Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kemback, Fife

Kemback 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
THOMSON263.040922.76
BROWN232.69014.08
WALLACE202.339234.15
PEARSON182.105318.12
ROBERTSON182.105312.56
SMITH182.10531.49
WATSON171.98838.57
MITCHELL171.98839.80
SCOTT161.87137.40
DOIG141.6374278.33
BLACK131.520523.48
BARCLAY121.403568.18
MACKIE111.286560.18
LAING111.286564.03
MAY111.286520.21
MORRIS91.05264.73
ADAMSON91.052639.79
MILLER91.05265.88
STEVENSON91.052615.00
FARMER91.052633.68
BAIRD91.052649.23
BURNS91.052615.68
IMRIE91.0526269.46
DEAS80.9357318.73
NESS80.9357206.19
DAVIDSON80.935711.13
NICHOLSON70.818711.52
REEKIE70.8187339.81
PATERSON70.818712.03
HARPER70.818712.79
DUFF70.818746.02
MORRISON70.818710.42
CLARK70.81872.72
LINDSAY60.701821.53
WALKER60.70182.10
LOTHIAN60.7018309.28
MARTIN60.70182.85
ALLAN60.701811.18
MELVILLE60.701866.45
ANDERSON50.58482.96
HUTCHISON50.584835.56
STEWART50.58483.74
SMART50.584812.84
FERGUSON50.58488.25
TULLIS50.5848625.00
GRANT50.58485.89
AMES50.584884.89
GIBSON50.58484.82
FORRESTER50.584843.55
JOHNSTON50.58487.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHESNUTT0.868552500.0000
TERRIS0.868551000.0000
TULLIS0.86855625.0000
REEKIE0.86855339.8058
DEAS0.86855318.7251
LOTHIAN0.86855309.2784
DOIG0.86855278.3300
LOUDEN0.86855270.2703
IMRIE0.86855269.4611
HAIN0.86855252.1008
CLYDE0.86855247.9339
EDIE0.86855208.3333
NESS0.86855206.1856
LONIE0.86855200.0000
FYFFE0.86855180.7229
COGHILL0.86855177.5148
WANN0.86855163.9344
HOLM0.86855153.8462
EGLINTON0.86855151.5152
PRYDE0.86855126.5823
BUIST0.86855118.3432
RATTRAY0.8685595.6938
AMES0.8685584.8896
DIVINE0.8685576.9231
GOWANS0.8685572.7273
KINNEAR0.8685572.2892
BIRRELL0.8685571.9424
HONEYMAN0.8685571.6846
BARCLAY0.8685568.1818
MELVILLE0.8685566.4452
LAING0.8685564.0279
DALL0.8685563.2911
MACKIE0.8685560.1751
HUTT0.8685554.6448
DALRYMPLE0.8685553.7634
BAIRD0.8685549.2341
DUFF0.8685546.0224
MORE0.8685545.1128
FORRESTER0.8685543.5540
ANGUS0.8685540.8831
ADAMSON0.8685539.7878
MASTERTON0.8685536.3636
HUTCHISON0.8685535.5619
WALLACE0.8685534.1530
FARMER0.8685533.6826
LUMSDEN0.8685528.0505
PEEBLES0.8685527.8552
LOW0.8685527.6091
ARCHIBALD0.8685527.1003
HERON0.8685524.3902

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 855 people called CHESNUTT in Kemback 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 2500.0000 in Kemback means that 2500.0000% of the people in Kemback on census day were called CHESNUTT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHESNUTT 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 CHESNUTT 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 CHESNUTT 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 CHESNUTT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.86 in Kemback means that you are 0.86 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHESNUTT in Kemback than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kemback in 1881

