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 Mosses, with 3 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
2101	Mosses	3	0.000%	8.12x
2102	Murry	3	0.000%	0.33x
2103	Neven	3	0.000%	6.42x
2104	Newland	3	0.000%	0.29x
2105	Nielson	3	0.000%	3.09x
2106	Norie	3	0.000%	4.60x
2107	Officer	3	0.000%	1.74x
2108	Partington	3	0.000%	0.12x
2109	Pate	3	0.000%	0.42x
2110	Pender	3	0.000%	0.53x
2111	Penn	3	0.000%	0.19x
2112	Penney	3	0.000%	0.31x
2113	Penzer	3	0.000%	6.42x
2114	Pick	3	0.000%	0.27x
2115	Pitblado	3	0.000%	27.37x
2116	Platt	3	0.000%	0.07x
2117	Ponton	3	0.000%	1.36x
2118	Preston	3	0.000%	0.03x
2119	Punter	3	0.000%	0.92x
2120	Ralston	3	0.000%	0.52x
2121	Randall	3	0.000%	0.06x
2122	Redman	3	0.000%	0.13x
2123	Rentoul	3	0.000%	16.76x
2124	Ridland	3	0.000%	3.11x
2125	Rignall	3	0.000%	3.63x
2126	Riley	3	0.000%	0.02x
2127	Rogerson	3	0.000%	0.14x
2128	Roll	3	0.000%	1.63x
2129	Rye	3	0.000%	0.45x
2130	Salmon	3	0.000%	0.08x
2131	Sampson	3	0.000%	0.10x
2132	Sandison	3	0.000%	0.69x
2133	Saunderson	3	0.000%	0.75x
2134	Scroggie	3	0.000%	2.10x
2135	Shepperd	3	0.000%	0.40x
2136	Simmon	3	0.000%	3.94x
2137	Singers	3	0.000%	11.06x
2138	Slavin	3	0.000%	2.62x
2139	Smillie	3	0.000%	0.87x
2140	Sorbie	3	0.000%	2.45x
2141	Southall	3	0.000%	0.23x
2142	Stillie	3	0.000%	5.90x
2143	Storer	3	0.000%	0.28x
2144	Stovin	3	0.000%	6.34x
2145	Strathearn	3	0.000%	2.65x
2146	Strathern	3	0.000%	2.37x
2147	Stubbings	3	0.000%	0.50x
2148	Summer	3	0.000%	0.76x
2149	Swam	3	0.000%	37.13x
2150	Swanston	3	0.000%	0.81x
2151	Sweeney	3	0.000%	0.13x
2152	Temple	3	0.000%	0.13x
2153	Thain	3	0.000%	0.54x
2154	Thomsen	3	0.000%	14.43x
2155	Toll	3	0.000%	0.99x
2156	Tool	3	0.000%	3.00x
2157	Tweedie	3	0.000%	0.45x
2158	Tyrell	3	0.000%	0.47x
2159	Vass	3	0.000%	0.51x
2160	Wardhaugh	3	0.000%	2.49x
2161	Wares	3	0.000%	1.63x
2162	Watterson	3	0.000%	0.54x
2163	Wells	3	0.000%	0.02x
2164	Weston	3	0.000%	0.04x
2165	Whitten	3	0.000%	1.20x
2166	Wicks	3	0.000%	0.12x
2167	Windram	3	0.000%	3.13x
2168	Yeaman	3	0.000%	1.51x
2169	Yeates	3	0.000%	0.31x
2170	York	3	0.000%	0.13x
2171	Yuil	3	0.000%	7.22x
2172	Ackerman	2	0.000%	0.68x
2173	Airdrie	2	0.000%	5.33x
2174	Aitcheson	2	0.000%	1.20x
2175	Aitkinson	2	0.000%	4.12x
2176	Anthony	2	0.000%	0.10x
2177	Atkins	2	0.000%	0.03x
2178	Bailey	2	0.000%	0.01x
2179	Balderson	2	0.000%	0.61x
2180	Ballard	2	0.000%	0.08x
2181	Balmer	2	0.000%	0.31x
2182	Bane	2	0.000%	0.94x
2183	Barbour	2	0.000%	0.21x
2184	Barrons	2	0.000%	2.94x
2185	Barton	2	0.000%	0.02x
2186	Bathie	2	0.000%	2.39x
2187	Baty	2	0.000%	0.48x
2188	Beamont	2	0.000%	2.23x
2189	Benn	2	0.000%	0.20x
2190	Bentham	2	0.000%	0.25x
2191	Bernett	2	0.000%	7.22x
2192	Beth	2	0.000%	9.62x
2193	Beverley	2	0.000%	0.38x
2194	Blacklock	2	0.000%	0.27x
2195	Blane	2	0.000%	0.60x
2196	Blues	2	0.000%	2.57x
2197	Boase	2	0.000%	1.07x
2198	Borland	2	0.000%	0.27x
2199	Bowhill	2	0.000%	2.03x
2200	Boyne	2	0.000%	0.73x