1881 census place

Cupar surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cupar, 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

302 surnames are listed for Cupar, Fife, covering 3,341 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robertson, with 172 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cupar

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	Robertson	172	2.29%	13.65x
2	Thomson	88	1.17%	8.76x
3	Ritchie	74	0.980%	28.48x
4	Ramsay	69	0.920%	35.62x
5	Wallace	67	0.890%	13.01x
6	Aitken	66	0.880%	33.44x
7	Mackie	64	0.850%	39.80x
8	Honeyman	61	0.810%	248.07x
9	Lumsden	55	0.730%	87.68x
10	Black	54	0.720%	11.09x
11	Donaldson	49	0.650%	22.84x
12	Millar	43	0.570%	15.66x
13	Heggie	39	0.520%	187.77x
14	Rodger	38	0.510%	35.94x
15	Lawson	36	0.480%	8.12x
16	Melville	36	0.480%	45.33x
17	Howie	34	0.450%	46.08x
18	Laing	34	0.450%	22.50x
19	Johnstone	33	0.440%	9.71x
20	Oliphant	30	0.400%	102.46x
21	Reekie	30	0.400%	165.47x
22	Blyth	29	0.390%	24.46x
23	Forrester	29	0.390%	28.72x
24	Patterson	29	0.390%	11.06x
25	Methven	28	0.370%	162.98x
26	Myles	28	0.370%	79.48x
27	Christie	27	0.360%	11.07x
28	Dewar	27	0.360%	27.53x
29	Adamson	26	0.350%	13.07x
30	Galloway	26	0.350%	20.07x
31	Dick	25	0.330%	14.90x
32	Fernie	25	0.330%	111.36x
33	Neilson	25	0.330%	23.58x
34	Nicol	25	0.330%	15.97x
35	Fyfe	24	0.320%	34.76x
36	Peattie	24	0.320%	252.90x
37	Gourlay	23	0.310%	55.17x
38	Ireland	23	0.310%	13.17x
39	Barclay	22	0.290%	14.21x
40	Bett	22	0.290%	122.02x
41	Low	22	0.290%	13.81x
42	Nairn	22	0.290%	59.11x
43	Imrie	20	0.270%	68.00x
44	Beveridge	19	0.250%	24.27x
45	Brunton	19	0.250%	32.15x
46	Gillespie	19	0.250%	15.93x
47	Harley	19	0.250%	19.60x
48	Innes	19	0.250%	16.32x
49	Lowden	19	0.250%	77.05x
50	Mathieson	19	0.250%	23.98x
51	Urquhart	19	0.250%	17.98x
52	Elder	18	0.240%	22.66x
53	Bayne	17	0.230%	61.77x
54	Brass	17	0.230%	119.38x
55	Dowie	17	0.230%	93.77x
56	Louden	17	0.230%	130.67x
57	Neaves	17	0.230%	149.78x
58	Ness	17	0.230%	49.81x
59	Band	16	0.210%	93.29x
60	Bisset	16	0.210%	27.15x
61	Hain	16	0.210%	153.11x
62	Kidd	16	0.210%	10.45x
63	Philp	16	0.210%	31.21x
64	Crombie	15	0.200%	35.55x
65	Greig	15	0.200%	12.60x
66	Robb	15	0.200%	11.53x
67	Rollo	15	0.200%	86.81x
68	Whyte	15	0.200%	11.76x
69	Birrell	14	0.190%	38.18x
70	Carstairs	14	0.190%	112.81x
71	Durie	14	0.190%	111.02x
72	Finlay	14	0.190%	18.13x
73	Garland	14	0.190%	14.04x
74	Seath	14	0.190%	124.44x
75	Baillie	13	0.170%	16.66x
76	Dalrymple	13	0.170%	39.69x
77	Dingwall	13	0.170%	43.61x
78	Edmond	13	0.170%	51.20x
79	Leitch	13	0.170%	18.12x
80	Malcolm	13	0.170%	13.14x
81	Meldrum	13	0.170%	27.45x
82	Suttie	13	0.170%	59.99x
83	Arnott	12	0.160%	18.99x
84	Balfour	12	0.160%	22.91x
85	Culbert	12	0.160%	209.42x
86	Dall	12	0.160%	86.58x
87	Husband	12	0.160%	27.37x
88	Mill	12	0.160%	26.46x
89	Swinton	12	0.160%	77.47x
90	Wilkie	12	0.160%	11.19x
91	Fair	11	0.150%	41.76x
92	Lockhart	11	0.150%	21.00x
93	More	11	0.150%	18.81x
94	Stark	11	0.150%	10.68x
95	Terras	11	0.150%	284.24x
96	Turpie	11	0.150%	119.70x
97	Bremner	10	0.130%	15.48x
98	Harkness	10	0.130%	23.73x
99	Lornie	10	0.130%	369.00x
100	Syme	10	0.130%	35.36x