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

ADAMSON (9)  ALLAN (6)  ANDERSON (5)  ANGUS (5)  ARCHER (1)  ARCHIBALD (2)  ARMIT (6)  BAIRD (9)  BALFOUR (1)  BALSILLIE (7)  BALSILLLIE (3)  BARCLAY (12)  BECKITT (6)  BELL (1)  BENNET (1)  BLACK (13)  BLACK OR KILGOUR (2)  BOAG (1)  BOYD (1)  BRAID (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (23)  BRUCE (5)  BRUNTON (1)  BUIST (2)  BURNS (9)  BIRRELL (3)  BUTTERCASE (12)  KEDDIE (7)  CAMPBELL (4)  CARR (4)  CHESNUTT (1)  CHISHOLM (1)  CHRISTIE (4)  CLARK (7)  CLAY (1)  CLYDE (3)  COBB (1)  COCHRANE (2)  COGHILL (3)  CORSTORPHINE (9)  CUMMING (1)  DALL (1)  DALRYMPLE (2)  DANDIE (3)  DAVIDSON (8)  DEAS (8)  DESOE (1)  DIVINE (1)  DICK (2)  DOIG (14)  DOWIE (8)  DUFF (7)  DUNCAN (4)  DUNN (2)  AMES (5)  EDIE (1)  EGLINTON (1)  ELDER (1)  IMRIE (9)  FAIRGRIEVE (1)  FARMER (9)  FERGUSON (5)  FERNIE (2)  FORBES (2)  FORRET (4)  FORRESTER (5)  FYFFE (3)  GARDNER (4)  GIBSON (5)  MAKGILL (9)  GOWANS (2)  GRAHAM (2)  GRANT (5)  GRAY (1)  GRIEVE (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HARPER (7)  HARRIS (3)  HAIN (3)  HENRY (2)  HERON (2)  HOLM (1)  HONEYMAN (2)  HUGHES (1)  HULIS (1)  HUTCHISON (5)  HUTT (2)  HUTTON (4)  IRELAND (3)  IRVINE (4)  GELLEY (2)  JOHNSON (1)  JOHNSTON (5)  KEDDIE OR MILLAR (2)  MAC KIE (3)  KINNEAR (3)  KIRK (3)  KIRKCALDY (1)  LAMB (3)  LAING (11)  LATTO (1)  LAWRIE (1)  LAW (4)  LEITCH (1)  LESLIE (3)  LIDDEL (2)  LINDSAY (6)  LOTHIAN (6)  LOUDEN (4)  LOW (5)  LOWE (1)  LONIE (2)  LUMSDEN (2)  MACKEIN (1)  MARTIN (6)  MASON (2)  MASTERTON (1)  MAY (11)  MACDONALD (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MAC FARLANE (2)  MC GOVERN (2)  MACKAY (1)  MACKIE (11)  KEILLER (4)  MC KELVIE (1)  MC KENZIE (7)  MC KINLAY (8)  MC LAREN (8)  MC LEISH (3)  MEEK (1)  MELVILLE (6)  MILLER (9)  MILLAR (2)  MITCHELL (17)  MORE (3)  MORRIS (9)  MORRISON (7)  MUCKERSIE (1)  MULVANAH (1)  NESS (8)  NICHOLSON (7)  OGILVIE (1)  PATERSON (7)  PATON (4)  PEARSON (18)  PEEBLES (1)  PENNY (2)  PEATTIE (1)  PORTER (3)  PRYDE (3)  RAMSAY (2)  RATTRAY (4)  REEKIE (7)  REID (2)  RICHARDS (1)  RICHARDSON (3)  RINTOUL (6)  ROBERTSON (18)  RODGER (1)  RUSSELL (2)  RUTHERFORD (5)  SANDEMAN (3)  SCOTT (16)  SEATH (4)  SHEPHERD (3)  SINCLAIR (1)  SLEATH (6)  SMART (5)  SMITH (18)  STEVENSON (9)  STEWART (5)  SUTHERLAND (1)  SWAN (2)  TERRIS (4)  TERRAS (2)  THOMSON (26)  TULLIS (5)  TULLO (4)  VAUGHAN (4)  WALKER (6)  WALLACE (20)  WANN (1)  WANNAN (2)  WARDEN (1)  WATSON (17)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WISHART (1)  WOOD (1)  WYLIE (1)  YORKSTONE (1)  YOUNG (3)