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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Abdie, Fife

Abdie 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
BROWN343.45535.24
CLUNIE343.45532,344.83
SMITH272.74391.94
SIMPSON272.743915.69
ROBERTSON212.134112.74
MORRIS191.93098.67
MILLER181.829310.22
LAING161.626080.93
HEGGIE141.4228514.71
DUNCAN141.422820.80
FORBES121.219536.40
SCOTT121.21954.82
SPEED121.2195151.71
DAVIDSON121.219514.51
DALL111.1179607.73
WILKIE111.117978.40
PATERSON111.117916.43
HUSBAND111.1179191.64
DICKIE111.1179142.49
ANDERSON111.11795.66
TODD101.016319.97
NAIRN101.0163205.34
JOHNSTON90.914611.33
WALKER90.91462.73
BUTTERS90.9146186.34
ROLLO90.9146398.23
STEWART90.91465.85
NORMAND90.91461,836.73
HOOD90.914633.04
CAMPBELL80.81304.80
HAXTON80.8130551.72
SPENCE80.813024.58
WATT80.813021.20
FOTHERINGHAM80.8130193.24
CUNNINGHAM80.813017.26
MITCHELL80.81304.01
LIDDLE80.813069.03
WISHART80.8130103.76
EDMOND80.8130240.96
CHRISTIE70.711421.94
MONCRIEFF70.7114282.26
GUILD70.7114325.58
BIRRELL70.7114145.83
TAYLOR70.71141.11
HUTT60.6098142.18
DICKSON60.609816.47
BAILIE60.6098437.96
MUIR60.609815.93
ALLAN60.60989.71
SHEARER60.609847.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLUNIE0.989842344.8276
NORMAND0.989841836.7347
EDMONSTON0.989841304.3478
MILLIE0.989841111.1111
PIRNIE0.98984967.7419
BEEL0.98984714.2857
DALL0.98984607.7348
HAXTON0.98984551.7241
HEGGIE0.98984514.7059
RHYMER0.98984512.8205
BAILIE0.98984437.9562
ROLLO0.98984398.2301
GUILD0.98984325.5814
LYELL0.98984298.5075
ANNAN0.98984289.8551
MONCRIEFF0.98984282.2581
PITCAIRN0.98984243.9024
EDMOND0.98984240.9639
EDMISTON0.98984217.3913
CROY0.98984208.3333
NAIRN0.98984205.3388
FOTHERINGHAM0.98984193.2367
HUSBAND0.98984191.6376
BUTTERS0.98984186.3354
METHVEN0.98984177.7778
SPEED0.98984151.7067
CHRYSTAL0.98984147.0588
BIRRELL0.98984145.8333
DICKIE0.98984142.4870
HUTT0.98984142.1801
CASSELLS0.98984125.0000
BERNARD0.98984122.8501
WISHART0.98984103.7613
FULLERTON0.9898496.1538
PENDRY0.9898481.9672
LAING0.9898480.9307
MELDRUM0.9898480.6452
WILKIE0.9898478.4034
LIDDLE0.9898469.0250
BRYSON0.9898466.3130
MOWATT0.9898466.2252
DOUGALL0.9898465.3595
CARNEGIE0.9898461.9195
BRANNAN0.9898460.1504
COLVILLE0.9898459.3472
BAILLIE0.9898458.7659
TRAIL0.9898455.8659
HALLEY0.9898454.0541
GLASS0.9898449.1159
SHEARER0.9898447.5059

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 984 people called CLUNIE in Abdie 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 2344.8276 in Abdie means that 2344.8276% of the people in Abdie on census day were called CLUNIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLUNIE 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 CLUNIE 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 CLUNIE 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 CLUNIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.98 in Abdie means that you are 0.98 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLUNIE in Abdie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Abdie in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  ALEXANDER (2)  ALLAN (6)  ALLEN (1)  ANDERSON (11)  ANGUS (5)  ANNAN (4)  AUSTIN (1)  BAILIE (6)  BAILLIE (6)  BARCLAY (1)  BERNARD (5)  BAYNE (HUSBAND) (2)  BEEL (5)  BELL (3)  BETT (3)  BEVERIDGE (2)  BISSET (1)  BLACK (3)  BLYTH (4)  BRABNER (5)  BRAND (3)  BRANNAN (4)  BROWN (34)  BRUCE (4)  BRYSON (5)  BUCHAN (2)  BIRRELL (7)  BUTTERS (9)  CAIRNS (2)  CAMERON (4)  CAMPBELL (8)  CARNEGIE (2)  CASSELLS (2)  CHALMERS (3)  CHARLES (1)  CHRISTIE (7)  CRISTIE (1)  CHRYSTAL (2)  CLERK (1)  CLARK (6)  CLUNIE (34)  COCKBURN (3)  COLVILLE (2)  COVENTRY (1)  CRACKHART (2)  CRICHTON (1)  CROY (1)  CUNNINGHAM (8)  DALL (11)  DAVIDSON (12)  DAWSON (5)  DEMPSTER (2)  DEWAR (1)  DICKIE (11)  DINGWALL (1)  DICKSON (6)  DOIG (1)  DONALDSON (3)  DOUGLAS (4)  DOULL (3)  DOWNIE (4)  DUNCAN (14)  EDMOND (8)  EDMONSTON (6)  EDMISTON (2)  ELDER (1)  FARMER (4)  FALCONER (1)  FERRIDAY (5)  FORBES (12)  FORSYTH (4)  FOTHRINGHAM (1)  FOTHERINGHAM (8)  FRASER (2)  FROST (4)  FULLERTON (4)  FYFE (1)  GARDINER (1)  GEDDES (1)  GALLETLY (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILMUIR (1)  GLASS (5)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (1)  GUILD (7)  HEGGIE (14)  HALL (1)  HAMILTON (3)  HARLEY (5)  HASTIE (2)  HAXTON (8)  HAY (4)  HALLEY (2)  HENDERSON (3)  HOOD (9)  HUSBAND (11)  HUTT (6)  INGLIS (3)  IRVINE (4)  JOHNMAN (2)  JOHNSTON (9)  JOHNSTONE (3)  JOINER (1)  KIDD (1)  KIRCHBERG (1)  KIRCALDY (2)  KIRKCALDY (6)  LAMOND (1)  LANDALE (4)  LAING (16)  LAW (1)  LEWIS (1)  LIDDLE (8)  LINDSAY (4)  LOCHART (2)  LORNIE (3)  LUMSDEN (1)  LYELL (2)  MC CANN (1)  MAIN (1)  MALCOLMSON (1)  MALCOLM (1)  MARTIN (2)  MC DONALD (8)  DOUGALL (2)  MC GLASHAN (7)  MC HARDY (1)  MC KENZIE (6)  MC LAREN (1)  MC LAUCHLAN (5)  MC NAUGHTON (9)  MELDRUM (5)  MENSIES (3)  MENZIES (1)  METHVEN (4)  MILLER (18)  MILLIE (4)  MILL (1)  MITCHELL (8)  MONCRIEFF (7)  MUIR (6)  MORRIS (19)  MOWATT (1)  MUNRO (1)  MURRAY (2)  MAIR (1)  NAIRN (10)  NICHOLSON (6)  NIVEN (3)  NORMAND (9)  NORMAN (2)  OGILVY (1)  PARGITER (2)  PATERSON (11)  PETERSON (1)  PEARSON (1)  PENDER (1)  PENDRY (1)  PERCIE (2)  PIRIE (1)  PETRIE (2)  PIRNIE (3)  PITCAIRN (2)  PITKETHLY (2)  PRATT (3)  PRYDE (1)  PRINGLE (1)  MC QUEEN (1)  RAMSAY (1)  RATTRAY (1)  REEKIE (1)  RHYMER (2)  ROBB (2)  ROBERTSON (21)  ROBINSON (6)  RODGER (1)  ROLLO (9)  RUSSELL (2)  SCOTT (12)  SHARP (4)  SHAW (2)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHEARER (6)  SIMPSON (27)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (27)  SPEED (12)  SPENCE (8)  STARK (3)  STEWART (9)  STORER (1)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMSON (2)  TODD (10)  TRAIL (1)  TURBYNE (3)  VEITCH (1)  WALKER (9)  WATSON (2)  WATT (8)  WHITE (1)  WHITEHEAD (6)  WILKIE (11)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILSON (2)  WISHART (8)  WYLIE (5)  YOUNG (5)  YOUNGER (2)