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 Gibbon, with 12 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
1101	Gibbon	12	0.010%	0.69x
1102	Gowan	12	0.010%	4.56x
1103	Greenwood	12	0.010%	0.09x
1104	Hannah	12	0.010%	0.53x
1105	Higgie	12	0.010%	31.97x
1106	Hooper	12	0.010%	0.16x
1107	Lauder	12	0.010%	1.32x
1108	Lyster	12	0.010%	14.23x
1109	Melvin	12	0.010%	1.44x
1110	Munroe	12	0.010%	2.57x
1111	Murdock	12	0.010%	1.92x
1112	Naismith	12	0.010%	2.61x
1113	Newman	12	0.010%	0.09x
1114	Peden	12	0.010%	3.44x
1115	Petheram	12	0.010%	15.28x
1116	Sandilands	12	0.010%	3.15x
1117	Selby	12	0.010%	0.58x
1118	Strahan	12	0.010%	14.33x
1119	Symons	12	0.010%	0.50x
1120	Wedderspoon	12	0.010%	14.43x
1121	Whitehill	12	0.010%	8.59x
1122	Abbey	11	0.010%	1.73x
1123	Abbott	11	0.010%	0.14x
1124	Barlow	11	0.010%	0.12x
1125	Birkett	11	0.010%	0.66x
1126	Bishop	11	0.010%	0.09x
1127	Blackhall	11	0.010%	3.55x
1128	Blakely	11	0.010%	3.71x
1129	Breingan	11	0.010%	32.86x
1130	Broadley	11	0.010%	0.94x
1131	Budd	11	0.010%	0.50x
1132	Bullions	11	0.010%	22.16x
1133	Byars	11	0.010%	12.06x
1134	Clelland	11	0.010%	2.30x
1135	Connor	11	0.010%	0.22x
1136	Conyers	11	0.010%	5.34x
1137	Coyle	11	0.010%	0.94x
1138	Cran	11	0.010%	4.48x
1139	Denham	11	0.010%	0.72x
1140	Donn	11	0.010%	9.72x
1141	Dunbar	11	0.010%	0.55x
1142	Dyce	11	0.010%	13.91x
1143	Eckford	11	0.010%	6.31x
1144	Fairlie	11	0.010%	2.61x
1145	Farms	11	0.010%	39.71x
1146	Foy	11	0.010%	0.77x
1147	Frost	11	0.010%	0.11x
1148	Gairns	11	0.010%	15.00x
1149	Garrie	11	0.010%	19.05x
1150	Gauld	11	0.010%	2.42x
1151	Glancey	11	0.010%	9.43x
1152	Grahame	11	0.010%	2.43x
1153	Grier	11	0.010%	4.36x
1154	Gullen	11	0.010%	17.48x
1155	Gullon	11	0.010%	18.32x
1156	Halfpenny	11	0.010%	2.86x
1157	Halkett	11	0.010%	10.58x
1158	Harcus	11	0.010%	4.88x
1159	Haycock	11	0.010%	1.14x
1160	Howison	11	0.010%	10.58x
1161	Lesslie	11	0.010%	9.29x
1162	Liddel	11	0.010%	8.82x
1163	Loudon	11	0.010%	2.24x
1164	Madden	11	0.010%	0.74x
1165	Masterson	11	0.010%	3.03x
1166	Montgomery	11	0.010%	0.40x
1167	Morrice	11	0.010%	2.17x
1168	Mulheron	11	0.010%	16.01x
1169	Newton	11	0.010%	0.08x
1170	Obrien	11	0.010%	0.43x
1171	Pennycook	11	0.010%	4.21x
1172	Peterkin	11	0.010%	4.11x
1173	Pitt	11	0.010%	0.30x
1174	Pont	11	0.010%	6.95x
1175	Pope	11	0.010%	0.18x
1176	Prentice	11	0.010%	0.54x
1177	Quarton	11	0.010%	18.14x
1178	Rhodes	11	0.010%	0.14x
1179	Rogers	11	0.010%	0.05x
1180	Salter	11	0.010%	0.28x
1181	Sanderson	11	0.010%	0.15x
1182	Selkirk	11	0.010%	3.40x
1183	Shorthouse	11	0.010%	3.18x
1184	Sommers	11	0.010%	9.25x
1185	Stiven	11	0.010%	12.29x
1186	Thorburn	11	0.010%	1.10x
1187	Tweedale	11	0.010%	2.10x
1188	Walkinshaw	11	0.010%	5.60x
1189	Waterston	11	0.010%	4.39x
1190	Baptie	10	0.010%	7.04x
1191	Bartlett	10	0.010%	0.13x
1192	Blacklaws	10	0.010%	19.90x
1193	Bradley	10	0.010%	0.07x
1194	Brogan	10	0.010%	1.71x
1195	Butchard	10	0.010%	14.43x
1196	Caldwell	10	0.010%	0.37x
1197	Callam	10	0.010%	13.43x
1198	Conacher	10	0.010%	6.32x
1199	Coss	10	0.010%	21.12x
1200	Coull	10	0.010%	1.69x