1881 census place

Cameron surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cameron, 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

48 surnames are listed for Cameron, Fife, covering 267 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bethune, with 25 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cameron

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	Bethune	25	2.49%	1612.90x
2	Balfour	19	1.89%	271.82x
3	Nicolson	19	1.89%	163.79x
4	Pryde	15	1.49%	539.57x
5	Grieve	13	1.29%	111.78x
6	Bisset	12	1.20%	152.48x
7	Balsillie	11	1.10%	1864.41x
8	Farquhar	9	0.900%	115.24x
9	Bremner	8	0.800%	92.70x
10	Methven	8	0.800%	349.35x
11	Ainslie	7	0.700%	264.15x
12	Bayne	7	0.700%	190.74x
13	Dowie	7	0.700%	289.26x
14	Ednie	7	0.700%	1206.90x
15	Fay	7	0.700%	166.67x
16	Fernie	7	0.700%	233.33x
17	Ferrier	7	0.700%	119.86x
18	Macfarlane	6	0.600%	104.53x
19	Peebles	6	0.600%	142.52x
20	Boag	5	0.500%	171.82x
21	Gauld	5	0.500%	189.39x
22	Terras	5	0.500%	961.54x
23	Clerk	4	0.400%	153.85x
24	Gulland	4	0.400%	645.16x
25	Aitchinson	3	0.300%	909.09x
26	Buist	3	0.300%	151.52x
27	Cheape	3	0.300%	1875.00x
28	Falls	3	0.300%	612.24x
29	Harrow	3	0.300%	124.48x
30	Keddie	3	0.300%	100.00x
31	Kirkcaldy	3	0.300%	517.24x
32	Louden	3	0.300%	172.41x
33	Birrel	2	0.200%	377.36x
34	Carrie	2	0.200%	117.65x
35	Tweedale	2	0.200%	65.79x
36	Weighton	2	0.200%	1666.67x
37	Bonthron	1	0.100%	270.27x
38	Fowls	1	0.100%	204.08x
39	Gatherum	1	0.100%	416.67x
40	Hain	1	0.100%	71.94x
41	Howieson	1	0.100%	80.65x
42	Kohler	1	0.100%	161.29x
43	Latto	1	0.100%	84.03x
44	Milk	1	0.100%	357.14x
45	Muckersie	1	0.100%	500.00x
46	Normand	1	0.100%	200.00x
47	Thaw	1	0.100%	227.27x
48	Trussell	1	0.100%	104.17x