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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilmany, Fife

Kilmany 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
JACK182.8391133.63
LESLIE121.8927114.29
DONALDSON111.735060.84
PEARSON111.735014.94
WILSON101.57733.43
RITCHIE101.577345.66
PRATT101.577327.46
GREIG91.419689.73
ROSS91.419612.99
THOMSON91.419610.62
FORREST91.419655.08
WALLACE91.419620.73
DAWSON91.419612.88
METHVEN91.4196620.69
BEVERIDGE91.4196136.36
DEWAR91.4196108.83
CUMMING81.261866.12
BRUCE81.261826.94
OSWALD81.2618274.91
MYLES81.2618269.36
CAMERON81.261816.23
CLARK81.26184.20
RUSSELL71.10419.05
LILLIE71.1041451.61
LAW71.104124.41
WATT71.104128.79
DEMPSTER71.1041156.95
GEDDES71.104192.11
HENDERSON71.104110.16
SMITH71.10410.78
TURNBULL71.104126.20
CARMICHAEL71.104177.18
WALKER71.10413.30
MILLER71.10416.17
WINTON60.9464252.10
DUFF60.946453.19
JOHNSTON60.946411.73
PRYDE60.9464342.86
CARSWELL60.9464258.62
LUMSDEN60.9464113.42
RODGER60.946467.34
PATRICK60.946447.51
BLACK60.946414.62
DUNCAN60.946413.83
MAIR60.9464102.39
PAUL50.788631.51
ROBERTSON50.78864.71
MANN50.788614.97
ANDERSON50.78863.99
WATSON50.78863.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EDNIE0.636341111.1111
KINNISON0.63634625.0000
METHVEN0.63634620.6897
LOCKART0.63634476.1905
LILLIE0.63634451.6129
PRYDE0.63634342.8571
OSWALD0.63634274.9141
MYLES0.63634269.3603
CARSWELL0.63634258.6207
WINTON0.63634252.1008
COLVILLE0.63634184.3318
DEMPSTER0.63634156.9507
SWINTON0.63634152.6718
BEVERIDGE0.63634136.3636
JACK0.63634133.6303
LESLIE0.63634114.2857
LUMSDEN0.63634113.4216
DEWAR0.63634108.8271
CLUNIE0.63634107.5269
HAXTON0.63634107.5269
MAIR0.63634102.3891
GEDDES0.6363492.1053
GREIG0.6363489.7308
HERD0.6363485.8369
BUIST0.6363480.0000
CARMICHAEL0.6363477.1775
RODGER0.6363467.3401
CUMMING0.6363466.1157
HAGGART0.6363465.3595
BREWSTER0.6363465.1466
PRIDE0.6363464.1026
DONALDSON0.6363460.8407
HEGGIE0.6363457.1429
FORREST0.6363455.0796
DUFF0.6363453.1915
MELDRUM0.6363450.1253
VEITCH0.6363447.8469
NEIL0.6363447.6758
PATRICK0.6363447.5059
RITCHIE0.6363445.6621
MELVILLE0.6363444.8430
ANGUS0.6363444.1014
BISSET0.6363440.2414
FULTON0.6363437.5000
MOYES0.6363436.7647
BIGGS0.6363433.4728
BARNET0.6363432.8947
PAUL0.6363431.5060
GILLESPIE0.6363429.8507
WATT0.6363428.7947

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 634 people called EDNIE in Kilmany 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 1111.1111 in Kilmany means that 1111.1111% of the people in Kilmany on census day were called EDNIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EDNIE 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 EDNIE 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 EDNIE 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 EDNIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Kilmany means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EDNIE in Kilmany than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kilmany in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ANDERSON (5)  ANGUS (4)  AITKEN (1)  AUCHTERLONIE (3)  BALDIE (8)  BALSILLIE (3)  BARNET (1)  BELL (2)  BEVERIDGE (9)  BIGGS (4)  BISSET (2)  BLACK (6)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BLYTH (1)  BORWICK (5)  BRECHIN (1)  BREWSTER (4)  BROWN (4)  BRUCE (8)  BUCHAN (1)  BUIST (1)  BURN (1)  KEDDIE (4)  CAMERON (8)  CAMPBELL (4)  CARMICHAEL (7)  CARSWELL (6)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARK (8)  CLUNIE (1)  COLVILLE (4)  COPLAND (1)  CRICHTON (1)  CUMMING (8)  DAWSON (9)  DEMPSTER (7)  DEWAR (9)  DONALDSON (11)  DOWIE (3)  DUFF (6)  DUNCAN (6)  DYER (1)  EDNIE (4)  FARQUHARSON (1)  FERNIE (7)  FORREST (9)  FORRET (2)  FOWLIS (2)  FRASER (4)  FULLARTON (4)  FULTON (3)  GEDDES (7)  GILLESPIE (3)  GORDON (3)  GREIG (9)  HAGGART (1)  HEGGIE (1)  HALLYBURTON (4)  HART (1)  HAXTON (1)  HERD (4)  HENDERSON (7)  HOBBART (2)  HUTCHEON (1)  INGLIS (1)  IRELAND (1)  JACK (18)  JAMIESON (1)  JOHNSTONE (1)  JOHNSTON (6)  KAYE (2)  KERR (1)  KILLOCK (1)  KINNELL (9)  KINNESS (1)  KIRK (2)  KIRKALDY (2)  KIRKCALDY (1)  KIDDIE (8)  KINNISON (1)  LAW (7)  LOWSON (1)  LAWSON (4)  LESLIE (12)  LILLIE (7)  LINDSAY (2)  LISTER (3)  LOCKART (1)  LUMSDEN (6)  MALCOLM (1)  MANN (5)  MARSHALL (4)  MARTIN (1)  MASSEY (1)  MAXWELL (1)  MC BAIN (3)  MC DONALD (1)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC INTOSH (7)  MACKIE (1)  MC KINNON (1)  MELDRUM (2)  MELVILLE (3)  METHVEN (9)  MYLES (8)  MILLER (7)  MILLAR (3)  MUIR (1)  MOIR (1)  MOYES (1)  MUNRO (1)  MAIR (6)  NEIL (4)  O'NEIL (4)  NICOL (2)  OSWALD (8)  PATTERSON (1)  PATRICK (6)  PAUL (5)  PEARSON (11)  PEAT (1)  PHILIPS (1)  PRATT (10)  PRYDE (6)  PRIDE (1)  PRINGLE (1)  WINTON (6)  RAMSAY (1)  REID (1)  RHIND (1)  RITCHIE (10)  ROBERTSON (5)  RODGER (6)  ROSS (9)  RUSSELL (7)  SCOTT (3)  SIMPSON (1)  SINCLAIR (1)  SMITH (7)  SPEED (1)  SPENCE (4)  STEWART (3)  SWINTON (2)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMSON (9)  TODD (2)  TURNBULL (7)  VEITCH (2)  WALKER (7)  WALLACE (9)  WALTERS (1)  WALTON (3)  WATSON (5)  WATT (7)  WESTWOOD (1)  WHYTE (1)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILLS (2)  WILSON (10)