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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dairsie, Fife

Dairsie 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
ROBERTSON182.567815.32
MELDRUM162.2825362.81
BROWN152.13983.25
SMITH141.99711.41
HENDERSON131.854517.06
LOUDEN131.85451,074.38
SKINNER131.854536.54
SCOTT131.85457.33
MITCHELL121.71188.44
WILSON121.71183.73
TAYLOR121.71182.68
GRIEVE111.5692135.47
BAYNE111.5692428.02
INGLIS101.426585.40
BLYTH101.426590.50
HOGARTH101.4265215.98
LUMSDEN91.2839153.85
KNOX91.283974.81
JOHNSTON91.283915.91
REEKIE91.2839532.54
SHEPHERD91.283917.52
RODGER81.141281.22
HUSBAND81.1412195.60
DAVIDSON81.141213.57
MARR81.1412100.00
PLAIR81.141240,000.00
MURE81.14122,424.24
DRYDEN70.9986165.88
PERT70.9986469.80
KIDD70.998649.05
HAMILTON70.998613.31
STODDART70.9986119.66
ARNOTT60.8559101.87
COLVILLE60.8559250.00
LAING60.855942.61
SYMONS60.855962.31
RYMER60.8559357.14
WISHART60.8559109.29
SUMMERS60.855930.52
DOIG60.8559145.63
RAMSAY60.855933.24
EWING60.855992.88
ROBB60.855949.51
CLARK60.85592.85
MARSHALL60.85595.10
CHRISTIE50.713322.00
IMRIE50.7133182.48
THOMPSON50.71332.38
NESS50.7133157.23
BLACK50.713311.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PLAIR0.7070140000.0000
MURE0.707012424.2424
LOUDEN0.707011074.3802
MANZIE0.70701666.6667
REEKIE0.70701532.5444
PERT0.70701469.7987
BAYNE0.70701428.0156
MELDRUM0.70701362.8118
RYMER0.70701357.1429
BOGIE0.70701315.7895
FYALL0.70701294.1176
COLVILLE0.70701250.0000
HOGARTH0.70701215.9827
HUSBAND0.70701195.5990
IMRIE0.70701182.4818
DRYDEN0.70701165.8768
NESS0.70701157.2327
LUMSDEN0.70701153.8462
DOIG0.70701145.6311
GRIEVE0.70701135.4680
PYPER0.70701133.3333
METHVEN0.70701125.0000
REDPATH0.70701123.0769
MYLES0.70701121.9512
STODDART0.70701119.6581
WISHART0.70701109.2896
ARNOTT0.70701101.8676
MARR0.70701100.0000
EWING0.7070192.8793
BLYTH0.7070190.4977
INGLIS0.7070185.3971
SHAND0.7070183.1601
RODGER0.7070181.2183
DALL0.7070177.5194
KNOX0.7070174.8130
MONCUR0.7070172.4638
BUIST0.7070172.4638
DINGWALL0.7070171.9424
SIME0.7070171.1744
IVORY0.7070168.0272
SWANSTON0.7070166.2252
BAND0.7070162.5000
SYMONS0.7070162.3053
BIRRELL0.7070158.4795
HERD0.7070158.2524
BEVERIDGE0.7070154.7945
GOW0.7070154.1516
MELVILLE0.7070154.0541
AINSLIE0.7070154.0541
ROBB0.7070149.5050

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 701 people called PLAIR in Dairsie 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 40000.0000 in Dairsie means that 40000.0000% of the people in Dairsie on census day were called PLAIR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PLAIR 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 PLAIR 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 PLAIR 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 PLAIR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.70 in Dairsie means that you are 0.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PLAIR in Dairsie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dairsie in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AINSLIE (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ARNOTT (6)  AUCHTERLONIE (1)  BAYNE (11)  BALFOUR (2)  BAND (1)  BARCLAY (2)  BELL (3)  CURDEAN OR BELL (2)  BEVERIDGE (4)  BISSET (1)  BLACK (5)  BLACKHALL (1)  KERR OR BLYTH (2)  BLYTH (10)  BOGIE (3)  BONELLA (2)  BOWMAN (1)  BRAID (5)  BRAND (4)  BRYDIE (2)  BROWN (15)  BUIST (1)  BIRRELL (2)  BUTTERS (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARNEGIE (1)  CHRISTIE (5)  CLARK (6)  COCHRANE (4)  COLVILLE (6)  CROSBIE (1)  CUNNINGHAM OR LINDSAY (2)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  CUTHBERT (2)  DALL (1)  DAVIDSON (8)  DEMPSTER (1)  DEWAR (2)  DICK (2)  DINGWALL (2)  DOIG (6)  DONALDSON (2)  DOW (1)  DRUMMOND (2)  DRYDEN (7)  DUFF (1)  DUNCAN (4)  EADIE (1)  IMRIE (5)  EWING (6)  O'FARRELL (1)  FERGUSON (4)  FINLAY (1)  FOWLER (2)  GALBRAITH OR MITCHELL (2)  GIBSON (5)  GOW (3)  GRAY (3)  GRIEVE (11)  GREEN (1)  GULLON (1)  GUNN (1)  HAMILTON (7)  HERD (3)  HENDERSON (13)  HOGARTH (10)  HUSBAND (8)  HUTCHISON (1)  INGLIS (10)  JACK OR INGLIS (2)  IVORY (1)  JACK (3)  JACKSON (4)  JOHNSTON (9)  JOHNSTONE (1)  MC KAY (2)  KEITH (3)  KIPPIE (4)  KIDD (7)  KINNEAR (1)  KIRK (1)  KNOX (9)  LAING (6)  LATTO (7)  LINDSAY (2)  LOUDEN (13)  LUMSDEN (9)  MALCOLM (4)  MARSHALL (6)  MATHIESON (1)  MAXWELL (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MC GILLIVRAY (7)  MC INTOSH (1)  MACKIE (5)  MC KENZIE (2)  FYALL (1)  MELDRUM (16)  MELVILLE (4)  MANZIE (1)  METHVEN (2)  MICHIE (1)  MYLES (4)  ROLLO OR MITCHELL (2)  MITCHELL (12)  MONCUR (1)  MORE (1)  MURE (8)  MORRIS (4)  MOTION (1)  MURDOCH (1)  MURRAY (4)  MAIR (3)  MARR (8)  NESS (5)  NICOLSON (1)  OGILVIE (1)  PAGE (1)  PATON (1)  PAUL (1)  PEARSON (4)  PERT (7)  PHILP (2)  PYPER (1)  PLAIR (8)  PORTER (4)  PRATT (2)  PROUDFOOT (1)  RAMSAY (6)  REDPATH (4)  REEKIE (9)  SCOTT OR RENTON (2)  RENTON (1)  RYMER (6)  RITCHIE (3)  ROBB (6)  ROBERTSON (18)  RODGER (8)  ROGERS (1)  SCOTT (13)  SHAND (4)  SHANKS (1)  SHEPHERD (9)  SYMONS (6)  SIMPSON (1)  SIMPSON OR TAYLOR (2)  SIME (2)  SKINNER (13)  SMITH (14)  STAIG (5)  STEELE (3)  STODDART (7)  SUMMERS (6)  SWAN (2)  SWANSTON (1)  TAYLOR (12)  THOMPSON (5)  TULLOCH (1)  TURNBULL (2)  TURPIE (7)  WANNAN (1)  WATSON (2)  WATT (1)  WHEELANS (5)  WHITE (2)  WILKIE (2)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILSON (12)  WISHART (6)  WOOD (4)  WRIGHT (2)