1881 census place

Wemyss surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wemyss, 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

199 surnames are listed for Wemyss, Fife, covering 4,333 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thomson, with 678 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wemyss

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	678	9.27%	69.35x
2	Robertson	252	3.44%	20.55x
3	Deas	155	2.12%	721.60x
4	Foster	134	1.83%	13.70x
5	Dryburgh	128	1.75%	744.19x
6	Logie	127	1.74%	597.37x
7	Christie	114	1.56%	48.05x
8	Simpson	99	1.35%	7.74x
9	Dunsire	91	1.24%	2357.51x
10	Henderson	90	1.23%	11.32x
11	Cairns	83	1.13%	52.45x
12	Kinnear	83	1.13%	233.80x
13	Adamson	68	0.930%	35.13x
14	Rodger	64	0.870%	62.22x
15	Warrender	63	0.860%	542.64x
16	Burt	61	0.830%	35.11x
17	Lawrie	59	0.810%	84.20x
18	Nicol	48	0.660%	31.51x
19	Birrell	47	0.640%	131.76x
20	Galloway	46	0.630%	36.50x
21	Welsh	45	0.620%	15.53x
22	Venters	44	0.600%	887.10x
23	Baird	43	0.590%	27.48x
24	Fairfull	43	0.590%	2018.78x
25	Salmond	42	0.570%	272.90x
26	Herd	41	0.560%	76.31x
27	Kilpatrick	39	0.530%	103.53x
28	Grieve	36	0.490%	42.46x
29	Beveridge	34	0.460%	44.64x
30	Patrick	32	0.440%	21.95x
31	Peter	32	0.440%	124.95x
32	Coventry	31	0.420%	106.90x
33	Peggie	31	0.420%	773.07x
34	Laing	30	0.410%	20.41x
35	Rollo	30	0.410%	178.47x
36	Dall	28	0.380%	207.56x
37	Greig	28	0.380%	24.18x
38	Moodie	28	0.380%	81.51x
39	Matthewson	27	0.370%	256.90x
40	Ness	27	0.370%	81.33x
41	Hugh	26	0.360%	134.37x
42	Dalrymple	25	0.340%	78.47x
43	Wyles	24	0.330%	129.94x
44	Eason	23	0.310%	73.37x
45	Gourlay	23	0.310%	56.71x
46	Izatt	22	0.300%	312.50x
47	Keddie	21	0.290%	95.93x
48	Pryde	21	0.290%	103.70x
49	Leitch	20	0.270%	28.65x
50	Cassells	19	0.260%	159.66x
51	Houston	19	0.260%	20.39x
52	Suttie	18	0.250%	85.39x
53	Clifton	17	0.230%	16.43x
54	Clunie	17	0.230%	158.14x
55	Ireland	17	0.230%	10.01x
56	Easton	16	0.220%	14.42x
57	Gillespie	16	0.220%	13.79x
58	Oswald	16	0.220%	47.59x
59	Buchan	15	0.210%	15.86x
60	Cummings	15	0.210%	13.31x
61	Storrar	15	0.210%	211.57x
62	Swinton	15	0.210%	99.54x
63	Wemyss	15	0.210%	147.93x
64	Balfour	14	0.190%	27.47x
65	Lumsden	14	0.190%	22.94x
66	Couper	13	0.180%	39.65x
67	Dewar	13	0.180%	13.62x
68	Finlay	13	0.180%	17.31x
69	Mathieson	13	0.180%	16.87x
70	Ballingall	12	0.160%	113.96x
71	Bogie	12	0.160%	120.36x
72	Durie	12	0.160%	97.88x
73	Forman	12	0.160%	31.86x
74	Kyles	12	0.160%	258.62x
75	Philip	12	0.160%	24.58x
76	Barrie	11	0.150%	20.83x
77	Cargill	11	0.150%	37.96x
78	Easson	11	0.150%	77.74x
79	Eckford	11	0.150%	149.05x
80	Mathison	11	0.150%	55.58x
81	Fouler	10	0.140%	609.76x
82	Mathew	10	0.140%	36.42x
83	Stenhouse	10	0.140%	33.06x
84	Hynd	9	0.120%	51.87x
85	Kirkcaldy	9	0.120%	212.77x
86	Marshal	9	0.120%	58.29x
87	Matthew	9	0.120%	16.29x
88	Rintoul	9	0.120%	53.86x
89	Sangster	9	0.120%	25.72x
90	Soutar	9	0.120%	34.52x
91	Ballantyne	8	0.110%	14.42x
92	Cormie	8	0.110%	253.97x
93	Cran	8	0.110%	77.07x
94	Grieg	8	0.110%	161.29x
95	Hain	8	0.110%	78.74x
96	Hastie	8	0.110%	17.27x
97	Michie	8	0.110%	22.33x
98	Murrie	8	0.110%	137.69x
99	Ostler	8	0.110%	51.65x
100	Rumgay	8	0.110%	462.43x