Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ballingry, Fife

Ballingry 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
WILSON333.09286.73
SMITH322.99912.12
THOMSON322.999122.45
ADAMSON262.436792.10
BEVERIDGE262.4367234.02
BROWN222.06193.13
FERGUSON211.968127.77
ROSS201.874417.15
ANDERSON191.78079.02
WILLIAMSON151.405815.68
CUMMING141.312168.76
PETRIE131.2184102.52
DICK121.124650.42
WHYTE121.124666.34
SIMPSON121.12466.43
STRAHAN121.12462,307.69
HENDERSON121.124610.35
RUSSELL100.93727.68
JACKSON100.93723.35
DEWAR100.937271.84
GILFILLAN100.9372485.44
ROBERTSON100.93725.59
KINGHORN90.8435292.21
MURRAY90.84356.80
BAXTER90.843514.15
BARCLAY90.843540.98
PATON90.843537.70
BOWMAN90.843532.29
TURNER90.84353.03
PENNELL90.8435291.26
GILLIARD80.74981,538.46
CASTELLO80.74981,904.76
COOK80.74983.77
HEENAN80.7498941.18
CRICHTON80.749887.91
HEPBURN80.749884.30
WALKER80.74982.24
DICKSON80.749820.25
BAIN80.749830.21
SOUTER70.6560120.69
FOX70.65607.07
SWAN70.656025.33
CLINK70.65602,121.21
MENZIES70.656050.47
NOBLE70.656015.80
DIVINE70.6560432.10
SHARP70.65607.87
FINNIE70.6560188.68
ARMSTRONG70.65608.58
STARK70.656047.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STRAHAN1.071,0672307.6923
CLINK1.071,0672121.2121
CASTELLO1.071,0671904.7619
GILLIARD1.071,0671538.4615
HEENAN1.071,067941.1765
GILFILLAN1.071,067485.4369
DIVINE1.071,067432.0988
LITSTER1.071,067416.6667
WESTWATER1.071,067359.7122
KINGHORN1.071,067292.2078
PENNELL1.071,067291.2621
BEVERIDGE1.071,067234.0234
SKENE1.071,067190.8397
FINNIE1.071,067188.6792
DOBIE1.071,067140.0560
CHRYSTAL1.071,067136.0544
SOUTER1.071,067120.6897
MACINTOSH1.071,067108.4599
NIMMO1.071,067105.2632
PETRIE1.071,067102.5237
ADAMSON1.071,06792.1006
ERSKINE1.071,06790.9091
CRICHTON1.071,06787.9121
GREENHILL1.071,06786.7679
HEPBURN1.071,06784.2993
MICHIE1.071,06776.6284
DEWAR1.071,06771.8391
CUMMING1.071,06768.7623
WHYTE1.071,06766.3350
WADDELL1.071,06763.3580
CONSTABLE1.071,06759.3220
BUTTERS1.071,06757.2519
MELVILLE1.071,06753.2387
FYFE1.071,06751.0725
MENZIES1.071,06750.4686
CONNELLY1.071,06750.4541
DICK1.071,06750.4202
CROMBIE1.071,06750.0835
STARK1.071,06747.9124
CHAPLIN1.071,06745.7218
PEEBLES1.071,06744.6429
ARNOTT1.071,06744.6429
SEATON1.071,06744.3459
MALCOLM1.071,06742.7655
BARCLAY1.071,06740.9836
LEITCH1.071,06739.2927
PATON1.071,06737.7042
DEVINE1.071,06737.6648
COCHRANE1.071,06736.2976
ORAM1.071,06736.0577

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,067 people called STRAHAN in Ballingry 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 2307.6923 in Ballingry means that 2307.6923% of the people in Ballingry on census day were called STRAHAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STRAHAN 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 STRAHAN 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 STRAHAN 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 STRAHAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.07 in Ballingry means that you are 1.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STRAHAN in Ballingry than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ballingry in 1881

