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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Elie, Fife

Elie 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
THOMSON334.852936.32
SMITH263.82352.71
PATERSON172.500036.73
CURRIE162.352983.59
BELL162.352912.52
SIME131.9118477.94
PEARSON121.764715.19
WILSON121.76473.84
GIBBON111.6176159.65
GIVEN101.47061,785.71
KAY101.470628.30
ROBERTSON101.47068.78
BOWERS91.323572.58
CUMMING91.323569.39
PURVES91.3235202.25
ALLAN81.176518.74
DALL81.1765640.00
TROUP71.0294445.86
CAMPBELL71.02946.08
WILKIE71.029472.16
HAMILTON71.029413.72
SIMPSON71.02945.89
MACKIE71.029448.14
FAIRWEATHER60.8824113.85
ADAMSON60.882433.35
LUKE60.882490.63
PRINCE60.882439.01
DUFF60.882449.59
FORTUNE60.8824169.01
ELDER50.735369.64
BONNER50.735383.75
GUNN50.735330.03
LAING50.735336.60
BROWN50.73531.12
OLIPHANT50.7353188.68
WARRENDER50.7353462.96
YOUNG50.73533.42
GRAY40.58824.12
LISTON40.5882377.36
BIRRELL40.5882120.48
SWAN40.588222.71
ENWRIGHT40.58821,142.86
SKINNER40.588211.59
HASTINGS30.441234.64
RAMSAY30.441217.13
GUTHRIE30.441235.01
CLARK30.44121.47
LEITCH30.441246.23
FOWLER30.44127.73
DICK30.441219.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FROELICH0.6868010000.0000
KINDLER0.686804285.7143
GIVEN0.686801785.7143
ENWRIGHT0.686801142.8571
DALL0.68680640.0000
SIME0.68680477.9412
WARRENDER0.68680462.9630
TROUP0.68680445.8599
LISTON0.68680377.3585
KIER0.68680333.3333
HILLHOUSE0.68680322.5806
ANNAN0.68680315.7895
CHARLETON0.68680256.4103
NIEL0.68680256.4103
PURVES0.68680202.2472
AFFLECK0.68680191.0828
OLIPHANT0.68680188.6792
FORTUNE0.68680169.0141
GIBBON0.68680159.6517
JAPP0.68680144.9275
OGG0.68680138.2488
DUN0.68680135.1351
BIRRELL0.68680120.4819
FAIRWEATHER0.68680113.8520
PULLAR0.68680113.6364
SIMSON0.68680112.9944
BRAHAM0.68680108.6957
MYLES0.6868094.0439
LUKE0.6868090.6344
GENTLE0.6868089.2857
GERARD0.6868086.2069
BONNER0.6868083.7521
CURRIE0.6868083.5946
BOWERS0.6868072.5806
WILKIE0.6868072.1649
ELDER0.6868069.6379
CUMMING0.6868069.3909
SWANSTON0.6868068.4932
WORRELL0.6868067.1141
PHILP0.6868064.7948
NESS0.6868064.7249
AITCHISON0.6868062.8931
REEKIE0.6868060.9756
HERD0.6868060.1202
JERVIS0.6868057.4713
STEEDMAN0.6868056.8182
GOURLAY0.6868053.0504
DUFF0.6868049.5868
CREE0.6868049.2611
GALBRAITH0.6868048.2315

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 680 people called FROELICH in Elie 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 10000.0000 in Elie means that 10000.0000% of the people in Elie on census day were called FROELICH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FROELICH 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 FROELICH 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 FROELICH 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 FROELICH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Elie means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FROELICH in Elie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Elie in 1881

