1881 census place

Auchtermuchty surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Auchtermuchty, Fife in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

87 surnames are listed for Auchtermuchty, Fife, covering 692 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Suttie, with 75 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Auchtermuchty

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Suttie	75	3.23%	1121.08x
2	Bonthrone	26	1.12%	4333.33x
3	Adam	21	0.900%	52.63x
4	Horn	19	0.820%	35.99x
5	Bett	18	0.770%	323.16x
6	Birrell	18	0.770%	159.01x
7	Curr	18	0.770%	664.21x
8	Melville	18	0.770%	73.38x
9	Philp	18	0.770%	113.71x
10	Balfour	16	0.690%	98.89x
11	Carswell	16	0.690%	188.46x
12	Elder	16	0.690%	65.23x
13	Hain	15	0.650%	464.40x
14	Hardie	15	0.650%	49.54x
15	Wilkie	15	0.650%	45.28x
16	Fotheringham	14	0.600%	143.30x
17	Painter	14	0.600%	43.93x
18	Stark	14	0.600%	44.01x
19	Rattray	12	0.520%	105.63x
20	Traill	12	0.520%	375.00x
21	Keith	11	0.470%	44.18x
22	Seath	11	0.470%	317.00x
23	Niven	10	0.430%	61.84x
24	Philip	10	0.430%	64.52x
25	Buchan	9	0.390%	29.97x
26	Crombie	9	0.390%	69.07x
27	Herd	9	0.390%	52.76x
28	Wishart	9	0.390%	49.45x
29	Bonthron	8	0.340%	941.18x
30	Forgan	8	0.340%	343.35x
31	Fowlis	8	0.340%	701.75x
32	Honeyman	8	0.340%	105.40x
33	Myles	8	0.340%	73.53x
34	Coventry	7	0.300%	76.00x
35	Fair	7	0.300%	86.00x
36	Goodwillie	7	0.300%	769.23x
37	Haggart	7	0.300%	124.56x
38	Lyell	7	0.300%	445.86x
39	Reekie	7	0.300%	125.00x
40	Armit	6	0.260%	315.79x
41	Speedie	6	0.260%	361.45x
42	Tosh	6	0.260%	115.38x
43	Colville	5	0.220%	62.89x
44	Glasse	5	0.220%	588.24x
45	Pryde	5	0.220%	77.76x
46	Affleck	4	0.170%	74.63x
47	Barn	4	0.170%	396.04x
48	Dishington	4	0.170%	571.43x
49	Dougall	4	0.170%	55.33x
50	Drown	4	0.170%	625.00x
51	Punch	4	0.170%	344.83x
52	Richie	4	0.170%	182.65x
53	Staig	4	0.170%	396.04x
54	Aberdein	3	0.130%	267.86x
55	Beatson	3	0.130%	69.12x
56	Borrowman	3	0.130%	236.22x
57	Clunie	3	0.130%	87.98x
58	Currier	3	0.130%	171.43x
59	Emslie	3	0.130%	42.98x
60	Garvie	3	0.130%	73.35x
61	Heggie	3	0.130%	46.80x
62	Kinloch	3	0.130%	58.37x
63	Leven	3	0.130%	294.12x
64	Malloch	3	0.130%	90.91x
65	Muckersie	3	0.130%	638.30x
66	Peterkin	3	0.130%	83.57x
67	Pottie	3	0.130%	329.67x
68	Stirton	3	0.130%	114.94x
69	Symington	3	0.130%	46.73x
70	Troup	3	0.130%	55.76x
71	Turpie	3	0.130%	105.63x
72	Bonella	2	0.090%	606.06x
73	Cousin	2	0.090%	43.96x
74	Edington	2	0.090%	48.31x
75	Iliff	2	0.090%	131.58x
76	Peddie	2	0.090%	32.26x
77	Pinnington	2	0.090%	51.81x
78	Reddie	2	0.090%	124.22x
79	Cation	1	0.040%	185.19x
80	Dryburgh	1	0.040%	18.32x
81	Flockhart	1	0.040%	22.73x
82	Lanch	1	0.040%	1666.67x
83	Lonie	1	0.040%	36.90x
84	Mavor	1	0.040%	59.52x
85	Pie	1	0.040%	263.16x
86	Storrar	1	0.040%	44.44x
87	Walace	1	0.040%	178.57x