1881 census place

Kilrenny surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kilrenny, 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

75 surnames are listed for Kilrenny, Fife, covering 1,483 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Watson, with 205 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kilrenny

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	Watson	205	6.41%	27.63x
2	Doig	90	2.81%	478.21x
3	Murray	79	2.47%	19.92x
4	Boyter	61	1.91%	5126.05x
5	Muir	61	1.91%	49.82x
6	Moncrieff	56	1.75%	695.65x
7	Gardner	52	1.63%	23.95x
8	Keay	47	1.47%	344.32x
9	Dick	45	1.41%	63.06x
10	Jack	42	1.31%	61.78x
11	Wallace	41	1.28%	18.71x
12	Birrell	39	1.22%	250.00x
13	Carstairs	39	1.22%	738.64x
14	Donaldson	39	1.22%	42.75x
15	Pratt	36	1.13%	19.59x
16	Ritchie	36	1.13%	32.57x
17	Fleming	35	1.09%	26.33x
18	Barclay	31	0.970%	47.09x
19	Corstorphine	31	0.970%	1606.22x
20	Tarvit	28	0.880%	6222.22x
21	Hodge	27	0.840%	33.49x
22	Bett	25	0.780%	325.95x
23	Lowrie	20	0.630%	182.48x
24	Melville	19	0.590%	56.25x
25	Blyth	14	0.440%	27.76x
26	Reekie	14	0.440%	181.58x
27	Deas	12	0.380%	127.80x
28	Marr	12	0.380%	32.89x
29	Pattie	12	0.380%	436.36x
30	Peebles	12	0.380%	89.35x
31	Rodger	12	0.380%	26.68x
32	Aitchison	11	0.340%	49.06x
33	Cormack	11	0.340%	45.49x
34	Oliphant	11	0.340%	88.35x
35	Band	10	0.310%	136.99x
36	Imrie	9	0.280%	71.94x
37	Kinnear	9	0.280%	57.99x
38	Motion	9	0.280%	452.26x
39	Dalrymple	8	0.250%	57.43x
40	Edie	8	0.250%	449.44x
41	Grubb	8	0.250%	40.42x
42	Peattie	8	0.250%	198.02x
43	Condie	7	0.220%	165.09x
44	Dobie	7	0.220%	65.48x
45	Lothian	7	0.220%	96.42x
46	Meldrum	7	0.220%	34.74x
47	Bayne	6	0.190%	51.24x
48	Gourlay	6	0.190%	33.84x
49	Tawse	6	0.190%	176.47x
50	Heugh	5	0.160%	273.22x
51	Myles	5	0.160%	33.36x
52	Turpie	5	0.160%	127.88x
53	Barty	4	0.130%	224.72x
54	Gerard	4	0.130%	73.26x
55	Tosh	4	0.130%	55.87x
56	Auchterlonie	3	0.090%	136.36x
57	Horsburgh	3	0.090%	38.02x
58	Latto	3	0.090%	79.37x
59	Whitson	3	0.090%	65.22x
60	Windram	3	0.090%	169.49x
61	Bald	2	0.060%	39.22x
62	Baldie	2	0.060%	121.95x
63	Eddie	2	0.060%	43.10x
64	Given	2	0.060%	75.47x
65	Haggart	2	0.060%	25.87x
66	Macarthur	2	0.060%	52.22x
67	Armit	1	0.030%	38.17x
68	Flockhart	1	0.030%	16.50x
69	Gatherum	1	0.030%	131.58x
70	Gellatly	1	0.030%	22.78x
71	Harly	1	0.030%	102.04x
72	Kirkaldy	1	0.030%	55.25x
73	Kyd	1	0.030%	76.92x
74	Ronaldson	1	0.030%	21.23x
75	Thow	1	0.030%	33.78x