Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dunbog, Fife

Dunbog 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
BERWICK94.10961,022.73
MARTIN83.653014.83
HARVEY83.653034.22
MITCHELL73.196315.76
SCOTT73.196312.63
BLACK73.196349.37
PRIDE73.19631,296.30
CLARK73.196310.64
WEBSTER62.739731.50
STRACHAN62.7397158.73
ANDERSON62.739713.87
BARCLAY62.7397133.04
MARSHALL62.739716.34
BUIST62.73971,395.35
RODGER62.7397194.81
HUTTON62.739791.74
BAILLIE62.7397264.32
LOUDEN52.28311,315.79
GUILD52.28311,041.67
BROWN52.28313.46
ROBERTSON52.283113.62
IMRIE41.8265465.12
BLYTH41.8265115.94
RITCHIE41.826552.84
WATSON41.82657.87
WALKER41.82655.46
MASON41.826513.58
FAIRWEATHER41.8265235.29
GLEN31.3699138.25
FINDLAY31.369966.08
DUNCAN31.369920.03
STARK31.3699100.00
RUSSELL20.91327.48
LORIMER20.9132227.27
KAY20.913217.57
ORR10.456627.10
EDGAR10.456629.67
SMITH10.45660.32
CHRISTIE10.456614.08
STEWART10.45662.92
MAIN10.456627.93
SAUNDERS10.45664.98
HAXTON10.4566312.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUIST0.222191395.3488
LOUDEN0.222191315.7895
PRIDE0.222191296.2963
GUILD0.222191041.6667
BERWICK0.222191022.7273
IMRIE0.22219465.1163
HAXTON0.22219312.5000
BAILLIE0.22219264.3172
FAIRWEATHER0.22219235.2941
LORIMER0.22219227.2727
RODGER0.22219194.8052
STRACHAN0.22219158.7302
GLEN0.22219138.2488
BARCLAY0.22219133.0377
BLYTH0.22219115.9420
STARK0.22219100.0000
HUTTON0.2221991.7431
FINDLAY0.2221966.0793
RITCHIE0.2221952.8402
BLACK0.2221949.3653
HARVEY0.2221934.2173
WEBSTER0.2221931.4961
EDGAR0.2221929.6736
MAIN0.2221927.9330
ORR0.2221927.1003
DUNCAN0.2221920.0267
KAY0.2221917.5747
MARSHALL0.2221916.3354
MITCHELL0.2221915.7551
MARTIN0.2221914.8285
CHRISTIE0.2221914.0845
ANDERSON0.2221913.8696
ROBERTSON0.2221913.6240
MASON0.2221913.5823
SCOTT0.2221912.6331
CLARK0.2221910.6351
WATSON0.222197.8740
RUSSELL0.222197.4822
WALKER0.222195.4563
SAUNDERS0.222194.9776
BROWN0.222193.4636
STEWART0.222192.9180
SMITH0.222190.3234

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 219 people called BUIST in Dunbog 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 1395.3488 in Dunbog means that 1395.3488% of the people in Dunbog on census day were called BUIST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUIST 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 BUIST 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 BUIST 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 BUIST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Dunbog means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUIST in Dunbog than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dunbog in 1881

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

ANDERSON (6)  ARMIT (4)  BAILLIE (6)  BALLINGALL (2)  BARCLAY (6)  BERWICK (9)  BLACK (7)  BLYTH (4)  BROWN (5)  BUIST (6)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARK (7)  DALYRMPLE (6)  DOWIE (7)  DUNCAN (3)  EDGAR (1)  IMRIE (4)  FAIRWEATHER (4)  FINDLAY (3)  GLEN (3)  GUILD (5)  HARVEY (8)  HAXTON (1)  HUTTON (6)  KAY (2)  LORIMER (2)  LOUDEN (5)  MAIN (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MARTIN (8)  MASON (4)  MYLE (1)  MITCHELL (7)  MOTION (5)  ORR (1)  PEATTIE (5)  PRIDE (7)  RITCHIE (4)  ROBERTSON (5)  RODGER (6)  RUSSELL (2)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCOTT (7)  SMITH (1)  SOUTAR (1)  STARK (3)  STEWART (1)  STRACHAN (6)  WALKER (4)  WATSON (4)  WEBSTER (6)