Check out the updated version of British Surnames at our new website

Top surnames from the 1881 census in Arngask, Fife

Arngask 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
THOMSON234.204831.47
FERGUSON152.742238.69
ANDERSON142.559412.96
NICOL142.5594122.91
WILSON142.55945.57
DUNCAN142.559437.41
MARTIN132.37669.65
DEAS122.1938745.34
KIDD122.1938107.82
ELLIS112.011013.85
GRAHAM112.011017.52
SKINNER101.828236.02
NORRIE101.8282591.72
TOD81.4625375.59
CONSTABLE81.4625132.23
ROBERTSON71.27977.64
COVENTRY71.2797322.58
SMART71.279728.10
MELVILLE71.2797121.11
PETRIE71.2797107.69
SCOTT71.27975.06
PETERS71.279736.50
BRUCE61.096923.42
MURDOCH61.096964.59
DINGWALL61.0969276.50
HEPBURN61.0969123.20
FRASER61.096912.32
DALRYMPLE61.0969252.10
HARLEY61.096985.11
SPEED61.0969136.67
NESS61.0969241.94
LAING61.096954.60
LOW50.914143.14
CUMMING50.914147.89
SIMPSON50.91415.23
IMRIE50.9141233.64
ALLISON50.914132.15
FORBES50.914127.28
CUNNINGHAM50.914119.41
RODGER50.914165.02
MENZIES40.731356.26
MARSHALL40.73134.36
BROWN40.73131.11
GORDON40.731311.60
SAUNDERS30.54845.98
HAIR30.5484140.85
BLYTHE30.548472.12
STEEDMAN30.5484212.77
LEITCH30.548457.47
BAYNE30.5484150.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GATCHELL0.555474000.0000
DEAS0.55547745.3416
MONCRIEF0.55547625.0000
NORRIE0.55547591.7160
LILBURN0.55547540.5405
WEDDERSPOON0.55547384.6154
TOD0.55547375.5869
COMRIE0.55547337.0787
COVENTRY0.55547322.5806
DINGWALL0.55547276.4977
DALRYMPLE0.55547252.1008
NESS0.55547241.9355
IMRIE0.55547233.6449
STEEDMAN0.55547212.7660
BAYNE0.55547150.0000
HAIR0.55547140.8451
PRIMROSE0.55547140.8451
SPEED0.55547136.6743
CONSTABLE0.55547132.2314
EDDIE0.55547126.5823
HAXTON0.55547123.4568
HEPBURN0.55547123.2033
NICOL0.55547122.9148
MELVILLE0.55547121.1073
KIDD0.55547107.8167
PETRIE0.55547107.6923
HARLEY0.5554785.1064
GREENHILL0.5554784.7458
MOLLISON0.5554781.9672
BLYTHE0.5554772.1154
RODGER0.5554765.0195
MURDOCH0.5554764.5856
LENNOX0.5554761.5385
MELDRUM0.5554758.1395
LEITCH0.5554757.4713
MENZIES0.5554756.2588
LAING0.5554754.5951
NIVEN0.5554752.4934
CUMMING0.5554747.8927
FINLAYSON0.5554747.6190
LOW0.5554743.1406
FERGUSON0.5554738.6897
DUNCAN0.5554737.4131
PETERS0.5554736.4964
SKINNER0.5554736.0231
GLASS0.5554735.3357
ALLISON0.5554732.1543
THOMSON0.5554731.4681
MILL0.5554730.3030
SMART0.5554728.1012

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 547 people called GATCHELL in Arngask 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 4000.0000 in Arngask means that 4000.0000% of the people in Arngask on census day were called GATCHELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GATCHELL 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 GATCHELL 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 GATCHELL 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 GATCHELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Arngask means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GATCHELL in Arngask than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Arngask in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  ALLISON (5)  ANDERSON (14)  ANGUS (1)  ARCHIBALD (1)  BAYNE (3)  BALDIE (5)  BEATTIE (2)  BEVERIDGE (1)  BLYTHE (3)  BOOSIE (1)  BOUSIE (5)  BOYD (1)  BRAID (1)  BROWN (4)  BRUCE (6)  BURT (1)  CAMPBELL (2)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLEPHANE (4)  CLARK (1)  COMRIE (3)  CONSTABLE (8)  COOK (1)  COUPAR (6)  COVENTRY (7)  CRAIG (1)  CRAWFORD (2)  CUMMING (5)  CUNNINGHAM (5)  DALRYMPLE (6)  DEAS (12)  DEVYLIN (1)  DICK (3)  DINGWALL (6)  DRUMMOND (2)  DRYSDALE (1)  DUFFY (1)  DUNCAN (14)  DUNNET (1)  EDDIE (1)  ELLIS (11)  IMRIE (5)  FERGUSON (15)  FINLAYSON (3)  FLETCHER (1)  FORBES (5)  FOWLIS (1)  FRASER (6)  GALLOWAY (1)  GATCHELL (2)  GIBSON (3)  GILFILLIAN (1)  GLASS (2)  GLOAG (3)  GOURDIE (4)  GORDON (4)  GRAHAM (11)  GREENHILL (2)  GUTHRIE (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HAIR (3)  HARLEY (6)  HAXTON (1)  HENDERSON (2)  HEPBURN (6)  HOPKINS (1)  HUTCHON (3)  JOHNMAN (5)  MC KAY (1)  KIDD (12)  KIRKCALDY (3)  KULVEAR (1)  LAING (6)  LAURIE (1)  LEITCH (3)  LENNOX (2)  LILBURN (2)  LOW (5)  LUMSDEN (1)  MAC ALISTER (1)  MARSHALL (4)  MARTIN (13)  MC DONALD (1)  MC FARLANE (4)  MC GREGOR (1)  MAC KAY (1)  MC KENZIE (2)  MC KINTOSH (1)  MC NAUGHTON (6)  MELDRUM (2)  MELVILLE (7)  MENZIES (4)  MIACHEL (1)  MILL (1)  MILNE (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOLLISON (1)  MONCRIEF (1)  MUIR (2)  MORRICE (5)  MOWAT (1)  MURDOCH (6)  NESS (6)  NICOL (14)  NICOLL (1)  NIVEN (2)  NORRIE (10)  PETERS (7)  PETRIE (7)  PHILIP (1)  PRIMROSE (1)  RAMSAY (2)  ROBERTSON (7)  RODGER (5)  RONALDSON (8)  RUET (1)  ROY (1)  RUMGAY (4)  SAUNDERS (3)  SCOTT (7)  SIMPSON (5)  SYME (1)  SKINNER (10)  SLATER (1)  SMART (7)  SMEATON (1)  SMITH (2)  SOUTAR (2)  SPEED (6)  STEEDMAN (3)  STEELE (2)  STEWART (2)  SUMMERS (2)  SWANN (1)  THOM (1)  THOMSON (23)  TOD (8)  TODD (1)  WANLUSS (1)  WATSON (1)  WIGHTMAN (1)  WILSON (14)  WEDDERSPOON (1)  YOUNG (2)