Top surnames from the 1881 census in Balmerino, Fife

Balmerino 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
JOHNSTON274.066350.39
TAYLOR223.31335.18
HENDERSON192.861426.33
SCOTT182.710810.71
SMITH182.71081.92
DUNCAN162.409635.23
PATRICK162.4096120.94
FARMER142.108467.47
CLARK142.10847.01
NEILL121.8072272.73
BELL111.65668.82
HERD101.5060204.92
RAMSAY91.355452.63
KERR91.355424.86
STEWART91.35548.66
ANGUS81.204884.21
DENHOLM81.2048287.77
AMES71.0542153.17
KNOX71.054261.40
FLEMING71.054225.37
GRAHAM71.05429.18
WEDDERBURN71.05421,272.73
CAMPBELL71.05426.23
THOMSON71.05427.89
DAVIDSON71.054212.54
BROWN71.05421.60
CUNNINGHAM71.054222.39
MILLAR71.054228.88
BLYTH71.054266.86
DUNN71.054212.68
IRELAND71.054245.43
CRICHTON71.0542123.67
GIBSON71.05428.68
CUTHILL60.9036461.54
LAMB60.903617.13
RENNIE60.903651.72
FERGUSON60.903612.75
WILLIAMSON60.903610.08
SHEPHERD50.753010.28
WEBSTER50.75308.66
DONALDSON50.753026.40
REID50.75307.17
MYLES50.7530160.77
BRUNTON50.753095.79
HUSBAND50.7530129.20
MITCHELL50.75303.71
WISHART40.602476.92
PEARSON40.60245.19
ALSTON40.602492.38
VEITCH40.602491.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEDDERBURN0.666641272.7273
BRYMER0.666641081.0811
HEAN0.666641000.0000
WANN0.66664638.2979
CUTHILL0.66664461.5385
MENZIE0.66664344.8276
BETHUNE0.66664294.1176
DENHOLM0.66664287.7698
NEILL0.66664272.7273
HEGGIE0.66664218.5792
HERD0.66664204.9180
DORWARD0.66664165.2893
MYLES0.66664160.7717
SHEILDS0.66664153.8462
AMES0.66664153.1729
MONCUR0.66664152.6718
ROLLO0.66664130.7190
HUSBAND0.66664129.1990
STURROCK0.66664125.5230
CRICHTON0.66664123.6749
PATRICK0.66664120.9373
SIME0.66664112.7820
BRUNTON0.6666495.7854
ALSTON0.6666492.3788
VEITCH0.6666491.3242
PHILP0.6666488.3002
ANGUS0.6666484.2105
TOD0.6666477.2201
WISHART0.6666476.9231
BUIST0.6666476.3359
GUILD0.6666468.9655
FARMER0.6666467.4699
BLYTH0.6666466.8577
LAWRIE0.6666462.8931
KNOX0.6666461.4035
RAMSAY0.6666452.6316
RENNIE0.6666451.7241
DOIG0.6666451.1509
JOHNSTON0.6666450.3919
NEIL0.6666445.5581
IRELAND0.6666445.4250
EDMOND0.6666444.6429
MELVILLE0.6666442.7960
MURDOCH0.6666435.4610
DUNCAN0.6666435.2268
DALRYMPLE0.6666434.6021
ROLLS0.6666433.7838
NICOLL0.6666433.1675
KINNEAR0.6666431.0559
KIDD0.6666429.5858

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 664 people called WEDDERBURN in Balmerino 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 1272.7273 in Balmerino means that 1272.7273% of the people in Balmerino on census day were called WEDDERBURN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEDDERBURN 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 WEDDERBURN 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 WEDDERBURN 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 WEDDERBURN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Balmerino means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEDDERBURN in Balmerino than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Balmerino in 1881

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

ADAMSON (1)  ALLARDICE (1)  ALSTON (4)  ANGUS (8)  ARMIT (1)  AITKEN (1)  AIRDRIE (1)  BALLINGALL (3)  BARBER (1)  BELL (11)  BETHUNE (3)  BLACKWOOD (1)  BLYTH (7)  BRYMER (4)  BROWN (7)  BRUCE (1)  BRUNTON (5)  BUIST (1)  CAMERON (3)  CAMPBELL (7)  CHRISTIE (2)  CLARK (14)  CRAWFORD (1)  CRICHTON (7)  CUNNINGHAM (7)  CUTHILL (6)  DALRYMPLE (1)  DANDIE (1)  DAVIDSON (7)  DAWSON (1)  DENHOLM (8)  DEWAR (1)  DOBBIE (1)  DOIG (2)  DONALDSON (5)  DORWARD (2)  DOW (2)  DRYSDALE (1)  DUNCAN (16)  DUNN (7)  AMES (7)  EDMOND (1)  FARMER (14)  FERGUSON (6)  FINDLAY (2)  FLEMING (7)  FORD (2)  FOREMAN (1)  FORRET (12)  FOWLIS (11)  FRASER (1)  GARDINER (3)  GIBB (2)  GIBSON (7)  GOW (1)  GRAHAM (7)  GREEN (2)  GUILD (1)  HEGGIE (4)  HALL (2)  HEAN (2)  HERD (10)  HENDERSON (19)  HUNTER (2)  HUSBAND (5)  HUTCHISON (2)  HUTTON (1)  IRELAND (7)  JOHNSTON (27)  MC KAY (1)  KENNEDY (1)  KERR (9)  KIDD (4)  KILLOCK (2)  KING (3)  KINNEAR (1)  KIRK (2)  KNOX (7)  LAMB (6)  LAING (1)  LAWRIE (4)  LOWSON (1)  LEE (1)  LESLIE (2)  LESSELS (1)  MALCOLM (2)  MANISON (1)  MARTIN (3)  MC INTOSH (2)  MACKAY (2)  MC LEISH (1)  MC PHAIL (1)  MC PHERSON (2)  MELVILLE (3)  MENZIE (1)  MYLES (5)  MILLER (1)  MILLAR (7)  MITCHELL (5)  MOFFAT (3)  MONCUR (2)  MOORE (3)  MUIR (1)  MORRISON (4)  MUNRO (1)  MURDOCH (4)  MURRAY (1)  MARR (1)  NEILL (12)  NEIL (4)  NICOLL (2)  NICHOLSON (2)  NIVEN (1)  PATTERSON (1)  PATON (1)  PATRICK (16)  PAUL (1)  PEARSON (4)  PETRIE (2)  PEATTIE (9)  PHILP (4)  PILLANS (1)  RAMSAY (9)  REID (5)  RENNIE (6)  RHYND (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RINTOUL (5)  ROBERTSON (1)  RODGER (1)  ROSS (1)  ROLLO (2)  ROLLS (1)  RUTHERFORD (2)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCOTT (18)  SHAW (2)  SHEPHERD (5)  SHEILDS (1)  SIME (3)  SMART (1)  SMITH (18)  SPEED (1)  STEELE (2)  STEWART (9)  STORRAR (1)  STURROCK (3)  SWAN (1)  TAYLOR (22)  THOMSON (7)  TOD (2)  TODD (1)  VEITCH (4)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (4)  WANN (3)  WANNON (1)  WATSON (1)  WEDDERBURN (7)  WEBSTER (5)  WHYTOCH (1)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILSON (1)  WISHART (4)