1881 census place
Newburgh surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Newburgh, 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
94 surnames are listed for Newburgh, Fife, covering 840 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Blyth, with 76 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Newburgh
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blyth | 76 | 219.46x |
| 2 | Fotheringham | 55 | 595.24x |
| 3 | Nairn | 41 | 377.18x |
| 4 | Wilkie | 41 | 130.87x |
| 5 | Lawson | 37 | 28.57x |
| 6 | Melville | 35 | 150.86x |
| 7 | Aitken | 29 | 50.30x |
| 8 | Speed | 25 | 141.64x |
| 9 | Kilgour | 19 | 235.15x |
| 10 | Clunie | 18 | 557.28x |
| 11 | Rodger | 18 | 58.29x |
| 12 | Masterton | 17 | 240.11x |
| 13 | Lyell | 16 | 1073.83x |
| 14 | Wotherspoon | 15 | 214.90x |
| 15 | Borthwick | 14 | 113.54x |
| 16 | Wishart | 13 | 75.54x |
| 17 | Garland | 12 | 41.21x |
| 18 | Gorrie | 12 | 256.41x |
| 19 | Lawrie | 12 | 57.03x |
| 20 | Glass | 11 | 48.39x |
| 21 | Balfour | 10 | 65.36x |
| 22 | Pitkethly | 10 | 1639.34x |
| 23 | Amess | 9 | 947.37x |
| 24 | Coventry | 9 | 103.33x |
| 25 | Lamond | 9 | 120.00x |
| 26 | Norrie | 9 | 132.16x |
| 27 | Patton | 9 | 115.24x |
| 28 | Wedderspoon | 9 | 849.06x |
| 29 | Annan | 8 | 259.74x |
| 30 | Birrell | 8 | 74.70x |
| 31 | Laurie | 8 | 42.37x |
| 32 | Bicket | 7 | 619.47x |
| 33 | Craighead | 7 | 355.33x |
| 34 | Dron | 7 | 492.96x |
| 35 | Ferrie | 7 | 175.88x |
| 36 | Ingles | 7 | 105.11x |
| 37 | Pitkeathly | 7 | 958.90x |
| 38 | Polson | 7 | 137.25x |
| 39 | Storrar | 7 | 328.64x |
| 40 | Cairncross | 6 | 357.14x |
| 41 | Cathcart | 6 | 178.04x |
| 42 | Cheyne | 6 | 82.08x |
| 43 | Craib | 6 | 221.40x |
| 44 | Crighton | 6 | 68.81x |
| 45 | Ednie | 6 | 476.19x |
| 46 | Halliburton | 6 | 468.75x |
| 47 | Keddie | 6 | 91.32x |
| 48 | Mitchinson | 6 | 107.14x |
| 49 | Bett | 5 | 94.88x |
| 50 | Craigie | 5 | 72.46x |
| 51 | Mollison | 5 | 102.04x |
| 52 | Reekie | 5 | 94.34x |
| 53 | Balsillie | 4 | 307.69x |
| 54 | Byars | 4 | 344.83x |
| 55 | Fowlis | 4 | 370.37x |
| 56 | Haggart | 4 | 75.33x |
| 57 | Haldane | 4 | 72.07x |
| 58 | Moncrieff | 4 | 72.33x |
| 59 | Normand | 4 | 366.97x |
| 60 | Suttie | 4 | 63.19x |
| 61 | Baldie | 3 | 265.49x |
| 62 | Common | 3 | 61.60x |
| 63 | Dall | 3 | 74.07x |
| 64 | Higgie | 3 | 625.00x |
| 65 | Naismith | 3 | 51.28x |
| 66 | Pitcairn | 3 | 163.93x |
| 67 | Pottie | 3 | 348.84x |
| 68 | Speedie | 3 | 191.08x |
| 69 | Stobie | 3 | 92.88x |
| 70 | Strathern | 3 | 186.34x |
| 71 | Wemyss | 3 | 98.68x |
| 72 | Ballingall | 2 | 63.29x |
| 73 | Birrel | 2 | 173.91x |
| 74 | Durie | 2 | 54.35x |
| 75 | Fairfull | 2 | 312.50x |
| 76 | Howat | 2 | 29.67x |
| 77 | Peggie | 2 | 166.67x |
| 78 | Strathearn | 2 | 138.89x |
| 79 | Topp | 2 | 39.84x |
| 80 | Aiken | 1 | 28.25x |
| 81 | Armit | 1 | 55.56x |
| 82 | Brebner | 1 | 35.46x |
| 83 | Chrichton | 1 | 81.30x |
| 84 | Harrower | 1 | 20.33x |
| 85 | Kirkcaldy | 1 | 78.74x |
| 86 | Lessels | 1 | 112.36x |
| 87 | Millie | 1 | 125.00x |
| 88 | Muckersie | 1 | 222.22x |
| 89 | Oman | 1 | 38.17x |
| 90 | Ovenstone | 1 | 133.33x |
| 91 | Pettie | 1 | 153.85x |
| 92 | Roddy | 1 | 46.95x |
| 93 | Scowen | 1 | 71.94x |
| 94 | Trayner | 1 | 47.62x |