1881 census place

Leslie surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Leslie, 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

145 surnames are listed for Leslie, Fife, covering 1,807 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Barclay, with 60 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Leslie

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	Barclay	60	1.37%	66.58x
2	Farmer	54	1.23%	39.46x
3	Galloway	54	1.23%	71.60x
4	Dewar	53	1.21%	92.80x
5	Michie	47	1.07%	219.22x
6	Hardie	42	0.960%	73.58x
7	Greig	41	0.940%	59.15x
8	Spence	41	0.940%	28.31x
9	Beveridge	40	0.910%	87.76x
10	Jollie	40	0.910%	2380.95x
11	Whyte	36	0.820%	48.48x
12	Deas	33	0.750%	256.81x
13	Hepburn	33	0.750%	84.72x
14	Low	33	0.750%	35.57x
15	Wishart	32	0.730%	93.29x
16	Archibald	29	0.660%	76.72x
17	Drysdale	28	0.640%	75.63x
18	Paton	28	0.640%	28.58x
19	Patrick	28	0.640%	32.09x
20	Reekie	27	0.620%	255.68x
21	Ramsay	23	0.530%	20.39x
22	Birrell	21	0.480%	98.36x
23	Dick	21	0.480%	21.50x
24	Howie	21	0.480%	48.88x
25	Oliphant	21	0.480%	123.17x
26	Mackie	20	0.460%	21.36x
27	Penman	20	0.460%	69.83x
28	Clement	19	0.430%	43.08x
29	Crichton	19	0.430%	50.86x
30	Kinnear	19	0.430%	89.41x
31	Nicol	18	0.410%	19.75x
32	More	17	0.390%	49.91x
33	Ogilvie	17	0.390%	40.13x
34	Dall	16	0.370%	198.27x
35	Rintoul	16	0.370%	160.00x
36	Crombie	15	0.340%	61.07x
37	Speed	15	0.340%	42.64x
38	Alison	14	0.320%	176.54x
39	Angus	14	0.320%	22.34x
40	Balfour	14	0.320%	45.90x
41	Fernie	14	0.320%	107.12x
42	Kinnaird	14	0.320%	182.05x
43	Forrester	13	0.300%	22.12x
44	Hume	13	0.300%	20.93x
45	Matthew	13	0.300%	39.32x
46	Peggie	13	0.300%	541.67x
47	Spittal	13	0.300%	283.84x
48	Wylie	13	0.300%	25.51x
49	Melville	12	0.270%	25.95x
50	Herd	11	0.250%	34.21x
51	Masterton	11	0.250%	77.96x
52	Myles	11	0.250%	53.63x
53	Neilson	11	0.250%	17.82x
54	Belford	10	0.230%	258.40x
55	Bernard	10	0.230%	55.16x
56	Cormie	10	0.230%	529.10x
57	Dryburgh	10	0.230%	97.18x
58	Mowbray	10	0.230%	54.88x
59	Ruddiman	10	0.230%	769.23x
60	Stenhouse	10	0.230%	55.25x
61	Suttie	10	0.230%	79.24x
62	Arnott	9	0.210%	24.46x
63	Bogie	9	0.210%	150.75x
64	Elder	9	0.210%	19.46x
65	Laverock	9	0.210%	576.92x
66	Pryde	9	0.210%	74.26x
67	Roxburgh	9	0.210%	66.42x
68	Syme	9	0.210%	54.68x
69	Terras	9	0.210%	400.00x
70	Whitson	9	0.210%	142.86x
71	Wotherspoon	9	0.210%	64.66x
72	Wyllie	9	0.210%	29.35x
73	Beath	8	0.180%	300.75x
74	Hain	8	0.180%	131.58x
75	Littlejohn	8	0.180%	37.86x
76	Livingston	8	0.180%	20.34x
77	Loudon	8	0.180%	64.31x
78	Mustard	8	0.180%	128.41x
79	Patten	8	0.180%	29.12x
80	Sime	8	0.180%	45.58x
81	Baldie	7	0.160%	311.11x
82	Binning	7	0.160%	113.27x
83	Carnegie	7	0.160%	48.71x
84	Clunie	7	0.160%	108.86x
85	Croll	7	0.160%	85.16x
86	Croy	7	0.160%	330.19x
87	Dowie	7	0.160%	66.29x
88	Fotheringham	7	0.160%	38.02x
89	Meldrum	7	0.160%	25.38x
90	Merriman	7	0.160%	43.72x
91	Mollison	7	0.160%	71.65x
92	Porteous	7	0.160%	23.97x
93	Seath	7	0.160%	106.87x
94	Wemyss	7	0.160%	115.32x
95	Danskin	6	0.140%	255.32x
96	Izatt	6	0.140%	142.52x
97	Macpherson	6	0.140%	21.16x
98	Marshell	6	0.140%	129.03x
99	Oswald	6	0.140%	29.82x
100	Punt	6	0.140%	132.45x