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 Horne, with 76 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
401	Horne	76	0.040%	2.02x
402	Mathers	76	0.040%	7.38x
403	May	76	0.040%	0.69x
404	Warrender	76	0.040%	27.71x
405	Chisholm	75	0.040%	2.99x
406	Corstorphine	75	0.040%	71.76x
407	Kelly	75	0.040%	0.40x
408	Litster	75	0.040%	48.28x
409	Lowe	75	0.040%	0.58x
410	Bonthron	74	0.040%	117.59x
411	Bonthrone	74	0.040%	164.33x
412	Edie	74	0.040%	76.74x
413	Haig	74	0.040%	10.89x
414	Laurie	74	0.040%	4.98x
415	Lonie	74	0.040%	36.72x
416	Lothian	74	0.040%	18.84x
417	Terras	74	0.040%	83.21x
418	Collier	73	0.040%	1.26x
419	Halley	73	0.040%	11.24x
420	Lockhart	73	0.040%	6.06x
421	Summers	73	0.040%	1.51x
422	Spittal	72	0.040%	39.84x
423	Durie	71	0.040%	24.49x
424	Harvey	71	0.040%	0.38x
425	Mackenzie	71	0.040%	1.47x
426	Traill	71	0.040%	29.77x
427	Waddell	71	0.040%	4.63x
428	Butters	70	0.040%	8.24x
429	Dempster	70	0.040%	5.75x
430	Mair	70	0.040%	4.38x
431	Waters	70	0.040%	1.01x
432	Bald	69	0.040%	25.05x
433	Ingram	69	0.040%	1.31x
434	Mackay	69	0.040%	1.10x
435	Craigie	68	0.040%	12.51x
436	Geddes	68	0.040%	3.28x
437	Wylie	68	0.040%	3.38x
438	Scotland	67	0.040%	13.59x
439	Speedie	67	0.040%	54.22x
440	Boag	66	0.040%	13.18x
441	Lamond	66	0.040%	11.17x
442	Roger	66	0.040%	11.11x
443	Williams	66	0.040%	0.05x
444	Bower	65	0.040%	2.05x
445	Eadie	65	0.040%	7.95x
446	Falconer	65	0.040%	3.15x
447	Hart	65	0.040%	0.44x
448	Keith	65	0.040%	3.51x
449	Manclark	65	0.040%	93.03x
450	Meiklejohn	65	0.040%	16.68x
451	Burgess	64	0.040%	0.53x
452	Cummings	64	0.040%	2.40x
453	Love	64	0.040%	1.56x
454	Dobbie	63	0.040%	8.34x
455	Ellis	63	0.040%	0.25x
456	Gow	63	0.040%	4.61x
457	Roxburgh	63	0.040%	11.77x
458	Band	62	0.040%	15.72x
459	Bennett	62	0.040%	0.22x
460	Carnegie	62	0.040%	10.92x
461	Leighton	62	0.040%	3.33x
462	Burton	61	0.040%	0.41x
463	Ewan	61	0.040%	15.49x
464	Flockhart	61	0.040%	18.63x
465	Normand	61	0.040%	70.90x
466	Yule	61	0.040%	7.04x
467	Harrow	60	0.030%	14.47x
468	Carswell	59	0.030%	9.33x
469	Charles	59	0.030%	1.65x
470	Fair	59	0.030%	9.74x
471	Orr	59	0.030%	2.02x
472	Pottie	59	0.030%	87.34x
473	Redpath	59	0.030%	7.35x
474	Sim	59	0.030%	3.04x
475	Barnet	58	0.030%	7.00x
476	Birrel	58	0.030%	63.98x
477	Chrystal	58	0.030%	24.32x
478	Knight	58	0.030%	0.27x
479	Stein	58	0.030%	14.17x
480	Wann	58	0.030%	47.38x
481	Wyllie	58	0.030%	4.79x
482	Eason	57	0.030%	7.69x
483	Ferris	57	0.030%	3.33x
484	Frew	57	0.030%	6.56x
485	Garland	57	0.030%	2.49x
486	Gold	57	0.030%	5.79x
487	Stoddart	57	0.030%	3.95x
488	Bryce	56	0.030%	3.24x
489	Cowie	56	0.030%	2.67x
490	Peat	56	0.030%	4.06x
491	Roy	56	0.030%	3.56x
492	Staig	56	0.030%	74.61x
493	Allison	55	0.030%	1.12x
494	Bowie	55	0.030%	3.65x
495	Foote	55	0.030%	8.28x
496	Inches	55	0.030%	58.80x
497	Leishman	55	0.030%	9.37x
498	Stirling	55	0.030%	2.45x
499	Gowans	54	0.030%	9.70x
500	Lyon	54	0.030%	1.49x