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 Fergus, with 23 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
801	Fergus	23	0.010%	7.36x
802	Givens	23	0.010%	31.37x
803	Hunt	23	0.010%	0.10x
804	Lowson	23	0.010%	5.82x
805	Mather	23	0.010%	0.54x
806	Mathison	23	0.010%	4.92x
807	Mortimer	23	0.010%	0.64x
808	Ogg	23	0.010%	4.17x
809	Rose	23	0.010%	0.18x
810	Winton	23	0.010%	3.55x
811	Baker	22	0.010%	0.06x
812	Brough	22	0.010%	1.04x
813	Brownlie	22	0.010%	2.91x
814	Culbert	22	0.010%	16.71x
815	Dott	22	0.010%	19.34x
816	Faulds	22	0.010%	4.17x
817	Glancy	22	0.010%	10.85x
818	Gregor	22	0.010%	7.62x
819	Grierson	22	0.010%	2.29x
820	Grinton	22	0.010%	58.62x
821	Hendry	22	0.010%	0.80x
822	Jones	22	0.010%	0.01x
823	Justice	22	0.010%	5.01x
824	Macleod	22	0.010%	0.90x
825	Norval	22	0.010%	15.00x
826	Potter	22	0.010%	0.20x
827	Roberts	22	0.010%	0.03x
828	Seaton	22	0.010%	1.50x
829	Smeaton	22	0.010%	4.52x
830	Souter	22	0.010%	2.34x
831	Spears	22	0.010%	5.34x
832	Stephen	22	0.010%	0.73x
833	Vallance	22	0.010%	2.82x
834	Wise	22	0.010%	0.61x
835	Angles	21	0.010%	23.61x
836	Best	21	0.010%	0.45x
837	Brady	21	0.010%	0.69x
838	Cathcart	21	0.010%	7.91x
839	Cree	21	0.010%	4.07x
840	Davis	21	0.010%	0.06x
841	Elliot	21	0.010%	0.48x
842	Gourdie	21	0.010%	67.35x
843	Grey	21	0.010%	0.56x
844	Hillock	21	0.010%	33.68x
845	Macgregor	21	0.010%	2.91x
846	Moncur	21	0.010%	6.16x
847	Mudie	21	0.010%	5.33x
848	Peddie	21	0.010%	4.55x
849	Sheriff	21	0.010%	4.36x
850	Slater	21	0.010%	0.20x
851	Troup	21	0.010%	5.25x
852	Andrew	20	0.010%	0.37x
853	Barber	20	0.010%	0.19x
854	Colston	20	0.010%	6.33x
855	Conway	20	0.010%	0.62x
856	Fife	20	0.010%	4.35x
857	Goodfellow	20	0.010%	1.31x
858	Jolly	20	0.010%	0.82x
859	Kyles	20	0.010%	18.23x
860	Mayne	20	0.010%	1.96x
861	Monro	20	0.010%	5.57x
862	Payne	20	0.010%	0.13x
863	Pillans	20	0.010%	19.35x
864	Sang	20	0.010%	29.61x
865	Shearer	20	0.010%	0.90x
866	Stott	20	0.010%	0.37x
867	Woodcock	20	0.010%	0.41x
868	Balmain	19	0.010%	18.08x
869	Belford	19	0.010%	12.42x
870	Bissett	19	0.010%	4.62x
871	Carrick	19	0.010%	1.53x
872	Connelly	19	0.010%	1.18x
873	Corr	19	0.010%	13.71x
874	Docherty	19	0.010%	0.74x
875	Don	19	0.010%	4.82x
876	Dowds	19	0.010%	39.65x
877	Duffus	19	0.010%	7.20x
878	Edmiston	19	0.010%	11.75x
879	Fletcher	19	0.010%	0.10x
880	Foreman	19	0.010%	0.84x
881	Fyffe	19	0.010%	5.64x
882	Gardener	19	0.010%	0.61x
883	Glover	19	0.010%	0.26x
884	Hetherington	19	0.010%	0.87x
885	Leven	19	0.010%	25.12x
886	Little	19	0.010%	0.23x
887	Manson	19	0.010%	0.94x
888	Marshal	19	0.010%	5.21x
889	Matheson	19	0.010%	0.80x
890	Murphy	19	0.010%	0.14x
891	Mustard	19	0.010%	7.72x
892	Nellies	19	0.010%	173.36x
893	Osborne	19	0.010%	0.23x
894	Pride	19	0.010%	4.46x
895	Punt	19	0.010%	10.61x
896	Robbie	19	0.010%	4.77x
897	Ronald	19	0.010%	3.08x
898	Senior	19	0.010%	0.48x
899	Winter	19	0.010%	0.31x
900	Bardner	18	0.010%	72.52x