1881 census place

Falkland surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Falkland, 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

105 surnames are listed for Falkland, Fife, covering 1,076 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wallace, with 55 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Falkland

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	Wallace	55	2.02%	29.52x
2	Reekie	54	1.99%	823.17x
3	Fernie	47	1.73%	578.82x
4	Birrell	43	1.58%	324.28x
5	Bruce	39	1.43%	30.61x
6	Ness	38	1.40%	307.94x
7	Lawson	37	1.36%	23.07x
8	Dick	33	1.21%	54.39x
9	Laing	30	1.10%	54.89x
10	Livingston	30	1.10%	122.80x
11	Galloway	29	1.07%	61.90x
12	Leishman	24	0.880%	260.02x
13	Barclay	23	0.850%	41.09x
14	Swan	22	0.810%	31.23x
15	Murdoch	20	0.740%	43.29x
16	Storrar	17	0.630%	646.39x
17	Blyth	16	0.590%	37.31x
18	Dowie	15	0.550%	228.66x
19	Gilmour	15	0.550%	38.97x
20	Seath	14	0.510%	343.98x
21	Urquhart	14	0.510%	36.64x
22	Arnot	13	0.480%	154.95x
23	Leitch	13	0.480%	50.10x
24	Michie	13	0.480%	97.67x
25	Findly	12	0.440%	3870.97x
26	Haxton	12	0.440%	299.25x
27	Bonthrone	11	0.400%	1549.30x
28	Couper	11	0.400%	90.24x
29	Grieve	11	0.400%	34.90x
30	Gulland	11	0.400%	654.76x
31	Kinnear	11	0.400%	83.33x
32	Peggie	11	0.400%	738.26x
33	Pryde	11	0.400%	146.08x
34	Finlay	10	0.370%	35.82x
35	Kilgour	10	0.370%	99.90x
36	Sheriff	10	0.370%	131.93x
37	Bisset	9	0.330%	42.21x
38	Braid	9	0.330%	90.18x
39	Colville	9	0.330%	96.67x
40	Crombie	9	0.330%	58.98x
41	Drysdale	8	0.290%	34.78x
42	Marshal	8	0.290%	139.37x
43	Myles	8	0.290%	62.79x
44	Peebles	8	0.290%	70.05x
45	Wishart	8	0.290%	37.54x
46	Baster	7	0.260%	496.45x
47	Bertram	7	0.260%	53.80x
48	Bethune	7	0.260%	166.67x
49	Brash	7	0.260%	145.83x
50	Buist	7	0.260%	130.35x
51	Cassels	7	0.260%	142.28x
52	Delaney	7	0.260%	40.00x
53	Inches	7	0.260%	476.19x
54	Steedman	7	0.260%	99.72x
55	Stobie	7	0.260%	175.00x
56	Burnet	6	0.220%	60.30x
57	Dryburgh	6	0.220%	93.90x
58	Macleod	6	0.220%	15.62x
59	Munroe	6	0.220%	81.52x
60	Seth	6	0.220%	289.86x
61	Seton	6	0.220%	231.66x
62	Berwick	5	0.180%	45.70x
63	Coghlan	5	0.180%	99.80x
64	Moyes	5	0.180%	42.84x
65	Pettigrew	5	0.180%	37.85x
66	Traill	5	0.180%	133.33x
67	Cation	4	0.150%	634.92x
68	Craw	4	0.150%	224.72x
69	Honeyman	4	0.150%	44.99x
70	Huston	4	0.150%	192.31x
71	Barrack	3	0.110%	189.87x
72	Clunie	3	0.110%	75.00x
73	Hain	3	0.110%	79.37x
74	Heggie	3	0.110%	39.95x
75	Herdman	3	0.110%	43.80x
76	Kirkcaldy	3	0.110%	191.08x
77	Landale	3	0.110%	202.70x
78	Leven	3	0.110%	252.10x
79	Reoch	3	0.110%	209.79x
80	Rymer	3	0.110%	46.15x
81	Wotherspoon	3	0.110%	34.68x
82	Bousie	2	0.070%	317.46x
83	Comrie	2	0.070%	45.15x
84	Coupar	2	0.070%	49.88x
85	Dall	2	0.070%	39.92x
86	Gairns	2	0.070%	173.91x
87	Gaven	2	0.070%	139.86x
88	Geddie	2	0.070%	165.29x
89	Goodwillie	2	0.070%	188.68x
90	Moncur	2	0.070%	37.31x
91	Rollo	2	0.070%	32.00x
92	Suttie	2	0.070%	25.51x
93	Annan	1	0.040%	26.25x
94	Armit	1	0.040%	45.05x
95	Blackadder	1	0.040%	52.36x
96	Cassel	1	0.040%	120.48x
97	Condie	1	0.040%	27.70x
98	Ellice	1	0.040%	80.65x
99	Grassick	1	0.040%	51.28x
100	Kellock	1	0.040%	30.12x