1881 census place

Dysart surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dysart, 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

350 surnames are listed for Dysart, Fife, covering 6,764 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robertson, with 173 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dysart

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	173	1.49%	8.86x
2	Adamson	137	1.18%	44.47x
3	Mitchell	133	1.14%	5.63x
4	Anderson	129	1.11%	5.61x
5	Thomson	128	1.10%	8.23x
6	Simpson	116	1.00%	5.69x
7	Henderson	107	0.920%	8.45x
8	Hutchison	106	0.910%	55.36x
9	Keddie	94	0.810%	269.80x
10	Williamson	90	0.770%	8.62x
11	Burt	83	0.710%	30.01x
12	Beveridge	82	0.700%	67.65x
13	Kidd	80	0.690%	33.75x
14	Wallace	80	0.690%	10.03x
15	Barclay	78	0.670%	32.54x
16	Allan	73	0.630%	9.98x
17	Kilgour	73	0.630%	170.36x
18	Blyth	72	0.620%	39.22x
19	Penman	71	0.610%	93.20x
20	Elder	65	0.560%	52.85x
21	Herd	63	0.540%	73.68x
22	Napier	61	0.520%	65.17x
23	Ness	60	0.520%	113.53x
24	Page	59	0.510%	6.34x
25	Ramsay	59	0.510%	19.67x
26	Davidson	57	0.490%	5.82x
27	Grieve	56	0.480%	41.50x
28	Lister	54	0.460%	16.26x
29	Christie	53	0.460%	14.04x
30	More	53	0.460%	58.52x
31	Skinner	53	0.460%	8.97x
32	Chrystal	52	0.450%	323.79x
33	Melville	52	0.450%	42.29x
34	Smart	49	0.420%	9.24x
35	Birrell	48	0.410%	84.54x
36	Crombie	48	0.410%	73.47x
37	Paterson	48	0.410%	6.06x
38	Todd	48	0.410%	8.10x
39	Nicholson	47	0.400%	5.68x
40	Dewar	45	0.390%	29.62x
41	Pye	45	0.390%	25.84x
42	Reekie	45	0.390%	160.26x
43	Low	44	0.380%	17.83x
44	Weir	44	0.380%	14.53x
45	Wilkie	43	0.370%	25.89x
46	Buist	40	0.340%	174.06x
47	Greig	40	0.340%	21.70x
48	Dingwall	39	0.330%	84.49x
49	Ewing	38	0.330%	35.39x
50	Lawson	37	0.320%	5.39x
51	Beall	36	0.310%	221.54x
52	Forbes	36	0.310%	9.23x
53	Howie	36	0.310%	31.51x
54	Innes	36	0.310%	19.96x
55	Laing	36	0.310%	15.39x
56	Millar	36	0.310%	8.47x
57	Oliphant	36	0.310%	79.40x
58	Syme	36	0.310%	82.21x
59	Alison	35	0.300%	166.03x
60	Galloway	35	0.300%	17.45x
61	Goodsir	35	0.300%	958.90x
62	Lindsay	35	0.300%	9.22x
63	Methven	35	0.300%	131.58x
64	Philp	35	0.300%	44.10x
65	Deas	34	0.290%	99.47x
66	Dryburgh	34	0.290%	124.18x
67	Mavor	34	0.290%	402.84x
68	Hume	33	0.280%	19.98x
69	Nicolson	33	0.280%	24.53x
70	Westwater	33	0.280%	217.53x
71	Aitken	32	0.270%	10.47x
72	Cairns	32	0.270%	12.70x
73	Brodie	31	0.270%	19.83x
74	Speedie	31	0.270%	372.60x
75	Forsyth	30	0.260%	12.07x
76	Gilmour	30	0.260%	18.20x
77	Forrester	29	0.250%	18.55x
78	Mackie	29	0.250%	11.65x
79	Rintoul	29	0.250%	109.02x
80	Spence	28	0.240%	7.27x
81	Stenhouse	28	0.240%	58.16x
82	Cargill	27	0.230%	58.54x
83	Main	27	0.230%	14.16x
84	Burnet	26	0.220%	61.00x
85	Carmichael	26	0.220%	15.60x
86	Harley	26	0.220%	17.32x
87	Robb	26	0.220%	12.91x
88	Braid	25	0.210%	58.49x
89	Foggo	25	0.210%	205.42x
90	Harrow	25	0.210%	89.54x
91	Mitchelson	25	0.210%	169.61x
92	Stocks	25	0.210%	19.73x
93	Crichton	24	0.210%	24.15x
94	Livingston	23	0.200%	21.99x
95	Gibb	22	0.190%	10.70x
96	Shields	22	0.190%	12.22x
97	Turpie	22	0.190%	154.60x
98	Wardlaw	22	0.190%	104.02x
99	Haxton	21	0.180%	122.45x
100	Jamieson	21	0.180%	6.48x