Top surnames from the 1881 census in Logie, Fife

Logie 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
JOHNSTON123.076938.13
SIMPSON92.307713.19
PATRICK92.3077115.83
CARSWELL92.3077629.37
GRAY92.307716.16
PRINGLE82.0513130.29
WHITE82.05136.38
DUNCAN82.051329.99
CARMICHAEL82.0513143.37
DEWAR82.0513157.17
BARNET71.7949374.33
ROLLO71.7949777.78
PATERSON71.794926.38
REID71.794917.09
GIBB71.7949101.60
WHYTE71.7949105.90
GOURLAY71.7949324.07
GRANT61.538515.50
ROBERTSON61.53859.18
CRICHTON61.5385180.18
SIME61.5385384.62
PAUL61.538561.48
BOGIE61.53851,132.08
HUTCHISON61.538593.60
BAYNE61.5385419.58
RODGER61.5385109.49
CAMPBELL51.28217.58
PEEBLES51.2821304.88
FENWICK51.282197.85
WILLIAMSON51.282114.30
PRATT51.282122.31
WELCH51.282136.44
STEEDMAN51.2821495.05
HARDIE51.282198.43
STOBIE51.2821877.19
HILL41.02564.03
LOCKART41.02563,076.92
RAMSAY41.025639.84
DURIE41.0256615.38
NICOLSON41.025688.69
LYALL30.7692112.78
BROWN30.76921.17
GILLESPIE30.769248.54
IRELAND30.769233.15
MILLAR30.769221.07
BRUNTON30.769298.04
BLACKWOOD20.512888.11
FYFE20.512855.87
MITCHELL20.51282.53
SOMMERVILLE20.5128129.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEITH0.393903333.3333
LOCKART0.393903076.9231
BOGIE0.393901132.0755
STOBIE0.39390877.1930
ROLLO0.39390777.7778
DOCTOR0.39390714.2857
CARSWELL0.39390629.3706
DURIE0.39390615.3846
STEEDMAN0.39390495.0495
BAYNE0.39390419.5804
SIME0.39390384.6154
BARNET0.39390374.3316
GOURLAY0.39390324.0741
PEEBLES0.39390304.8780
RAYNE0.39390303.0303
LITSTER0.39390285.7143
DIXSON0.39390277.7778
CRICHTON0.39390180.1802
FARRIER0.39390163.9344
DEWAR0.39390157.1709
LOUDEN0.39390149.2537
CARMICHAEL0.39390143.3692
MULLAN0.39390140.8451
PRINGLE0.39390130.2932
SOMMERVILLE0.39390129.8701
CHRISTY0.39390121.9512
PATRICK0.39390115.8301
LYALL0.39390112.7820
RODGER0.39390109.4891
WHYTE0.39390105.9002
GIBB0.39390101.5965
HARDIE0.3939098.4252
BRUNTON0.3939098.0392
FENWICK0.3939097.8474
HUTCHISON0.3939093.6037
GREENE0.3939093.4579
NICOLSON0.3939088.6918
BLACKWOOD0.3939088.1057
TOD0.3939065.7895
PAUL0.3939061.4754
FYFE0.3939055.8659
GILLESPIE0.3939048.5437
PETRIE0.3939043.1965
ERSKINE0.3939041.4938
RAMSAY0.3939039.8406
NEILL0.3939038.7597
JOHNSTON0.3939038.1316
WELCH0.3939036.4431
RANKIN0.3939034.5423
IRELAND0.3939033.1492

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 390 people called SEITH in Logie 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 3333.3333 in Logie means that 3333.3333% of the people in Logie on census day were called SEITH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEITH 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 SEITH 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 SEITH 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 SEITH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Logie means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEITH in Logie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Logie in 1881

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

AUNGUS (6)  BAYNE (6)  BALDIE (1)  BARNET (7)  BENVIE (7)  BISIT (5)  BLACK (1)  BLACKWOOD (2)  BOGIE (6)  BOUSIE (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BRAND (1)  BROUGH (1)  BROWN (3)  BRUCE (1)  BRUNTON (3)  CAMPBELL (5)  CARMICHAEL (8)  CARSWELL (9)  CHRISTY (1)  CONSTABLE (1)  COWNIE (1)  CRICHTON (6)  DANDIE (5)  DEWAR (8)  DIXSON (1)  DOCTOR (1)  DONALDSON (1)  DOWIE (6)  DUNCAN (8)  DUNN (1)  DURIE (4)  ELDER (1)  ERSKINE (1)  FARRIER (1)  FENWICK (5)  FORGAN (1)  FOUILS (1)  FOULIS (2)  FYFE (2)  GIBB (7)  GILLESPIE (3)  GOURLAY (7)  GRAHAM (2)  GRANT (6)  GRAY (9)  GREIVE (1)  GREENE (1)  GREIG (1)  HARDIE (5)  HENDERSON (1)  HILL (4)  HEUGHES (1)  HUTCHISON (6)  IRELAND (3)  ISDALE (1)  JOHNSTON (12)  KIRCKALDY (4)  KIRK (1)  LANDALE (1)  LAING (1)  LATTO (3)  LAURENCE (1)  LITSTER (1)  LOCKART (4)  LOUDEN (1)  LUKE (1)  LYALL (3)  MC DONALD (1)  MACKIE (2)  MC PHERSON (1)  MILINE (1)  MILLAR (3)  MITCHELL (2)  MUDHIE (1)  MULLAN (1)  NEILL (1)  NICOLSON (4)  PATERSON (7)  PATTERSON (1)  PATRICK (9)  PAUL (6)  PEEBLES (5)  PETRIE (2)  PRATT (5)  PRINGLE (8)  RAYNE (1)  RAMSAY (4)  RANKINE (5)  RANKIN (2)  REID (7)  ROBERTSON (6)  RODGER (6)  ROLLO (7)  SCOTT (2)  SEITH (1)  SIMPSON (9)  SYME (1)  SIME (6)  SINCLAIR (1)  SMITH (1)  SOMMERVILLE (2)  STEEDMAN (5)  STEWART (1)  STOBIE (5)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMSON (1)  TOD (1)  TURNBULL (1)  TURPIE (2)  WALESTER (1)  WALLACE (1)  WATSON (1)  WELCH (5)  WHITE (8)  WHYTE (7)  WILLIAMSON (5)