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 Branigan, with 2 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
2201	Branigan	2	0.000%	1.66x
2202	Brebner	2	0.000%	0.90x
2203	Brechin	2	0.000%	1.28x
2204	Brindley	2	0.000%	0.15x
2205	Brock	2	0.000%	0.10x
2206	Buckner	2	0.000%	1.89x
2207	Buick	2	0.000%	1.13x
2208	Burley	2	0.000%	0.12x
2209	Burrows	2	0.000%	0.03x
2210	Butcher	2	0.000%	0.03x
2211	Caird	2	0.000%	0.57x
2212	Call	2	0.000%	0.93x
2213	Callender	2	0.000%	0.57x
2214	Canfield	2	0.000%	1.01x
2215	Cape	2	0.000%	0.45x
2216	Carbery	2	0.000%	2.59x
2217	Carline	2	0.000%	0.65x
2218	Carn	2	0.000%	1.43x
2219	Carroll	2	0.000%	0.06x
2220	Cassidy	2	0.000%	0.09x
2221	Castle	2	0.000%	0.06x
2222	Cavers	2	0.000%	2.57x
2223	Cawthorn	2	0.000%	0.61x
2224	Christopher	2	0.000%	0.20x
2225	Christy	2	0.000%	0.55x
2226	Clough	2	0.000%	0.05x
2227	Coban	2	0.000%	69.69x
2228	Cocks	2	0.000%	0.17x
2229	Collin	2	0.000%	0.22x
2230	Colquhoun	2	0.000%	0.20x
2231	Connar	2	0.000%	2.13x
2232	Conolly	2	0.000%	0.38x
2233	Coston	2	0.000%	2.05x
2234	Cottman	2	0.000%	5.77x
2235	Coucher	2	0.000%	3.33x
2236	Cowperthwaite	2	0.000%	1.23x
2237	Crabbe	2	0.000%	0.82x
2238	Cranston	2	0.000%	0.29x
2239	Cresswell	2	0.000%	0.11x
2240	Crosbie	2	0.000%	0.23x
2241	Cunnington	2	0.000%	0.28x
2242	Dashwood	2	0.000%	0.90x
2243	Dewer	2	0.000%	3.01x
2244	Dickinson	2	0.000%	0.03x
2245	Docharty	2	0.000%	1.71x
2246	Donnely	2	0.000%	0.75x
2247	Dover	2	0.000%	0.26x
2248	Drake	2	0.000%	0.04x
2249	Driver	2	0.000%	0.06x
2250	Ducat	2	0.000%	3.09x
2251	Dymond	2	0.000%	0.33x
2252	Early	2	0.000%	0.31x
2253	English	2	0.000%	0.06x
2254	Everard	2	0.000%	0.38x
2255	Ewans	2	0.000%	6.30x
2256	Fairgrieve	2	0.000%	0.75x
2257	Farguson	2	0.000%	7.87x
2258	Farrel	2	0.000%	0.51x
2259	Fergie	2	0.000%	2.46x
2260	Ferns	2	0.000%	0.54x
2261	Ferries	2	0.000%	1.31x
2262	Fiddes	2	0.000%	0.62x
2263	Findlayson	2	0.000%	2.37x
2264	Fitzgerald	2	0.000%	0.07x
2265	Flack	2	0.000%	0.16x
2266	Forest	2	0.000%	0.40x
2267	Forester	2	0.000%	0.40x
2268	Forfar	2	0.000%	1.98x
2269	Frank	2	0.000%	0.27x
2270	French	2	0.000%	0.02x
2271	Gaffney	2	0.000%	0.34x
2272	Gallagher	2	0.000%	0.08x
2273	Gaven	2	0.000%	2.21x
2274	Giles	2	0.000%	0.03x
2275	Gill	2	0.000%	0.02x
2276	Gillon	2	0.000%	0.45x
2277	Gilmartin	2	0.000%	1.79x
2278	Gilston	2	0.000%	4.50x
2279	Girdwood	2	0.000%	0.92x
2280	Glasgow	2	0.000%	0.53x
2281	Gleeson	2	0.000%	0.38x
2282	Gormley	2	0.000%	0.99x
2283	Gourlie	2	0.000%	5.09x
2284	Greenhorn	2	0.000%	1.73x
2285	Greenshields	2	0.000%	0.65x
2286	Grundy	2	0.000%	0.06x
2287	Gullan	2	0.000%	4.81x
2288	Hannigan	2	0.000%	1.43x
2289	Harly	2	0.000%	3.76x
2290	Harty	2	0.000%	1.34x
2291	Harvie	2	0.000%	0.35x
2292	Haswell	2	0.000%	0.36x
2293	Hauxwell	2	0.000%	1.96x
2294	Hawkins	2	0.000%	0.02x
2295	Hayworth	2	0.000%	1.76x
2296	Heatley	2	0.000%	0.49x
2297	Helm	2	0.000%	0.26x
2298	Hewton	2	0.000%	6.93x
2299	Hillhouse	2	0.000%	1.28x
2300	Hitch	2	0.000%	0.44x