010%	9.39x
971	Symington	16	0.010%	3.35x
972	Valentine	16	0.010%	0.72x
973	Ward	16	0.010%	0.04x
974	Beaumont	15	0.010%	0.29x
975	Bond	15	0.010%	0.16x
976	Butchart	15	0.010%	3.85x
977	Carson	15	0.010%	0.79x
978	Catton	15	0.010%	2.68x
979	Cheape	15	0.010%	55.29x
980	Conlin	15	0.010%	4.66x
981	Cramb	15	0.010%	8.54x
982	Culross	15	0.010%	28.86x
983	Flood	15	0.010%	0.99x
984	Frazer	15	0.010%	1.12x
985	Fullarton	15	0.010%	4.12x
986	Glassford	15	0.010%	19.98x
987	Govan	15	0.010%	4.76x
988	Granger	15	0.010%	0.85x
989	Johnman	15	0.010%	25.47x
990	Lile	15	0.010%	25.72x
991	Maitland	15	0.010%	1.34x
992	Murie	15	0.010%	18.04x
993	Rough	15	0.010%	3.84x
994	Rumgay	15	0.010%	36.59x
995	Spinks	15	0.010%	1.29x
996	Stirton	15	0.010%	7.73x
997	Ure	15	0.010%	2.79x
998	Ames	14	0.010%	1.18x
999	Browning	14	0.010%	0.40x
1000	Cain	14	0.010%	0.39x