Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cults, Fife

Cults 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
SCOTT354.964519.62
BLACK273.829859.15
SPEED223.1206388.69
LAWSON212.978750.53
BROWN172.41133.66
SMITH162.26951.61
CRAWFORD152.127743.48
GARLAND152.1277160.60
WALLACE141.985828.99
DONALDSON131.844064.64
MELVILLE121.7021161.29
ROBERTSON111.56039.31
STEEDMAN111.5603604.40
MURRIE101.41841,785.71
ELDER91.2766120.81
PHILP91.2766187.50
ANDERSON91.27666.46
TAYLOR91.27662.00
DENHOLM91.2766305.08
HIGGINS81.134822.45
RITCHIE81.134832.84
SHAW81.13486.18
MORGAN81.13485.71
NIMMO70.9929222.93
NEILSON70.992970.42
HUTTON70.992933.24
HOY70.9929172.84
SENIOR70.992943.34
GRAHAM70.99298.65
LINDSAY60.851126.11
BARNETT60.851118.87
WATSON60.85113.67
LUMSDEN60.8511102.04
STEVENSON60.851112.13
MARSHALL60.85115.07
PEEBLES60.8511202.70
PAGE60.851110.65
IMRIE60.8511217.39
DOIG60.8511144.58
DEAS50.7092241.55
PEARSON50.70926.11
BISSET50.709290.42
STEWART50.70924.53
COOK50.70923.57
HAMILTON50.70929.45
WISHART50.709290.58
ROLLAND50.7092617.28
HAXTON50.7092480.77
PRYDE50.7092256.41
HUNTER50.70926.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ERSKIN0.717056000.0000
MURRIE0.717051785.7143
ROLLAND0.71705617.2840
STEEDMAN0.71705604.3956
GILRUTH0.71705526.3158
HAXTON0.71705480.7692
HAUXWELL0.71705476.1905
SPEED0.71705388.6926
CROSTHWAITE0.71705350.8772
ALISON0.71705312.5000
DENHOLM0.71705305.0847
PRYDE0.71705256.4103
DEAS0.71705241.5459
THOMS0.71705238.0952
NIMMO0.71705222.9299
IMRIE0.71705217.3913
PEEBLES0.71705202.7027
BAYNE0.71705193.7984
PHILP0.71705187.5000
METHVEN0.71705186.3354
HOY0.71705172.8395
MELVILLE0.71705161.2903
GARLAND0.71705160.5996
DOIG0.71705144.5783
ELDER0.71705120.8054
KINNEAR0.71705116.9591
LUMSDEN0.71705102.0408
GOLDIE0.7170591.1162
WISHART0.7170590.5797
BISSET0.7170590.4159
HASWELL0.7170587.7193
HONEYMAN0.7170586.9565
KELMAN0.7170580.0000
CATTO0.7170575.1880
FERRIER0.7170573.1707
NEILSON0.7170570.4225
DONALDSON0.7170564.6445
BLACK0.7170559.1457
FORRESTER0.7170552.8541
LAWSON0.7170550.5294
CRAWFORD0.7170543.4783
SENIOR0.7170543.3437
COUTTS0.7170542.1941
FAIRBAIRN0.7170538.3877
HALLEY0.7170537.7358
BUSHBY0.7170536.1011
ARNOTT0.7170533.7838
FOTHERINGHAM0.7170533.7838
HUTTON0.7170533.2384
RITCHIE0.7170532.8407

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 705 people called ERSKIN in Cults 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 6000.0000 in Cults means that 6000.0000% of the people in Cults on census day were called ERSKIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ERSKIN 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 ERSKIN 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 ERSKIN 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 ERSKIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Cults means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ERSKIN in Cults than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cults in 1881

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

ALISON (4)  ANDERSON (9)  ARNOTT (2)  ARTHUR (3)  AITKEN (1)  BAYNE (5)  BANKS (1)  BARCLAY (3)  BARNET (1)  BARNETT (6)  BELL (1)  BISSET (5)  BLACK (27)  BLACKWOOD (1)  BROWN (17)  BRUCE (1)  BUCHAN (2)  BUSHBY (1)  CATTO (1)  CHARLES (1)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARK (1)  COOK (5)  CORSTORPHINE (1)  COSTORPHINE (1)  COUTTS (3)  CRAWFORD (15)  CROSTHWAITE (4)  CUMMING (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DASKIN (2)  DEAS (5)  DENHOLM (9)  DOBSON (1)  DOIG (6)  DONALDSON (13)  DOWIE (5)  ELDER (9)  IMRIE (6)  ERSKIN (3)  ERSKINE (1)  FAIRBAIRN (2)  FERRIER (3)  FORBES (4)  FORREST (1)  FORRESTER (5)  FORSYTH (1)  FOTHERINGHAM (1)  GARLAND (15)  GIBSON (4)  GILRUTH (1)  GOURDIE (7)  GOLDIE (4)  GOODALL (1)  GOSSIP (3)  GRAHAM (7)  GREY OR GRAHAM (2)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (4)  HAMILTON (5)  HARDIE (1)  HARRIS (1)  HASWELL (2)  HAUXWELL (2)  HAXTON (5)  HAY (1)  HALLEY (1)  HENDERSON (5)  HISLOP (1)  HIGGINS (8)  HODGE (1)  HONEYMAN (2)  HOUSTON (2)  HOWELL (1)  HOY (7)  HUGHES (2)  HUNTER (5)  HUTTON (7)  IRELAND (3)  JOHNSON (1)  MC KAY (1)  KELMAN (1)  MAC KIE (11)  KINNEAR (4)  KIDDIE (3)  LAMB (1)  LAWSON (21)  LEARMONTH (7)  LEITCH (1)  LINDSAY (6)  LISTER (1)  LUMSDEN (6)  MARSHALL (6)  MARTIN (2)  MAXWELL (5)  MC DONALD (2)  MC DOUGALL (5)  MACKIE (1)  MELVILLE (12)  MERCER (3)  METHVEN (3)  MICHIE (1)  MYLES (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MORGAN (8)  MUNRO (1)  MURRAY (1)  MURRIE (10)  NAIRN (1)  NEIL (2)  NEILSON (7)  NELSON (2)  NICHOLSON (2)  NIMMO (7)  PAGE (6)  PATON (3)  PEARSON (5)  PEEBLES (6)  PEGGIE (1)  PHILP (9)  POTTIE (8)  PRATT (4)  PRYDE (5)  RAMSAY (1)  REEDIE (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RITCHIE (8)  ROBERTSON (11)  RODGER (2)  ROLLAND (5)  RUSSELL (1)  SCOTT (35)  SEATH (1)  SENIOR (7)  SHARP (1)  SHAW (8)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (16)  SPARK (1)  SPEED (22)  STEEDMAN (11)  STEVENSON (6)  STEWART (5)  SWAN (4)  TAYLOR (9)  THOMS (3)  THOMPSON (1)  THOMSON (1)  TODD (2)  TURNBULL (1)  URQUHART (1)  WALKER (2)  WALLACE (14)  WATSON (6)  WATT (1)  WESTIE (1)  WHITE (1)  WILKIE (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WISHART (5)