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 Archer, with 38 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
601	Archer	38	0.020%	0.53x
602	Banks	38	0.020%	0.43x
603	Borthwick	38	0.020%	3.91x
604	Ferrier	38	0.020%	3.78x
605	Greive	38	0.020%	16.29x
606	Neill	38	0.020%	3.32x
607	Adie	37	0.020%	9.92x
608	Barn	37	0.020%	49.29x
609	Barns	37	0.020%	3.32x
610	Harper	37	0.020%	0.33x
611	Ivory	37	0.020%	10.17x
612	Mann	37	0.020%	0.41x
613	Armour	36	0.020%	3.32x
614	Beall	36	0.020%	14.91x
615	Cornfoot	36	0.020%	53.29x
616	Danskin	36	0.020%	38.72x
617	Fergusson	36	0.020%	4.11x
618	Gilchrist	36	0.020%	1.42x
619	Lorimer	36	0.020%	5.21x
620	Mavor	36	0.020%	28.73x
621	Purves	36	0.020%	3.18x
622	Robson	36	0.020%	0.32x
623	Barr	35	0.020%	0.84x
624	Cockburn	35	0.020%	1.59x
625	Connell	35	0.020%	1.16x
626	Gerrard	35	0.020%	1.58x
627	Goodsir	35	0.020%	64.49x
628	Halden	35	0.020%	22.53x
629	Kinghorn	35	0.020%	7.01x
630	Liddle	35	0.020%	1.72x
631	Lyell	35	0.020%	29.86x
632	Miles	35	0.020%	0.34x
633	Muirhead	35	0.020%	2.62x
634	Terrace	35	0.020%	50.94x
635	Barnes	34	0.020%	0.16x
636	Bird	34	0.020%	0.26x
637	Dallas	34	0.020%	5.21x
638	Falls	34	0.020%	40.06x
639	Hempseed	34	0.020%	54.52x
640	Mollison	34	0.020%	8.81x
641	Proctor	34	0.020%	0.80x
642	Pullar	34	0.020%	15.25x
643	Thoms	34	0.020%	11.01x
644	Allister	33	0.020%	46.85x
645	Binning	33	0.020%	13.51x
646	Cormack	33	0.020%	2.52x
647	Dobie	33	0.020%	5.71x
648	Duncanson	33	0.020%	9.89x
649	Macfarlane	33	0.020%	3.34x
650	Mathie	33	0.020%	9.45x
651	Moultrie	33	0.020%	60.81x
652	Pitkethly	33	0.020%	68.86x
653	Seth	33	0.020%	25.06x
654	Begg	32	0.020%	3.04x
655	Birnie	32	0.020%	4.35x
656	Butter	32	0.020%	3.89x
657	Dutch	32	0.020%	16.02x
658	Gerard	32	0.020%	10.84x
659	Greenhill	32	0.020%	4.28x
660	Kiddie	32	0.020%	18.23x
661	Kinloch	32	0.020%	8.36x
662	Lornie	32	0.020%	51.31x
663	Maule	32	0.020%	7.76x
664	Mitchelson	32	0.020%	14.62x
665	Naysmith	32	0.020%	25.54x
666	Tarvit	32	0.020%	131.96x
667	Whitelaw	32	0.020%	3.10x
668	Batchelor	31	0.020%	1.06x
669	Blackie	31	0.020%	4.37x
670	Calderhead	31	0.020%	28.11x
671	Curr	31	0.020%	15.34x
672	Cuthill	31	0.020%	9.18x
673	Ditchburn	31	0.020%	9.50x
674	Dudgeon	31	0.020%	8.60x
675	Eddie	31	0.020%	12.37x
676	Fairbairn	31	0.020%	2.43x
677	Gilbert	31	0.020%	0.31x
678	Gorman	31	0.020%	1.49x
679	Herdman	31	0.020%	7.12x
680	Howieson	31	0.020%	14.51x
681	Hutcheson	31	0.020%	3.49x
682	Irons	31	0.020%	3.29x
683	Jeffrey	31	0.020%	0.97x
684	Laverock	31	0.020%	50.19x
685	Millie	31	0.020%	49.26x
686	Neil	31	0.020%	1.36x
687	Norrie	31	0.020%	5.78x
688	Tosh	31	0.020%	8.01x
689	Aitchison	30	0.020%	2.48x
690	Armstrong	30	0.020%	0.23x
691	Barnett	30	0.020%	0.38x
692	Bonnar	30	0.020%	12.80x
693	Cruickshank	30	0.020%	1.54x
694	Garvie	30	0.020%	9.86x
695	Grieg	30	0.020%	25.59x
696	Hislop	30	0.020%	2.88x
697	Lamont	30	0.020%	1.95x
698	Littlejohn	30	0.020%	3.60x
699	Nasmyth	30	0.020%	61.87x
700	Orrock	30	0.020%	27.64x