1881 census place

Kirkcaldy surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kirkcaldy, 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

318 surnames are listed for Kirkcaldy, Fife, covering 4,102 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Henderson, with 117 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kirkcaldy

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	Henderson	117	1.36%	12.55x
2	Robertson	114	1.33%	7.93x
3	Anderson	110	1.28%	6.49x
4	Thomson	96	1.12%	8.38x
5	Beveridge	75	0.870%	84.01x
6	Lawson	73	0.850%	14.44x
7	Nicol	68	0.790%	38.09x
8	Whyte	66	0.770%	45.38x
9	Chalmers	59	0.690%	28.90x
10	Herd	54	0.630%	85.74x
11	Grieve	53	0.620%	53.33x
12	Millar	52	0.610%	16.61x
13	Page	52	0.610%	7.58x
14	Black	44	0.510%	7.92x
15	Galloway	44	0.510%	29.79x
16	Watters	44	0.510%	160.88x
17	Smart	41	0.480%	10.50x
18	Gourlay	40	0.470%	84.14x
19	Muir	39	0.450%	11.88x
20	Melville	37	0.430%	40.86x
21	Laing	36	0.420%	20.89x
22	Dryburgh	35	0.410%	173.61x
23	Hutchison	35	0.410%	24.82x
24	Adamson	34	0.400%	14.99x
25	Ramsay	34	0.400%	15.39x
26	Lindsay	33	0.380%	11.80x
27	Bain	32	0.370%	15.04x
28	Greig	31	0.360%	22.84x
29	Stark	31	0.360%	26.39x
30	Mathewson	30	0.350%	144.72x
31	Ness	30	0.350%	77.08x
32	Arnott	29	0.340%	40.24x
33	Rodger	29	0.340%	24.05x
34	Dewar	28	0.330%	25.03x
35	Mackie	28	0.330%	15.27x
36	Rae	28	0.330%	14.33x
37	Ritchie	28	0.330%	9.45x
38	Bogie	27	0.310%	231.16x
39	Leitch	27	0.310%	33.00x
40	Suttie	27	0.310%	109.22x
41	Drummond	26	0.300%	15.25x
42	Kidd	26	0.300%	14.89x
43	Barnet	25	0.290%	60.83x
44	Gillespie	25	0.290%	18.38x
45	Glen	25	0.290%	29.45x
46	Beattie	24	0.280%	13.07x
47	Blyth	24	0.280%	17.75x
48	Braid	24	0.280%	76.24x
49	Boak	23	0.270%	284.65x
50	Burt	23	0.270%	11.29x
51	Wilkie	23	0.270%	18.80x
52	Barn	22	0.260%	591.40x
53	Birrell	22	0.260%	52.62x
54	Hood	22	0.260%	9.27x
55	Strachan	22	0.260%	14.87x
56	Dodds	21	0.240%	11.63x
57	Downie	21	0.240%	20.87x
58	Meldrum	21	0.240%	38.88x
59	Reekie	21	0.240%	101.55x
60	Weir	21	0.240%	9.41x
61	Aitken	20	0.230%	8.89x
62	Gibb	20	0.230%	13.21x
63	Innes	20	0.230%	15.06x
64	Penman	20	0.230%	35.64x
65	Turpie	20	0.230%	190.84x
66	Fyfe	19	0.220%	24.13x
67	Heggie	19	0.220%	80.24x
68	Honeyman	19	0.220%	67.76x
69	Irvine	19	0.220%	10.05x
70	Malcolm	19	0.220%	16.85x
71	Westwater	19	0.220%	170.10x
72	Westwood	19	0.220%	13.21x
73	Yule	19	0.220%	44.23x
74	Robb	18	0.210%	12.14x
75	Harley	17	0.200%	15.38x
76	Nairn	17	0.200%	40.06x
77	Duff	16	0.190%	10.48x
78	Inglis	16	0.190%	11.17x
79	Key	16	0.190%	13.52x
80	Kilpatrick	16	0.190%	36.23x
81	Michie	16	0.190%	38.10x
82	Couper	15	0.170%	39.03x
83	Crichton	15	0.170%	20.50x
84	Crombie	15	0.170%	31.18x
85	Deas	15	0.170%	59.59x
86	Houston	15	0.170%	13.73x
87	Moodie	15	0.170%	37.25x
88	Myles	15	0.170%	37.33x
89	Oswald	15	0.170%	38.06x
90	Petrie	15	0.170%	14.72x
91	Urquhart	15	0.170%	12.45x
92	Connolly	14	0.160%	14.06x
93	Dowie	14	0.160%	67.70x
94	Gilmour	14	0.160%	11.53x
95	Gow	14	0.160%	20.66x
96	Lornie	14	0.160%	453.07x
97	Speed	14	0.160%	20.32x
98	Barns	13	0.150%	23.50x
99	Ferris	13	0.150%	15.34x
100	Heron	13	0.150%	15.81x