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 Porteous, with 30 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
701	Porteous	30	0.020%	2.60x
702	Stronach	30	0.020%	10.31x
703	Struthers	30	0.020%	3.88x
704	Sunter	30	0.020%	11.54x
705	Tennant	30	0.020%	1.63x
706	Crighton	29	0.020%	4.22x
707	Gibbons	29	0.020%	0.52x
708	Gilfillan	29	0.020%	8.67x
709	Hogarth	29	0.020%	2.54x
710	Ingles	29	0.020%	5.53x
711	Johnson	29	0.020%	0.05x
712	Kean	29	0.020%	2.48x
713	Kemp	29	0.020%	0.30x
714	Laird	29	0.020%	1.49x
715	Macintosh	29	0.020%	3.88x
716	Meikle	29	0.020%	2.33x
717	Moore	29	0.020%	0.08x
718	Muckersie	29	0.020%	82.36x
719	Peters	29	0.020%	0.48x
720	Purvis	29	0.020%	1.73x
721	Ballantyne	28	0.020%	2.14x
722	Bauld	28	0.020%	69.27x
723	Bridges	28	0.020%	1.02x
724	Dalgleish	28	0.020%	3.60x
725	Dickie	28	0.020%	2.06x
726	Foggo	28	0.020%	15.49x
727	Given	28	0.020%	19.55x
728	Gourley	28	0.020%	8.95x
729	Guild	28	0.020%	7.41x
730	Heron	28	0.020%	1.69x
731	Luke	28	0.020%	1.66x
732	Milton	28	0.020%	1.17x
733	Mowbray	28	0.020%	3.89x
734	Scobie	28	0.020%	7.45x
735	Sibbald	28	0.020%	6.08x
736	Whitton	28	0.020%	2.64x
737	Barron	27	0.020%	1.01x
738	Beat	27	0.020%	24.35x
739	Calder	27	0.020%	1.12x
740	Cassels	27	0.020%	8.63x
741	Chambers	27	0.020%	0.27x
742	Edgar	27	0.020%	1.01x
743	Edmond	27	0.020%	4.62x
744	Edward	27	0.020%	1.68x
745	Gifford	27	0.020%	1.80x
746	Halliday	27	0.020%	0.76x
747	Kirkaldy	27	0.020%	27.67x
748	Penny	27	0.020%	0.88x
749	Richmond	27	0.020%	0.71x
750	Sorley	27	0.020%	20.24x
751	Thomas	27	0.020%	0.04x
752	Berrie	26	0.020%	19.32x
753	Bloomfield	26	0.020%	1.18x
754	Bryson	26	0.020%	1.96x
755	Clifton	26	0.020%	1.06x
756	Connolly	26	0.020%	1.29x
757	Coupar	26	0.020%	10.21x
758	Curran	26	0.020%	1.80x
759	Denholm	26	0.020%	3.59x
760	Dundas	26	0.020%	7.94x
761	Herron	26	0.020%	4.20x
762	High	26	0.020%	3.33x
763	Laidlaw	26	0.020%	1.70x
764	Langlands	26	0.020%	6.45x
765	Liddell	26	0.020%	1.64x
766	Malloch	26	0.020%	10.59x
767	Manzie	26	0.020%	68.24x
768	Walton	26	0.020%	0.21x
769	Agnew	25	0.010%	2.57x
770	Andrews	25	0.010%	0.15x
771	Beath	25	0.010%	23.79x
772	Binnie	25	0.010%	3.47x
773	Boyle	25	0.010%	0.56x
774	Brass	25	0.010%	7.64x
775	Coulter	25	0.010%	2.88x
776	Danks	25	0.010%	3.32x
777	Edmonston	25	0.010%	30.93x
778	Foulis	25	0.010%	19.33x
779	George	25	0.010%	0.25x
780	Paxton	25	0.010%	1.81x
781	Pirie	25	0.010%	2.02x
782	Simon	25	0.010%	2.20x
783	Beaton	24	0.010%	1.21x
784	Boak	24	0.010%	14.74x
785	Bowers	24	0.010%	0.76x
786	Fox	24	0.010%	0.15x
787	Grandison	24	0.010%	19.79x
788	Lillie	24	0.010%	5.69x
789	Lowden	24	0.010%	4.23x
790	Neaves	24	0.010%	9.19x
791	Polson	24	0.010%	5.98x
792	Waterson	24	0.010%	3.31x
793	Wildridge	24	0.010%	40.36x
794	Aikman	23	0.010%	6.43x
795	Baynes	23	0.010%	3.37x
796	Brydie	23	0.010%	36.55x
797	Butler	23	0.010%	0.14x
798	Chaplin	23	0.010%	0.93x
799	Darling	23	0.010%	1.39x
800	Evans	23	0.010%	0.03x