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

ADAMSON (6)  AFFLECK (3)  GIVEN OR AFFLECK (2)  ALCORAN (1)  ALLAN OR BLACK (2)  ALLAN (8)  ANDERSON (3)  ANNAN (3)  ANSTRUTHER (4)  AITKEN (2)  AITCHISON (3)  BALLANTYNE (1)  BALLINGALL (3)  BEGLINGH (1)  BELL (16)  BENNET (3)  BETT (5)  BISSET (1)  BLACK (1)  BONNER (5)  BOWERS (9)  BOYD (1)  BRYDIE (1)  BROWN (5)  BIRRELL (4)  KEDDIE (1)  CAIRNIE (1)  CAMPBELL (7)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHARLETON (1)  CLARK (3)  COOK (1)  CREE (1)  CRIGHTON (1)  CRICHTON (1)  CUMMING (9)  CURRIE (16)  CURRIE (CURROR) (2)  CURROR (6)  SCOTT OR CURROR (2)  DALL (8)  DALRYMPLE (1)  DARGO (6)  DAVIDSON (3)  DEWAR (3)  DICK (3)  DOUGLAS (1)  DOWIE (8)  DRYBURGH (5)  DUFF (6)  DUNCAN (3)  DUN (1)  DUNSIRE (1)  EDWARDS (2)  ELDER (5)  ENWRIGHT (4)  ERSKINE (1)  FAIRWEATHER (6)  FARQUHARSON (1)  FOGGO (1)  FORGAN (5)  FORREST (2)  FORRESTER (3)  FORTUNE (6)  FOWLER (3)  FROELICH (1)  GALBRAITH (3)  GALLOWAY (2)  GARLAND (1)  GENTLE (2)  GERARD (1)  GIBBON (11)  GIBB (2)  GILCHRIST (2)  MC GILL (6)  MACGILL (1)  GIVEN (10)  JERVIS OR GIVEN (2)  GORDON (2)  GOURLAY (2)  GRAHAM (2)  GRAY (4)  PEARSON OR GRAY (2)  GREIG (1)  GUNN (5)  GUTHRIE (3)  GUTHRIE OR MC KAY (2)  HAMILTON (7)  MILLER OR HAMILTON (2)  HASTINGS (3)  HAIG (1)  HERD (3)  HENDERSON (2)  HEWITT (1)  HILLHOUSE (2)  OGG (3)  JAMIESON (1)  JERVIS (3)  JOHNSTON (1)  MC KAY (3)  KAY (10)  KEIR (1)  KIER (1)  KELLOUGH (1)  KENNEDY (3)  KERR (1)  KINDLER (3)  KIRTON (1)  KITCHEN (3)  LAING (5)  MC LEES (2)  LEITCH (3)  LIDDLE (1)  LISTON (4)  LUKE (6)  LUMSDAINE (1)  MAHON (1)  MASON (1)  MASTERTON (1)  MC DONALD (3)  MC DOUGAL (1)  MC INTOSH (6)  MC INTYRE (1)  MACKIE (7)  MC NAUGHTON (3)  MC RURIE (3)  MYLES (3)  MILLER (1)  MILNE (2)  MITCHELL (2)  MORE (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (3)  MURRAY (1)  NESS (2)  NIEL (1)  NICOLSON (1)  OGILVIE (1)  OLIPHANT (5)  OVENSTONE (5)  PATTERSON (3)  PATERSON (17)  PEARSON (12)  PETTIGREW (1)  PHILP (3)  PULLAR (1)  POTTS (1)  POUSTY (1)  PRINCE (6)  PURVES (9)  RAMSAY (3)  REEKIE (1)  REID (2)  ROBERTSON (10)  RODGER (1)  RIDDOCH (4)  RUGLEN (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SCOTT (2)  SHARP (2)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMSON (2)  SIMPSON (7)  SIME (13)  SKINNER (4)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (26)  STAIG (4)  STANNARD (1)  STEEDMAN (1)  STRACHAN (2)  SWAN (4)  SWANSTON (1)  THOMSON (33)  THOMSON OR WARRENDER (2)  WARRENDER OR THOMSON (2)  TO...ING (1)  TORRANCE (1)  TROUP (7)  VENABLES (1)  WARRENDER (5)  WATTY (8)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (2)  WILKIE (7)  WILSON (12)  WOOD (1)  WORRELL (1)  JAPP (1)  YOUNG (5)  BRAHAM (1)  BROADHEAD (1)  BURNITT (1)  WATSON (1)  WETHERALL (2)