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 Fraser, with 335 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
101	Fraser	335	0.190%	2.18x
102	Drysdale	334	0.190%	22.84x
103	Hay	333	0.190%	5.25x
104	Baxter	332	0.190%	3.22x
105	Kay	329	0.190%	3.66x
106	Ireland	327	0.190%	8.15x
107	Methven	325	0.190%	82.28x
108	Pratt	319	0.180%	3.21x
109	Skinner	312	0.180%	3.55x
110	Harley	305	0.180%	13.68x
111	Hynd	301	0.170%	73.41x
112	Johnstone	300	0.170%	3.84x
113	Honeyman	299	0.170%	52.89x
114	Braid	296	0.170%	46.64x
115	Bisset	294	0.170%	21.69x
116	Gordon	294	0.170%	2.70x
117	Low	293	0.170%	8.00x
118	Hamilton	292	0.170%	2.25x
119	Forrester	291	0.170%	12.54x
120	Lister	291	0.170%	5.90x
121	Doig	290	0.170%	28.50x
122	Downie	290	0.170%	14.30x
123	Jack	289	0.170%	7.86x
124	Suttie	289	0.170%	57.99x
125	Grant	288	0.170%	1.68x
126	Cameron	287	0.170%	2.14x
127	Gibb	286	0.170%	9.37x
128	Duff	284	0.160%	9.23x
129	Fernie	284	0.160%	55.01x
130	Fleming	282	0.160%	3.92x
131	Stark	280	0.160%	11.82x
132	Cairns	279	0.160%	7.46x
133	Douglas	279	0.160%	3.33x
134	Swan	279	0.160%	6.23x
135	Innes	277	0.160%	10.34x
136	Kilgour	277	0.160%	43.53x
137	Malcolm	272	0.160%	11.96x
138	Watt	271	0.160%	4.09x
139	Crawford	268	0.160%	3.17x
140	Crichton	268	0.160%	18.16x
141	Dickson	268	0.160%	4.19x
142	Heggie	266	0.150%	55.70x
143	Erskine	264	0.150%	24.67x
144	Kinnear	264	0.150%	31.46x
145	Bain	262	0.150%	6.11x
146	Dowie	262	0.150%	62.84x
147	Leitch	260	0.150%	15.76x
148	Hodge	259	0.150%	5.94x
149	Nicholson	256	0.150%	2.08x
150	Gilmour	253	0.150%	10.34x
151	Stevenson	252	0.150%	2.08x
152	Arnott	251	0.150%	17.28x
153	Pryde	248	0.140%	51.81x
154	Bowman	246	0.140%	5.45x
155	Foster	245	0.140%	1.06x
156	Nairn	245	0.140%	28.63x
157	Alexander	244	0.140%	2.67x
158	Syme	241	0.140%	37.06x
159	Robb	238	0.140%	7.96x
160	Crombie	237	0.140%	24.43x
161	Law	237	0.140%	3.03x
162	Stenhouse	237	0.140%	33.15x
163	Jackson	236	0.140%	0.49x
164	Turnbull	232	0.130%	3.18x
165	Adams	230	0.130%	0.90x
166	Forbes	229	0.130%	3.95x
167	Imrie	225	0.130%	33.27x
168	Dow	224	0.130%	10.75x
169	Patrick	223	0.130%	6.47x
170	Dalrymple	219	0.130%	29.08x
171	Peebles	218	0.130%	30.03x
172	Blair	217	0.130%	4.84x
173	Carstairs	215	0.120%	75.37x
174	Petrie	215	0.120%	10.46x
175	Oswald	213	0.120%	26.81x
176	Carmichael	212	0.120%	8.57x
177	Ford	212	0.120%	1.26x
178	Fotheringham	207	0.120%	28.47x
179	Welsh	207	0.120%	3.02x
180	Leslie	206	0.120%	7.20x
181	Rintoul	206	0.120%	52.15x
182	Dall	204	0.120%	64.00x
183	Oliphant	203	0.120%	30.15x
184	Hardie	202	0.120%	8.96x
185	Gillespie	201	0.120%	7.33x
186	Speed	201	0.120%	14.47x
187	King	199	0.120%	0.53x
188	Haxton	196	0.110%	76.97x
189	Masterton	195	0.110%	34.99x
190	Seath	195	0.110%	75.38x
191	Shepherd	194	0.110%	1.53x
192	Sutherland	194	0.110%	2.23x
193	Fisher	193	0.110%	0.95x
194	Farmer	192	0.110%	3.55x
195	Peattie	192	0.110%	87.96x
196	Hugh	189	0.110%	41.33x
197	Clunie	187	0.110%	73.60x
198	Morton	187	0.110%	2.02x
199	Buist	184	0.110%	53.91x
200	Myles	184	0.110%	22.71x