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 Mills, with 54 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
501	Mills	54	0.030%	0.24x
502	Trail	54	0.030%	17.13x
503	Fowlis	53	0.030%	62.44x
504	Haggart	53	0.030%	12.68x
505	Mathew	53	0.030%	8.17x
506	Pattie	53	0.030%	35.71x
507	Phillips	53	0.030%	0.17x
508	Stevens	53	0.030%	0.29x
509	Gorrie	52	0.030%	14.11x
510	Tulloch	52	0.030%	4.53x
511	Bewick	51	0.030%	10.44x
512	Bousie	51	0.030%	127.98x
513	Dodds	51	0.030%	1.40x
514	Farquharson	51	0.030%	5.22x
515	Mitchel	51	0.030%	3.02x
516	Pitcairn	51	0.030%	35.47x
517	Ronaldson	51	0.030%	20.03x
518	Ainslie	50	0.030%	10.95x
519	Annan	50	0.030%	20.62x
520	Cormie	50	0.030%	67.13x
521	Cowper	50	0.030%	6.60x
522	Dougall	50	0.030%	9.29x
523	Fairweather	50	0.030%	3.73x
524	Linton	50	0.030%	3.52x
525	Moffat	50	0.030%	1.60x
526	Murrie	50	0.030%	36.38x
527	Steele	50	0.030%	1.08x
528	Barrie	49	0.030%	3.93x
529	Boswell	49	0.030%	3.02x
530	Collins	49	0.030%	0.20x
531	Fairfull	49	0.030%	97.53x
532	Gatherum	49	0.030%	119.54x
533	Haldane	49	0.030%	11.21x
534	Hastie	49	0.030%	4.48x
535	Wannan	49	0.030%	85.72x
536	Cousin	48	0.030%	14.16x
537	Edwards	48	0.030%	0.10x
538	Japp	48	0.030%	27.52x
539	Livingstone	48	0.030%	2.98x
540	Mack	48	0.030%	2.76x
541	Neish	48	0.030%	13.65x
542	Shields	48	0.030%	1.80x
543	Allen	47	0.030%	0.14x
544	Burnet	47	0.030%	7.43x
545	Cassells	47	0.030%	16.71x
546	Gulland	47	0.030%	44.00x
547	Key	47	0.030%	1.97x
548	Reddie	47	0.030%	39.13x
549	Stalker	47	0.030%	5.52x
550	Sturrock	47	0.030%	7.54x
551	Thom	47	0.030%	3.04x
552	Wilkinson	47	0.030%	0.18x
553	Farquhar	46	0.030%	3.42x
554	Raeburn	46	0.030%	11.98x
555	Clarke	45	0.030%	0.13x
556	Forrest	45	0.030%	1.01x
557	Landale	45	0.030%	47.82x
558	Lessels	45	0.030%	64.41x
559	Lyall	45	0.030%	3.82x
560	Ovenstone	45	0.030%	76.41x
561	Pattison	45	0.030%	1.64x
562	Fortune	44	0.030%	4.87x
563	Lessells	44	0.030%	127.02x
564	Nimmo	44	0.030%	5.71x
565	Peter	44	0.030%	7.27x
566	Russel	44	0.030%	3.69x
567	Auld	43	0.020%	4.13x
568	Cation	43	0.020%	107.90x
569	Easton	43	0.020%	1.64x
570	Goodwillie	43	0.020%	63.66x
571	Gould	43	0.020%	0.69x
572	Hope	43	0.020%	0.73x
573	Matthewson	43	0.020%	17.32x
574	Pollock	43	0.020%	1.71x
575	Somers	43	0.020%	7.34x
576	Terris	43	0.020%	53.20x
577	Constable	42	0.020%	2.20x
578	Henry	42	0.020%	0.96x
579	Hoy	42	0.020%	4.22x
580	Lynch	42	0.020%	0.92x
581	Porter	42	0.020%	0.32x
582	Wyles	42	0.020%	9.62x
583	Drylie	41	0.020%	97.27x
584	Gunn	41	0.020%	0.97x
585	Jollie	41	0.020%	61.74x
586	Renton	41	0.020%	3.87x
587	Somerville	41	0.020%	2.85x
588	Soutar	41	0.020%	6.65x
589	Wotherspoon	41	0.020%	7.46x
590	Beatson	40	0.020%	12.37x
591	Kinsman	40	0.020%	11.47x
592	Lee	40	0.020%	0.14x
593	Noble	40	0.020%	0.56x
594	Reilly	40	0.020%	2.18x
595	Brewster	39	0.020%	2.33x
596	Burnett	39	0.020%	0.82x
597	Clement	39	0.020%	2.24x
598	Croll	39	0.020%	12.02x
599	Dorward	39	0.020%	12.35x
600	Kinnaird	39	0.020%	12.84x