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 Finlayson, with 117 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
301	Finlayson	117	0.070%	5.87x
302	Gillies	117	0.070%	4.73x
303	Livingston	117	0.070%	7.53x
304	Nicoll	117	0.070%	7.45x
305	Buchan	116	0.070%	5.19x
306	Husband	116	0.070%	11.51x
307	Maxwell	116	0.070%	2.82x
308	Beattie	115	0.070%	3.11x
309	Coventry	115	0.070%	16.78x
310	Menzies	115	0.070%	5.12x
311	Rolland	115	0.070%	58.23x
312	Fyfe	114	0.070%	7.18x
313	Moir	113	0.070%	4.75x
314	Barker	112	0.060%	0.49x
315	Patterson	112	0.060%	1.86x
316	Kilpatrick	111	0.060%	12.47x
317	Wardlaw	111	0.060%	35.33x
318	Fenton	110	0.060%	3.19x
319	Goodall	110	0.060%	2.97x
320	Venters	110	0.060%	93.84x
321	Donald	109	0.060%	3.13x
322	Lambert	109	0.060%	1.15x
323	Younger	108	0.060%	11.54x
324	Mill	107	0.060%	10.26x
325	Findlay	106	0.060%	2.96x
326	Harris	105	0.060%	0.24x
327	Rae	105	0.060%	2.66x
328	Armit	104	0.060%	73.52x
329	Bethune	104	0.060%	38.98x
330	Brodie	104	0.060%	4.48x
331	Small	104	0.060%	2.37x
332	Easson	103	0.060%	30.81x
333	Fyall	103	0.060%	123.03x
334	Saunders	103	0.060%	0.65x
335	Bernard	102	0.060%	14.24x
336	Cant	102	0.060%	9.51x
337	Parker	102	0.060%	0.31x
338	Paul	102	0.060%	2.36x
339	Boyd	101	0.060%	1.67x
340	Hughes	101	0.060%	0.21x
341	Napier	100	0.060%	7.19x
342	Shand	100	0.060%	8.42x
343	Davie	99	0.060%	6.21x
344	Stobie	99	0.060%	38.96x
345	West	99	0.060%	0.59x
346	Glen	98	0.060%	5.73x
347	Richardson	98	0.060%	0.33x
348	Tullis	98	0.060%	60.83x
349	Balsillie	97	0.060%	94.90x
350	Cuthbert	97	0.060%	3.90x
351	Ewing	97	0.060%	6.08x
352	Hood	94	0.050%	1.96x
353	Lees	94	0.050%	1.23x
354	Wemyss	94	0.050%	39.23x
355	Green	93	0.050%	0.19x
356	Logan	93	0.050%	2.27x
357	Macdonald	93	0.050%	1.36x
358	Baillie	92	0.050%	5.13x
359	Blackwood	91	0.050%	9.03x
360	Swinton	90	0.050%	25.26x
361	Auchterlonie	89	0.050%	74.82x
362	Coutts	88	0.050%	5.04x
363	Mayes	88	0.050%	5.28x
364	Pye	87	0.050%	3.36x
365	Tait	87	0.050%	1.71x
366	Grubb	86	0.050%	8.04x
367	Horsburgh	86	0.050%	20.15x
368	Lamb	86	0.050%	0.94x
369	Baldie	85	0.050%	95.58x
370	Kirkcaldy	85	0.050%	85.09x
371	Stuart	85	0.050%	2.06x
372	Proudfoot	84	0.050%	11.14x
373	Stocks	84	0.050%	4.46x
374	Wyse	84	0.050%	41.80x
375	Boyter	83	0.050%	129.51x
376	Fulton	83	0.050%	3.80x
377	Moncrieff	83	0.050%	19.06x
378	Condie	82	0.050%	35.77x
379	Lowrie	82	0.050%	13.84x
380	Motion	82	0.050%	76.35x
381	Salmond	82	0.050%	22.54x
382	Whitehead	82	0.050%	0.70x
383	Briggs	80	0.050%	0.85x
384	Forgan	80	0.050%	46.03x
385	Strang	80	0.050%	10.31x
386	Cargill	79	0.050%	11.54x
387	Gardner	79	0.050%	0.67x
388	Hall	79	0.050%	0.16x
389	Peggie	79	0.050%	83.42x
390	Cochrane	78	0.050%	2.91x
391	Hume	78	0.050%	3.18x
392	Nisbet	78	0.050%	4.27x
393	Veitch	78	0.050%	6.84x
394	Carr	77	0.040%	0.62x
395	Short	77	0.040%	1.14x
396	Templeman	77	0.040%	11.52x
397	Alison	76	0.040%	24.28x
398	Bremner	76	0.040%	5.12x
399	Glass	76	0.040%	4.25x
400	Hoggan	76	0.040%	30.54x