1881 census place

St Monance surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in St Monance, 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

48 surnames are listed for St Monance, Fife, covering 1,068 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Reekie, with 121 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in St Monance

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	Reekie	121	5.86%	2429.72x
2	Allan	85	4.12%	65.57x
3	Fyall	68	3.29%	6800.00x
4	Hutt	61	2.95%	689.27x
5	Mathers	56	2.71%	455.66x
6	Innes	55	2.66%	172.04x
7	Easson	48	2.32%	1203.01x
8	Marr	46	2.23%	195.33x
9	Mayes	37	1.79%	185.93x
10	Latto	33	1.60%	1352.46x
11	Ovenstone	31	1.50%	4428.57x
12	Aitken	30	1.45%	55.37x
13	Lowrie	30	1.45%	424.33x
14	Gowans	27	1.31%	406.02x
15	Guthrie	27	1.31%	103.77x
16	Gerard	26	1.26%	738.64x
17	Ireland	26	1.26%	54.23x
18	Dowie	18	0.870%	361.45x
19	Forgan	18	0.870%	865.38x
20	Gay	17	0.820%	61.77x
21	Balfour	16	0.770%	111.27x
22	Leslie	16	0.770%	46.80x
23	Adam	15	0.730%	42.29x
24	Spinks	15	0.730%	107.60x
25	Meldrum	13	0.630%	100.00x
26	Boyter	12	0.580%	1558.44x
27	Ogilvie	12	0.580%	60.06x
28	Peattie	12	0.580%	459.77x
29	Kean	10	0.480%	71.53x
30	Bett	9	0.440%	181.82x
31	Butter	9	0.440%	91.56x
32	Fernie	9	0.440%	146.10x
33	Bonthrone	8	0.390%	1481.48x
34	Redpath	8	0.390%	83.51x
35	Gowan	7	0.340%	222.93x
36	Lesslie	6	0.290%	425.53x
37	Nevin	6	0.290%	144.93x
38	Grass	5	0.240%	316.46x
39	Sommers	5	0.240%	352.11x
40	Storrar	5	0.240%	250.00x
41	Warrender	3	0.150%	91.46x
42	Connon	1	0.050%	37.59x
43	Cornfoot	1	0.050%	123.46x
44	Dunnet	1	0.050%	20.53x
45	Foggo	1	0.050%	46.30x
46	Gallie	1	0.050%	37.17x
47	Liddel	1	0.050%	67.11x
48	Poustie	1	0.050%	263.16x