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 Carrol, with 14 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
1001	Carrol	14	0.010%	1.79x
1002	Cunning	14	0.010%	29.94x
1003	Duffy	14	0.010%	0.37x
1004	Farrell	14	0.010%	0.43x
1005	Fenwick	14	0.010%	0.62x
1006	Findly	14	0.010%	71.32x
1007	Fitzpatrick	14	0.010%	0.55x
1008	Flanders	14	0.010%	3.29x
1009	Foley	14	0.010%	0.64x
1010	Folley	14	0.010%	3.78x
1011	Haddow	14	0.010%	2.66x
1012	Harrison	14	0.010%	0.04x
1013	Heddle	14	0.010%	8.00x
1014	Leask	14	0.010%	1.97x
1015	Lennie	14	0.010%	3.76x
1016	Levack	14	0.010%	13.62x
1017	Longmuir	14	0.010%	4.36x
1018	Lyle	14	0.010%	1.73x
1019	Macaulay	14	0.010%	2.27x
1020	Maiden	14	0.010%	2.95x
1021	Moy	14	0.010%	3.98x
1022	Mungall	14	0.010%	12.43x
1023	Pow	14	0.010%	3.45x
1024	Purdie	14	0.010%	1.96x
1025	Rait	14	0.010%	10.50x
1026	Rhind	14	0.010%	3.39x
1027	Richards	14	0.010%	0.05x
1028	Roe	14	0.010%	0.42x
1029	Sangster	14	0.010%	1.69x
1030	Sharpe	14	0.010%	0.27x
1031	Sheppard	14	0.010%	0.23x
1032	Spark	14	0.010%	1.84x
1033	Struth	14	0.010%	25.00x
1034	Symon	14	0.010%	4.84x
1035	Telfer	14	0.010%	1.35x
1036	Telford	14	0.010%	0.92x
1037	Trainer	14	0.010%	1.98x
1038	Tyrie	14	0.010%	7.65x
1039	Yates	14	0.010%	0.12x
1040	Adair	13	0.010%	2.41x
1041	Addie	13	0.010%	6.76x
1042	Alston	13	0.010%	1.15x
1043	Austin	13	0.010%	0.15x
1044	Beckitt	13	0.010%	6.99x
1045	Bellfield	13	0.010%	7.58x
1046	Bertram	13	0.010%	1.57x
1047	Bonar	13	0.010%	4.69x
1048	Chrichton	13	0.010%	13.48x
1049	Combe	13	0.010%	3.32x
1050	Day	13	0.010%	0.08x
1051	Devine	13	0.010%	0.75x
1052	Dyer	13	0.010%	0.19x
1053	Fairley	13	0.010%	1.54x
1054	Haggarty	13	0.010%	3.90x
1055	Harkness	13	0.010%	1.34x
1056	Higgins	13	0.010%	0.15x
1057	Jenkins	13	0.010%	0.06x
1058	Keenan	13	0.010%	0.89x
1059	Keiller	13	0.010%	10.98x
1060	Lawrence	13	0.010%	0.12x
1061	Layburn	13	0.010%	26.81x
1062	Lloyd	13	0.010%	0.06x
1063	Mackintosh	13	0.010%	1.12x
1064	Matson	13	0.010%	3.08x
1065	Milner	13	0.010%	0.33x
1066	Morison	13	0.010%	1.47x
1067	Mulligan	13	0.010%	1.34x
1068	Ostler	13	0.010%	3.55x
1069	Parnell	13	0.010%	0.78x
1070	Proud	13	0.010%	1.47x
1071	Rupell	13	0.010%	19.25x
1072	Shadforth	13	0.010%	16.08x
1073	Shannon	13	0.010%	0.97x
1074	Skelton	13	0.010%	0.52x
1075	Slaven	13	0.010%	5.16x
1076	Slimmon	13	0.010%	19.41x
1077	Smail	13	0.010%	3.96x
1078	Studman	13	0.010%	25.59x
1079	Swanson	13	0.010%	1.03x
1080	Torrance	13	0.010%	1.71x
1081	Walters	13	0.010%	0.16x
1082	Warden	13	0.010%	1.05x
1083	Woodward	13	0.010%	0.15x
1084	Aberdeen	12	0.010%	17.04x
1085	Barrett	12	0.010%	0.10x
1086	Bartholomew	12	0.010%	0.86x
1087	Beck	12	0.010%	0.30x
1088	Beckett	12	0.010%	0.35x
1089	Brooks	12	0.010%	0.07x
1090	Carnie	12	0.010%	4.04x
1091	Cheyne	12	0.010%	2.09x
1092	Clacher	12	0.010%	39.23x
1093	Cleghorn	12	0.010%	2.53x
1094	Cullen	12	0.010%	0.40x
1095	Deuchars	12	0.010%	8.88x
1096	Diston	12	0.010%	23.09x
1097	Dykes	12	0.010%	1.01x
1098	Eddington	12	0.010%	6.93x
1099	Fouler	12	0.010%	31.02x
1100	Frame	12	0.010%	1.09x