1881 census place

Kinghorn surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kinghorn, 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

173 surnames are listed for Kinghorn, Fife, covering 1,450 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Downie, with 43 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kinghorn

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	Downie	43	1.17%	99.86x
2	Dewar	36	0.980%	75.19x
3	Meldrum	33	0.900%	142.73x
4	Millar	32	0.870%	23.88x
5	Moyes	29	0.790%	184.13x
6	Chalmers	28	0.760%	32.04x
7	Christie	28	0.760%	23.52x
8	Aitken	26	0.710%	26.99x
9	Frew	24	0.650%	130.08x
10	Hepburn	24	0.650%	73.48x
11	Beveridge	23	0.630%	60.19x
12	Wilkie	23	0.630%	43.94x
13	Nicol	21	0.570%	27.48x
14	Oswald	19	0.520%	112.63x
15	Mackie	18	0.490%	22.93x
16	Wishart	18	0.490%	62.59x
17	Syme	17	0.460%	123.19x
18	Waddell	17	0.460%	52.18x
19	Ballingall	16	0.440%	303.03x
20	Couper	16	0.440%	97.26x
21	Ewan	16	0.440%	191.39x
22	Gibb	16	0.440%	24.68x
23	Gillespie	16	0.440%	27.49x
24	Grieg	16	0.440%	642.57x
25	Forrester	15	0.410%	30.44x
26	Rintoul	15	0.410%	179.00x
27	Hardie	14	0.380%	29.25x
28	Husband	14	0.380%	65.42x
29	Stark	14	0.380%	27.85x
30	Davie	13	0.350%	38.44x
31	Kellock	13	0.350%	289.53x
32	Leitch	13	0.350%	37.12x
33	Wyllie	13	0.350%	50.56x
34	Aberdeen	12	0.330%	800.00x
35	Braid	12	0.330%	89.09x
36	Drysdale	12	0.330%	38.66x
37	Keddie	12	0.330%	109.29x
38	Kinnell	12	0.330%	408.16x
39	Nairn	12	0.330%	66.04x
40	Sim	12	0.330%	29.10x
41	Stocks	12	0.330%	30.04x
42	Doig	11	0.300%	50.93x
43	Dryburgh	11	0.300%	127.46x
44	Eadie	11	0.300%	63.36x
45	Faulds	11	0.300%	98.21x
46	Hillock	11	0.300%	833.33x
47	Livingston	11	0.300%	33.36x
48	Methven	11	0.300%	131.26x
49	Philp	11	0.300%	43.96x
50	Pont	11	0.300%	327.38x
51	Seath	11	0.300%	200.36x
52	Arnot	10	0.270%	88.26x
53	Bayne	10	0.270%	74.46x
54	Beatson	10	0.270%	145.77x
55	Bogie	10	0.270%	200.00x
56	Dowie	10	0.270%	112.99x
57	Fernie	10	0.270%	91.24x
58	Reekie	10	0.270%	112.99x
59	Colston	9	0.250%	134.13x
60	Haxton	9	0.250%	166.36x
61	High	9	0.250%	54.22x
62	Laurie	9	0.250%	28.54x
63	Lonie	9	0.250%	210.28x
64	Mathewson	9	0.250%	101.47x
65	Mathieson	9	0.250%	23.27x
66	Rankine	9	0.250%	48.34x
67	Venters	9	0.250%	361.45x
68	Winks	9	0.250%	260.12x
69	Wyles	9	0.250%	97.09x
70	Buchan	8	0.220%	16.86x
71	Clunie	8	0.220%	148.42x
72	Haig	8	0.220%	55.44x
73	Shand	8	0.220%	31.73x
74	Storrar	8	0.220%	225.35x
75	Tod	8	0.220%	55.98x
76	Tulloch	8	0.220%	32.84x
77	Wemyss	8	0.220%	157.17x
78	Auld	7	0.190%	31.63x
79	Bready	7	0.190%	489.51x
80	Cowper	7	0.190%	43.53x
81	Dey	7	0.190%	104.95x
82	Dobie	7	0.190%	57.05x
83	Gold	7	0.190%	33.51x
84	Greive	7	0.190%	141.41x
85	Kinner	7	0.190%	569.11x
86	Macbain	7	0.190%	555.56x
87	Rolland	7	0.190%	167.06x
88	Waterston	7	0.190%	131.58x
89	Younger	7	0.190%	35.23x
90	Carron	6	0.160%	307.69x
91	Christon	6	0.160%	324.32x
92	Cusick	6	0.160%	141.84x
93	Danson	6	0.160%	73.17x
94	Givens	6	0.160%	384.62x
95	Hazelwood	6	0.160%	99.01x
96	Heigh	6	0.160%	652.17x
97	Kilday	6	0.160%	233.46x
98	Pitcairn	6	0.160%	196.72x
99	Cartlidge	5	0.140%	47.30x
100	Cation	5	0.140%	588.24x