1881 census place

Markinch surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Markinch, 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

202 surnames are listed for Markinch, Fife, covering 2,543 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thomson, with 146 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Markinch

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	Thomson	146	2.49%	18.61x
2	Henderson	65	1.11%	10.19x
3	Paton	63	1.07%	47.96x
4	Mackie	56	0.950%	44.61x
5	Philp	44	0.750%	109.97x
6	Crichton	43	0.730%	85.85x
7	Hutchison	43	0.730%	44.55x
8	Wallace	42	0.720%	10.45x
9	Chalmers	41	0.700%	29.34x
10	Houston	41	0.700%	54.83x
11	Braid	40	0.680%	185.70x
12	Dewar	38	0.650%	49.63x
13	Jack	38	0.650%	30.46x
14	Dryburgh	37	0.630%	268.12x
15	Imrie	36	0.610%	156.79x
16	Storrar	34	0.580%	598.59x
17	Galloway	33	0.560%	32.63x
18	Gibb	33	0.560%	31.83x
19	Greig	33	0.560%	35.51x
20	Dalrymple	32	0.550%	125.20x
21	Rodger	32	0.550%	38.77x
22	Buchan	31	0.530%	40.85x
23	Herd	31	0.530%	71.91x
24	Wishart	31	0.530%	67.41x
25	Lister	30	0.510%	17.92x
26	Barclay	28	0.480%	23.18x
27	Gilmour	27	0.460%	32.50x
28	Forbes	26	0.440%	13.22x
29	Adamson	25	0.430%	16.10x
30	Danskin	25	0.430%	791.14x
31	Nicol	25	0.430%	20.46x
32	Adam	24	0.410%	23.80x
33	Forsyth	24	0.410%	19.16x
34	Haxton	23	0.390%	265.90x
35	Linton	23	0.390%	47.69x
36	Colville	22	0.370%	109.51x
37	Keddie	22	0.370%	125.28x
38	Wilkie	22	0.370%	26.27x
39	Grieve	21	0.360%	30.87x
40	Beveridge	20	0.340%	32.73x
41	Bisset	20	0.340%	43.47x
42	Brand	20	0.340%	23.08x
43	Rintoul	20	0.340%	149.14x
44	Blyth	19	0.320%	20.53x
45	Harley	19	0.320%	25.11x
46	Wyse	19	0.320%	278.59x
47	Maule	18	0.310%	128.57x
48	Brunton	17	0.290%	36.85x
49	Honeyman	16	0.270%	83.38x
50	Spittal	16	0.270%	260.59x
51	Dall	15	0.260%	138.63x
52	Kilgour	15	0.260%	69.44x
53	Terras	15	0.260%	496.69x
54	Berwick	14	0.240%	59.27x
55	Crombie	14	0.240%	42.51x
56	Dowie	14	0.240%	98.94x
57	Hain	14	0.240%	171.78x
58	Ballingall	13	0.220%	153.85x
59	Condie	13	0.220%	167.10x
60	Deas	13	0.220%	75.45x
61	Husband	13	0.220%	37.98x
62	Kirkaldy	13	0.220%	392.75x
63	Younger	13	0.220%	40.91x
64	Balfour	12	0.200%	29.35x
65	Barrie	12	0.200%	28.33x
66	Philip	12	0.200%	30.64x
67	Pottie	12	0.200%	524.02x
68	Arnot	11	0.190%	60.74x
69	Clunie	11	0.190%	127.46x
70	Haig	11	0.190%	47.68x
71	Laverock	11	0.190%	523.81x
72	Rankine	11	0.190%	36.94x
73	Barns	10	0.170%	26.41x
74	Birrell	10	0.170%	34.94x
75	Buist	10	0.170%	86.28x
76	Craigie	10	0.170%	54.20x
77	Gourlay	10	0.170%	30.73x
78	Hynd	10	0.170%	71.84x
79	Moyes	10	0.170%	39.70x
80	Petrie	10	0.170%	14.33x
81	Renton	10	0.170%	27.77x
82	Speed	10	0.170%	21.20x
83	Barnet	9	0.150%	31.99x
84	Brace	9	0.150%	26.69x
85	Breingan	9	0.150%	789.47x
86	Dunsire	9	0.150%	290.32x
87	Latto	9	0.150%	129.68x
88	Salmond	9	0.150%	72.87x
89	Syme	9	0.150%	40.78x
90	Westwater	9	0.150%	117.65x
91	Barn	8	0.140%	313.73x
92	Bethune	8	0.140%	88.30x
93	Izatt	8	0.140%	141.59x
94	Japp	8	0.140%	135.14x
95	Lumsden	8	0.140%	16.34x
96	Oswald	8	0.140%	29.66x
97	Peebles	8	0.140%	32.47x
98	Shannon	8	0.140%	17.61x
99	Sime	8	0.140%	34.01x
100	Culbert	7	0.120%	156.60x