1881 census place

Beath surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Beath, 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

169 surnames are listed for Beath, Fife, covering 2,565 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Beveridge, with 165 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Beath

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	Beveridge	165	3.02%	290.08x
2	Hunter	155	2.84%	27.62x
3	Thomson	101	1.85%	13.83x
4	Penman	100	1.83%	279.72x
5	Paterson	82	1.50%	22.05x
6	Hodge	66	1.21%	47.92x
7	Burt	58	1.06%	44.69x
8	Allan	55	1.01%	16.03x
9	Cowan	49	0.900%	43.96x
10	Dryburgh	47	0.860%	365.76x
11	Gibb	42	0.770%	43.52x
12	Ferris	40	0.730%	74.05x
13	Muir	37	0.680%	17.69x
14	Nicol	36	0.660%	31.65x
15	Dow	31	0.570%	47.08x
16	Bain	29	0.530%	21.39x
17	Philp	29	0.530%	77.85x
18	Stein	28	0.510%	216.38x
19	Forrester	27	0.490%	36.80x
20	Sneddon	27	0.490%	82.97x
21	Addison	26	0.480%	34.37x
22	Erskine	26	0.480%	76.90x
23	Herd	26	0.480%	64.79x
24	Hutton	26	0.480%	15.93x
25	Mercer	24	0.440%	16.74x
26	Ramage	24	0.440%	78.15x
27	Rattray	24	0.440%	89.82x
28	Whyte	24	0.440%	25.90x
29	Bowman	23	0.420%	16.11x
30	Hynd	23	0.420%	177.47x
31	Fernie	22	0.400%	134.89x
32	Frew	22	0.400%	80.12x
33	Mathieson	22	0.400%	38.21x
34	Ramsay	22	0.400%	15.63x
35	Shand	21	0.380%	55.94x
36	Blyth	20	0.370%	23.22x
37	Harrower	19	0.350%	155.23x
38	Izatt	19	0.350%	361.22x
39	Condie	18	0.330%	248.62x
40	Guthrie	18	0.330%	26.14x
41	Traynor	18	0.330%	139.53x
42	Wilkie	18	0.330%	23.09x
43	Drummond	17	0.310%	15.65x
44	Ewan	17	0.310%	136.55x
45	Finlayson	17	0.310%	27.00x
46	Fotheringham	17	0.310%	74.01x
47	Gilfillan	17	0.310%	160.83x
48	Laing	17	0.310%	15.48x
49	Wyse	17	0.310%	267.72x
50	Kinnell	16	0.290%	365.30x
51	Nisbet	16	0.290%	27.73x
52	Bickerton	15	0.270%	65.50x
53	Gold	15	0.270%	48.23x
54	Bernard	14	0.260%	61.86x
55	Arnott	13	0.240%	28.32x
56	Bogie	13	0.240%	174.73x
57	Muirhead	13	0.240%	30.84x
58	Syme	13	0.240%	63.26x
59	Terris	13	0.240%	509.80x
60	Waterson	13	0.240%	56.82x
61	Bisset	12	0.220%	28.02x
62	Foote	12	0.220%	57.17x
63	Masterton	12	0.220%	68.14x
64	Murrie	12	0.220%	276.50x
65	Brownlie	11	0.200%	45.99x
66	Keddie	11	0.200%	67.28x
67	Litster	11	0.200%	224.03x
68	Auld	10	0.180%	30.36x
69	Keir	10	0.180%	36.60x
70	Philip	10	0.180%	27.43x
71	Reekie	10	0.180%	75.87x
72	Speedie	10	0.180%	256.41x
73	Watters	10	0.180%	57.37x
74	Lamond	9	0.160%	48.21x
75	Leitch	9	0.160%	17.26x
76	Mailer	9	0.160%	135.95x
77	Mill	9	0.160%	27.31x
78	Moyes	9	0.160%	38.38x
79	Strang	9	0.160%	36.69x
80	Stronach	9	0.160%	97.83x
81	Wishart	9	0.160%	21.02x
82	Couper	8	0.150%	32.67x
83	Drylie	8	0.150%	601.50x
84	Greenhill	8	0.150%	33.88x
85	Lyall	8	0.150%	21.47x
86	Meikle	8	0.150%	20.34x
87	Renton	8	0.150%	23.87x
88	Scotland	8	0.150%	51.35x
89	Sheddon	8	0.150%	264.03x
90	Skelding	8	0.150%	89.99x
91	Younger	8	0.150%	27.05x
92	Adie	7	0.130%	59.37x
93	Ayton	7	0.130%	41.10x
94	Blamey	7	0.130%	94.72x
95	Cargill	7	0.130%	32.35x
96	Carrol	7	0.130%	28.27x
97	Drinnan	7	0.130%	194.99x
98	Stalker	7	0.130%	26.02x
99	Stenhouse	7	0.130%	30.99x
100	Venters	7	0.130%	189.19x