Top surnames from the 1881 census in Moonzie, Fife

Moonzie 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
SMITH128.10815.74
BROWN96.08119.23
ROLLAND74.72974,117.65
MIDDLETON74.729790.09
CAMERON74.729760.87
TODD74.729792.96
BERRY74.729759.63
PHILP74.7297693.07
PETRIE64.0541340.91
ROBERTSON64.054124.19
BELL53.378417.98
BRODIE53.3784251.26
ANNAN42.70271,904.76
WILKIE42.7027189.57
PRYDE32.0270731.71
COLLIER32.027060.61
WALKER32.02706.06
MELDRUM32.0270322.58
LISTER32.027071.09
ARCHER32.027049.02
MAXWELL32.027085.23
KINNEAR21.3514277.78
STEEL21.351433.17
PRINGLE21.351485.84
MORRISON21.351417.20
DONALDSON21.351447.39
MITCHELL21.35146.66
GRIEVE10.675758.48
MACAULAY10.6757188.68
ARCHIBALD10.675778.13
HIGH10.6757149.25
GREIG10.675742.74
RHYMER10.67571,666.67
HEGGIE10.6757243.90
STEELE10.675725.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROLLAND0.151484117.6471
ANNAN0.151481904.7619
RHYMER0.151481666.6667
PRYDE0.15148731.7073
PHILP0.15148693.0693
PETRIE0.15148340.9091
MELDRUM0.15148322.5806
KINNEAR0.15148277.7778
BRODIE0.15148251.2563
HEGGIE0.15148243.9024
WILKIE0.15148189.5735
MACAULAY0.15148188.6792
HIGH0.15148149.2537
TODD0.1514892.9615
MIDDLETON0.1514890.0901
PRINGLE0.1514885.8369
MAXWELL0.1514885.2273
ARCHIBALD0.1514878.1250
LISTER0.1514871.0900
CAMERON0.1514860.8696
COLLIER0.1514860.6061
BERRY0.1514859.6252
GRIEVE0.1514858.4795
ARCHER0.1514849.0196
DONALDSON0.1514847.3934
GREIG0.1514842.7350
STEEL0.1514833.1675
STEELE0.1514825.2525
ROBERTSON0.1514824.1935
BELL0.1514817.9791
MORRISON0.1514817.1969
BROWN0.151489.2251
MITCHELL0.151486.6622
WALKER0.151486.0557
SMITH0.151485.7425

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 148 people called ROLLAND in Moonzie 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 4117.6471 in Moonzie means that 4117.6471% of the people in Moonzie on census day were called ROLLAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROLLAND 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 ROLLAND 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 ROLLAND 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 ROLLAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Moonzie means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROLLAND in Moonzie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Moonzie in 1881

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

ANNAN (4)  ARCHER (3)  ARCHIBALD (1)  BELL (5)  BERRY (7)  BRAID (6)  BRODIE (5)  BROWN (9)  KEDDIE (7)  CAMERON (7)  COLLIER (3)  DONALDSON (2)  GRIEVE (1)  GREIG (1)  HEGGIE (1)  HIGH (1)  KINNEAR (2)  LISTER (3)  MAXWELL (3)  MACAULAY (1)  MELDRUM (3)  MIDDLETON (7)  MITCHELL (2)  MORRISON (2)  PETRIE (6)  PHILP (7)  PRYDE (3)  PRINGLE (2)  REEDIE (1)  RHYMER (1)  ROBERTSON (6)  ROLLAND (7)  SMITH (12)  STEEL (2)  STEELE (1)  TODD (7)  WALKER (3)  WILKIE (4)