Top surnames from the 1881 census in Auchtertool, Fife

Auchtertool is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Fife

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
PATERSON395.446980.03
MOYES283.9106912.05
SCOTT263.631314.35
WILSON243.35207.30
BROWN223.07264.66
WHYTE212.9330172.98
ANDERSON192.653613.44
WRIGHT182.51407.84
COOK131.81569.14
POLLOCK121.6760115.38
REEKIE111.5363635.84
RAMSAY101.396654.23
WATSON101.39666.02
GEDDES101.3966116.55
MILNE101.396631.42
SIMPSON91.25707.19
MITCHELL91.25706.20
HUNTER91.257012.24
KING91.25705.77
ROBERTSON91.25707.50
FISHER81.11739.55
MUIR81.117329.20
PENMAN81.1173170.94
RUSSELL81.11739.15
BARTHOLOMEW81.1173137.93
SAVAGE81.117329.08
EWAN70.9777429.45
MORRIS70.97774.39
WESTWOOD70.977758.28
WILKIE70.977768.56
TURNER70.97773.51
SHARP70.977711.73
THOMPSON70.97773.26
SANG60.83802,142.86
GREENHILL60.8380194.17
REID60.83807.98
DAVIE60.838090.91
FRASER60.83809.41
THOMSON60.83806.27
WISE60.838040.21
HENDERSON50.69836.43
CLARK50.69832.32
DOWNIE50.698359.52
STEWART50.69834.46
JEFFREY50.698337.76
JACKSON50.69832.50
FLOCKHART50.6983367.65
WADDELL40.558762.99
IMRIE40.5587142.86
GILLESPIE40.558735.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SANG0.727162142.8571
TOAL0.727161379.3103
MOYES0.72716912.0521
PING0.72716666.6667
REEKIE0.72716635.8382
EWAN0.72716429.4479
FLOCKHART0.72716367.6471
TERRIS0.72716303.0303
BEATSON0.72716223.8806
BUCHANNAN0.72716198.0198
GREENHILL0.72716194.1748
BONAR0.72716173.9130
WHYTE0.72716172.9819
PENMAN0.72716170.9402
IMRIE0.72716142.8571
BARTHOLOMEW0.72716137.9310
VIRTUE0.72716129.8701
GEDDES0.72716116.5501
POLLOCK0.72716115.3846
CONNOLY0.72716104.1667
HAXTON0.7271695.2381
DAVIE0.7271690.9091
PATERSON0.7271680.0328
KILGOUR0.7271676.0456
WILKIE0.7271668.5602
TRAINER0.7271668.2594
WADDELL0.7271662.9921
DOWNIE0.7271659.5238
WESTWOOD0.7271658.2848
RAMSAY0.7271654.2299
HEGGIE0.7271650.5051
BUCHAN0.7271643.2432
GAFFNEY0.7271641.1523
SHAND0.7271640.6504
WISE0.7271640.2145
JEFFREY0.7271637.7644
GILLESPIE0.7271635.2423
DINGWALL0.7271635.2113
BERWICK0.7271634.7222
ARNOTT0.7271633.2226
MILNE0.7271631.4169
MUIR0.7271629.1971
SAVAGE0.7271629.0803
OGILVIE0.7271628.8600
BEVERIDGE0.7271626.8456
HUTCHISON0.7271625.4885
GOURLAY0.7271625.1889
HUSBAND0.7271623.9808
DOIG0.7271623.7530
RODGER0.7271619.8610

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 716 people called SANG in Auchtertool at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2142.8571 in Auchtertool means that 2142.8571% of the people in Auchtertool on census day were called SANG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SANG in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called SANG as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called SANG here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called SANG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.72 in Auchtertool means that you are 0.72 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SANG in Auchtertool than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Auchtertool in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ADDISON (1)  ANDERSON (19)  ARCHIBALD (REEKIE) (2)  ARNOTT (2)  BAIN (1)  BALLINGALL (4)  BARTHOLOMEW (8)  BERWICK (1)  BEATSON (3)  BEVERIDGE (2)  BLACK (3)  BONAR (2)  BRAID (8)  BROWN (22)  BRUCE (3)  BUCHAN (4)  BUCHANNAN (2)  CAMERON (1)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARK (5)  CONNOLY (1)  COOK (13)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAVIE (6)  DEVINE (1)  DICK (1)  DINGWALL (1)  DOIG (1)  DONALDSON (1)  DOWNIE (5)  DRYBURGH (2)  DUNSIRE (7)  IMRIE (4)  EWAN (7)  EWING (1)  FINNCANE (1)  FISHER (8)  FLOCKHART (5)  FRASER (6)  FYFE (1)  GAFFNEY (1)  GEDDES (10)  GILLESPIE (4)  GILMOUR (1)  GOURLAY (1)  GRAY (3)  GREEN (3)  GREENHILL (6)  GULLAND (1)  HEGGIE (1)  HAXTON (1)  HENDERSON (5)  HEPBURN (1)  HUNTER (9)  HUSBAND (1)  HUTCHISON (PHILIPS) (2)  HUTCHISON (3)  HUTTON (1)  IZZATT (5)  JACKSON (5)  JEFFREY (5)  KILGOUR (2)  KELLOCK (6)  KING (9)  KININMONTH (10)  KINNINMONTH (1)  KINNELL (14)  KIDDIE (4)  LISTER (1)  MC DONALD (3)  MC EWAN (1)  MC EWEN (1)  MC HARDY (4)  MACKAY (2)  MC PHERSON (1)  MILLAR (4)  MILLER (2)  MILNE (10)  MITCHELL (9)  MITCHELL (WRIGHT) (2)  MUIR (8)  MORRIS (7)  RODGER (MORRISON) (2)  MOYES (28)  MUNRO (1)  NICOLL (1)  OGILVIE (2)  PAGE (3)  PATTERSON (1)  PATERSON (39)  PATRICK (1)  PENMAN (8)  PING (2)  POLLOCK (12)  POTTS (2)  RAMSAY (10)  REEKIE (11)  REID (6)  O'REILLY (1)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBERTSON (9)  RODGER (2)  ROSS (4)  RUSSELL (8)  SANG (6)  SAVAGE (8)  SCOTT (26)  SHAND (2)  SHARP (7)  SIMPSON (9)  SYME (1)  SMITH (2)  STEELE (1)  STEEL OR STEELE (6)  STEWART (5)  STODDART (1)  TAYLOR (3)  TERRIS (1)  THOMSON (6)  THOMPSON (7)  THOMSON (WILSON) (6)  TOAL (4)  TODD (1)  TRAINER (2)  TURNBULL (3)  TURNER (7)  VIRTUE (1)  WALLACE (3)  WADDELL (4)  WATSON (10)  WATT (2)  WEMYSS (3)  WEBSTER (1)  WESTWOOD (7)  WHYTE (21)  WILKIE (7)  WILSON (24)  WISE (6)  WISHART (1)  WRIGHT (18)  YOUNG (2)