1881 census place

Fossoway surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Fossoway, Kinross-shire 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

45 surnames are listed for Fossoway, Kinross-shire, covering 295 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Harley, with 23 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Fossoway

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	Harley	23	1.81%	140.59x
2	Fyfe	19	1.50%	163.09x
3	Drummond	16	1.26%	63.44x
4	Beveridge	15	1.18%	113.55x
5	Johnman	14	1.10%	3255.81x
6	Penman	13	1.02%	156.63x
7	Drysdale	12	0.950%	111.84x
8	Blackwood	11	0.870%	148.65x
9	Fotheringham	11	0.870%	206.38x
10	Luke	10	0.790%	80.97x
11	Keir	9	0.710%	141.96x
12	Russel	9	0.710%	102.86x
13	Ewan	8	0.630%	276.82x
14	Fowles	8	0.630%	128.62x
15	Keltie	8	0.630%	2857.14x
16	Reidy	8	0.630%	1666.67x
17	Beath	7	0.550%	909.09x
18	Bennie	7	0.550%	199.43x
19	Hyslop	7	0.550%	95.89x
20	Moyes	7	0.550%	128.44x
21	Redden	7	0.550%	679.61x
22	Winton	7	0.550%	147.06x
23	Braid	6	0.470%	128.76x
24	Birrell	5	0.390%	80.78x
25	Brydie	5	0.390%	1086.96x
26	Foote	5	0.390%	102.67x
27	Flockhart	4	0.320%	166.67x
28	Maule	4	0.320%	132.01x
29	Rogan	4	0.320%	119.76x
30	Cousin	3	0.240%	120.48x
31	Manclark	3	0.240%	588.24x
32	Colvill	2	0.160%	312.50x
33	Latta	2	0.160%	125.79x
34	Moncur	2	0.160%	80.00x
35	Scotland	2	0.160%	55.25x
36	Tyrie	2	0.160%	149.25x
37	Ure	2	0.160%	50.76x
38	Brodley	1	0.080%	204.08x
39	Faill	1	0.080%	243.90x
40	Fowlis	1	0.080%	161.29x
41	Learmont	1	0.080%	200.00x
42	Mailer	1	0.080%	64.94x
43	Smitton	1	0.080%	144.93x
44	Swayne	1	0.080%	80.00x
45	Tregoning	1	0.080%	65.36x