1881 census place

Carnock surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Carnock, 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

42 surnames are listed for Carnock, Fife, covering 298 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Erskine, with 21 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Carnock

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	Erskine	21	1.98%	320.61x
2	Templeman	17	1.61%	415.65x
3	Bald	16	1.51%	946.75x
4	Calderhead	16	1.51%	2388.06x
5	Moodie	16	1.51%	321.93x
6	Drysdale	13	1.23%	145.25x
7	Haldane	12	1.13%	449.44x
8	Howieson	12	1.13%	916.03x
9	Mathew	11	1.04%	277.08x
10	Mathie	11	1.04%	514.02x
11	Niven	11	1.04%	149.46x
12	Wishart	11	1.04%	132.69x
13	Broadley	10	0.950%	139.66x
14	Wardlaw	10	0.950%	520.83x
15	Meiklejohn	9	0.850%	378.15x
16	Fotheringham	8	0.760%	179.78x
17	Heggie	7	0.660%	239.73x
18	Kellock	7	0.660%	542.64x
19	Coyne	6	0.570%	107.14x
20	Herron	6	0.570%	158.31x
21	Littlejohn	6	0.570%	117.65x
22	Oswald	6	0.570%	123.46x
23	Proudfoot	6	0.570%	130.15x
24	Curr	5	0.470%	403.23x
25	Deas	4	0.380%	128.62x
26	Gowans	4	0.380%	117.30x
27	Haxton	4	0.380%	256.41x
28	Hynd	4	0.380%	159.36x
29	Spittal	4	0.380%	360.36x
30	Cousin	3	0.280%	144.93x
31	Masterton	3	0.280%	87.98x
32	Ryans	3	0.280%	416.67x
33	Slavin	3	0.280%	428.57x
34	Duncanson	2	0.190%	98.04x
35	Gilston	2	0.190%	740.74x
36	Landale	2	0.190%	344.83x
37	Mellon	2	0.190%	91.32x
38	Bulloch	1	0.090%	47.17x
39	Craine	1	0.090%	41.32x
40	Gilliland	1	0.090%	113.64x
41	Terras	1	0.090%	185.19x
42	Terris	1	0.090%	204.08x