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

ADAMSON (26)  ADAMSON (GREENHILL) (4)  ANDERSON (19)  ANDREW (1)  ARMSTRONG (7)  ARNOTT (4)  AITKEN (1)  BAIN (8)  BARCLAY (9)  BARNARD (3)  BARRETT (1)  BAXTER (9)  BEATTIE (4)  BECK (3)  BEVERIDGE (26)  BLACK (1)  BOWMAN (9)  BRODIE (2)  BROWN (22)  BURNS (1)  BIRREL (1)  BURT (1)  BUTLER (7)  BUTTERS (3)  KEDDIE (1)  CAMERON (5)  CAMPBELL (6)  CAPE (1)  CASSIE (7)  CASTELLO (8)  CATION (3)  CHAPLIN (7)  CHRISTIE (2)  CHRYSTAL (2)  CLARK (1)  CLINK (7)  COCHRANE (6)  MC COLL (1)  COLICHEN (1)  CONLY (1)  CONNELLY (5)  CONSTABLE (7)  CONWAY (3)  COOK (8)  MC CORICK (1)  MC CORMICK (7)  CRAWFORD (2)  CRICHTON (8)  CHRICHTON (1)  CROFT (1)  CROMBIE (3)  CUMMING (14)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  CURRIE (1)  DAVIDSON (3)  DIVINE (7)  DEVINE (4)  DEWAR (10)  DICK (12)  DICKSON (8)  DOBIE (5)  DONALDSON (6)  DOWNIE (1)  EARLY (1)  ERSKINE (6)  FERGUSON (21)  FINNIE (7)  FISHER (5)  FORSYTH (2)  FOSTER (1)  FOX (7)  FYFE (5)  GALLOWAY (1)  GILBERT (4)  GILFILLAN (10)  GILLESPIE (2)  GILLIARD (8)  GLEN (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAY (5)  GREENHILL (4)  HEENAN (8)  HEATHERWICK (3)  HENDERSON (12)  HEPBURN (8)  HUTCHISON (1)  HUTCHESON (1)  HUTT (1)  HUTTON (4)  INGLIS (6)  JACKSON (10)  JAMIESON (1)  JOHNSTON (4)  KERR (1)  KIDD (1)  KING (5)  KINGHORN (9)  KINNELL (6)  LAING (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEE (5)  LEITCH (4)  LESLIE (1)  LINDSAY (1)  LITSTER (4)  LITTLE (4)  LIVINGSTONE (1)  LOVE (4)  LOW (5)  LYNAS (1)  MAIN (5)  MALCOLM (6)  MARSHALL (1)  MC ANISH (3)  MC CALLUM (3)  DOUGALL (1)  MC FARLANE (6)  MC GOVRAN (2)  MC GREGOR (3)  MACINTOSH (5)  MC KINLAY (8)  MC LEAN (12)  MC PHAIL (1)  MELVILLE (6)  MELVIN (1)  MENZIES (7)  MICHIE (4)  MILLER (2)  MILLAR (5)  MILNE (2)  MUIR (2)  MORGAN (1)  MOYES (1)  MUNGALL (1)  MURRAY (9)  MARR (4)  NELSON (1)  NIMMO (5)  NOBLE (7)  NORMAN (1)  OROM (3)  ORAM (3)  PAGE (4)  PATERSON (7)  PATON (9)  PEEBLES (2)  PENNELL (9)  PETRIE (13)  PYE (5)  RAE (4)  REEKIE (1)  REID (4)  ROBERTSON (10)  ROSS (20)  RUSSELL (10)  SCANLIN (1)  SCOBBIE (9)  SCOTT (5)  SEATON (4)  SHARP (7)  SHAW (4)  SHEPHERD (3)  SIMPSON (12)  SYME (10)  SINCLAIR (1)  SKENE (5)  SMITH (32)  SOUTER (7)  STARK (7)  STEVENSON (1)  STEWART (7)  STRAHAN (12)  SWAN (7)  TAYLOR (3)  TYRIE (1)  THOMSON (32)  THORNTON (3)  TORLEY (5)  TURNER (9)  TURPIE (4)  WALKER (8)  WALLS (1)  WADDELL (6)  WATSON (5)  WATT (4)  WEIR (5)  WEBSTER (2)  WESTIE (2)  WESTWATER (5)  WHYTE (12)  WILLIAMSON (15)  WILSON (33)  WISHART (2)  YOUNG (1)  YUIL (3)