1881 census place

Dalgety surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dalgety, 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 Dalgety, Fife, covering 382 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Muir, with 41 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dalgety

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	Muir	41	3.10%	81.11x
2	Beveridge	27	2.04%	196.36x
3	Hope	27	2.04%	60.05x
4	Penman	25	1.89%	289.35x
5	Inglis	21	1.59%	95.19x
6	Dewar	20	1.51%	116.08x
7	Stenhouse	19	1.44%	347.99x
8	Japp	11	0.830%	827.07x
9	Liddell	10	0.760%	82.51x
10	Mathewson	10	0.760%	313.48x
11	Bauld	9	0.680%	2903.23x
12	Drysdale	9	0.680%	80.57x
13	Herd	9	0.680%	92.78x
14	Lothian	9	0.680%	300.00x
15	Philp	9	0.680%	100.00x
16	Birrell	8	0.610%	124.22x
17	Deas	8	0.610%	206.19x
18	Dobbie	8	0.610%	138.65x
19	Mill	8	0.610%	100.38x
20	Muirhead	8	0.610%	78.51x
21	Orrock	8	0.610%	963.86x
22	Binning	7	0.530%	374.33x
23	Spowart	7	0.530%	482.76x
24	Syme	7	0.530%	140.85x
25	Conlin	6	0.450%	243.90x
26	Craigie	6	0.450%	144.58x
27	Dryburgh	6	0.450%	192.93x
28	Sneddon	6	0.450%	76.34x
29	Veale	6	0.450%	105.45x
30	Rolland	4	0.300%	264.90x
31	Seath	3	0.230%	151.52x
32	Dorward	2	0.150%	82.99x
33	Haxton	2	0.150%	102.56x
34	Wardrop	2	0.150%	66.23x
35	Armit	1	0.080%	92.59x
36	Bald	1	0.080%	47.62x
37	Charleson	1	0.080%	106.38x
38	Couser	1	0.080%	526.32x
39	Cow	1	0.080%	73.53x
40	Fine	1	0.080%	200.00x
41	Innis	1	0.080%	84.75x
42	Lesslie	1	0.080%	111.11x
43	Lighton	1	0.080%	92.59x
44	Murie	1	0.080%	156.25x
45	Schulz	1	0.080%	222.22x
46	Vint	1	0.080%	87.72x
47	Watterson	1	0.080%	23.36x
48	Willems	1	0.080%	1666.67x