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 Hill, with 182 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
201	Hill	182	0.110%	0.41x
202	Arnot	180	0.100%	33.74x
203	Dawson	180	0.100%	0.94x
204	Arthur	179	0.100%	4.75x
205	Gay	179	0.100%	7.77x
206	Moodie	179	0.100%	22.05x
207	Forsyth	178	0.100%	4.82x
208	Turner	178	0.100%	0.37x
209	Marr	177	0.100%	8.97x
210	Adam	176	0.100%	5.92x
211	Brand	176	0.100%	6.89x
212	Brunton	176	0.100%	12.95x
213	Finlay	176	0.100%	9.91x
214	Baird	175	0.100%	4.73x
215	Dunn	174	0.100%	1.21x
216	Latto	174	0.100%	85.12x
217	Cumming	171	0.100%	5.18x
218	Hepburn	171	0.100%	11.12x
219	Irvine	171	0.100%	4.49x
220	Bayne	170	0.100%	26.86x
221	Houston	170	0.100%	7.72x
222	Nicolson	170	0.100%	8.51x
223	Addison	169	0.100%	7.06x
224	Jamieson	169	0.100%	3.51x
225	Lawrie	169	0.100%	10.20x
226	Currie	166	0.100%	3.41x
227	Bogie	164	0.090%	69.61x
228	Ballingall	163	0.090%	65.49x
229	Bett	160	0.090%	38.59x
230	Thompson	160	0.090%	0.31x
231	Dingwall	159	0.090%	23.20x
232	Kerr	159	0.090%	1.69x
233	Storrar	159	0.090%	94.95x
234	Berwick	158	0.090%	22.71x
235	Burns	158	0.090%	1.36x
236	Couper	158	0.090%	20.39x
237	Keir	157	0.090%	18.16x
238	Walls	157	0.090%	7.55x
239	Munro	156	0.090%	2.02x
240	Strachan	156	0.090%	5.23x
241	Michie	154	0.090%	18.19x
242	Dunsire	152	0.090%	166.61x
243	Horn	152	0.090%	3.87x
244	Ogilvie	152	0.090%	9.09x
245	Buchanan	151	0.090%	3.38x
246	Mason	151	0.090%	0.65x
247	Chapman	149	0.090%	0.61x
248	Niven	149	0.090%	12.38x
249	Berry	148	0.090%	1.08x
250	Howie	148	0.090%	8.72x
251	Keay	148	0.090%	20.05x
252	Murdoch	148	0.090%	5.04x
253	Neilson	148	0.090%	6.07x
254	Pringle	147	0.090%	5.40x
255	Sime	147	0.090%	21.21x
256	Archibald	146	0.080%	9.78x
257	Turpie	146	0.080%	69.08x
258	Weir	145	0.080%	3.22x
259	Westwood	144	0.080%	4.96x
260	Kennedy	143	0.080%	1.37x
261	Welch	143	0.080%	2.35x
262	Izatt	142	0.080%	85.39x
263	Logie	142	0.080%	28.26x
264	Hain	140	0.080%	58.28x
265	Cowan	139	0.080%	3.94x
266	More	138	0.080%	10.26x
267	Rennie	138	0.080%	4.57x
268	Colville	137	0.080%	23.15x
269	Kinnell	136	0.080%	98.14x
270	Mathewson	136	0.080%	32.53x
271	Mathieson	136	0.080%	7.46x
272	Nelson	136	0.080%	1.62x
273	Urquhart	136	0.080%	5.60x
274	Steedman	135	0.080%	30.24x
275	Westwater	135	0.080%	59.95x
276	Cooper	132	0.080%	0.31x
277	Spowart	132	0.080%	69.69x
278	Ednie	130	0.080%	130.89x
279	Rattray	130	0.080%	15.38x
280	Watters	130	0.080%	23.57x
281	Kellock	129	0.070%	61.04x
282	Knox	129	0.070%	4.35x
283	Mercer	129	0.070%	2.84x
284	Philip	129	0.070%	11.18x
285	Ramage	129	0.070%	13.27x
286	Guthrie	128	0.070%	5.87x
287	Gardiner	127	0.070%	2.56x
288	Shaw	127	0.070%	0.40x
289	Sneddon	127	0.070%	12.33x
290	Louden	126	0.070%	42.12x
291	Matthew	126	0.070%	9.65x
292	Tod	126	0.070%	18.71x
293	Rankine	124	0.070%	14.14x
294	Hutt	122	0.070%	16.47x
295	Main	122	0.070%	4.31x
296	Rutherford	122	0.070%	2.89x
297	Harrower	120	0.070%	30.97x
298	Bennet	119	0.070%	4.98x
299	Rollo	118	0.070%	29.70x
300	Angus	117	0.070%	4.73x