Top surnames from the 1881 census in Monimail, Fife

Monimail 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
WALKER293.423810.23
SMITH192.24321.59
NICOL182.1251102.10
HUNTER182.125120.69
WALLACE161.889027.58
DUNCAN151.771025.89
WILSON151.77103.86
BROWN131.53482.33
HEGGIE121.4168512.82
MITCHELL121.41686.98
GLASSFORD121.41683,243.24
KIDD121.416869.61
GRAHAM111.298711.31
GREIG111.298782.03
RAMSAY101.180645.85
LEITCH101.1806123.76
KIRK101.180627.27
FRASER101.180613.26
MUIR101.180630.85
CLARK101.18063.93
ALLAN91.062616.93
CAMERON91.062613.67
MYLES80.9445201.51
HASTIE80.9445149.25
SPEED80.9445117.65
MELVILLE80.944589.49
BARRIE80.9445130.93
YOUNG80.94454.40
JOHNSTON80.944511.70
CUNNINGHAM80.944520.06
HADDOW70.8264271.32
KAY70.826415.91
NORRIE70.8264267.18
SHARP70.82649.92
LUMSDEN70.826499.15
BLACK60.708410.94
LAWSON60.708412.02
KNIGHT60.70845.75
LOW60.708433.43
INGLIS60.708442.40
RATTRAY60.7084144.93
THOMSON60.70845.30
MORRIS60.70843.18
SCOTT60.70842.80
SIME60.7084176.99
MORE60.708491.05
GAY50.590344.29
METHVEN50.5903259.07
IRELAND50.590325.43
MACKIE50.590327.61

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GLASSFORD0.858473243.2432
MACDUFF0.858471000.0000
HEGGIE0.85847512.8205
SETH0.85847468.7500
GILLAND0.85847344.8276
WANN0.85847333.3333
HADDOW0.85847271.3178
NORRIE0.85847267.1756
ALISON0.85847261.4379
METHVEN0.85847259.0674
MYLES0.85847201.5113
ANNAL0.85847178.5714
SIME0.85847176.9912
HASTIE0.85847149.2537
RATTRAY0.85847144.9275
COLVILLE0.85847137.9310
BARRIE0.85847130.9329
LEITCH0.85847123.7624
SPEED0.85847117.6471
NICOL0.85847102.0987
LUMSDEN0.8584799.1501
BANE0.8584796.1538
MORE0.8584791.0470
MELVILLE0.8584789.4855
PATE0.8584785.4701
HAIN0.8584784.7458
GREIG0.8584782.0283
BRUNTON0.8584775.1880
KIDD0.8584769.6056
HARKNESS0.8584763.1579
CRANSTON0.8584758.3090
FARREL0.8584752.0833
ROLLO0.8584751.2821
MEIKLE0.8584749.2611
MATHEWSON0.8584748.7805
BIRRELL0.8584748.4262
RAMSAY0.8584745.8505
GAY0.8584744.2870
INGLIS0.8584742.4028
DOW0.8584739.2157
LAWRIE0.8584736.9914
DEWAR0.8584736.1991
ROGER0.8584734.3643
BALFOUR0.8584733.8983
LOW0.8584733.4262
WILKIE0.8584733.1126
RANKIN0.8584731.7965
MUIR0.8584730.8547
TOD0.8584730.3030
JACK0.8584727.7778

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 847 people called GLASSFORD in Monimail 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 3243.2432 in Monimail means that 3243.2432% of the people in Monimail on census day were called GLASSFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GLASSFORD 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 GLASSFORD 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 GLASSFORD 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 GLASSFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.85 in Monimail means that you are 0.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GLASSFORD in Monimail than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Monimail in 1881

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

ADAM (1)  ADAMS (5)  ALLAN (9)  ALISON (4)  AMOS (1)  ANDREWS (3)  ANNAL (1)  ARCHIBALD (2)  ARMIT (1)  AURTHER (3)  AUCHTERLONIE (17)  BANE (1)  BAIRD ((CURR)) (2)  BALDIE (8)  BALFOUR (2)  BEATTIE (2)  BELL (2)  BARRIE (8)  BEVEREDGE (9)  BIRRLL (1)  BLACK (6)  BONTHRON (7)  BOUSIE (7)  BOWMAN (1)  BROWN (13)  BRUNTON (5)  BIRRELL (2)  BUTTERCASE (2)  CAMERON (9)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARK (10)  COLVILLE (4)  COOK (1)  CRANSTON (2)  CRAWFORD (1)  CROMBIE (1)  CUNNINGHAM (8)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAWSON (2)  DEWAR (4)  DOIG (1)  MACKAY ((DOUGLAS)) (2)  DOUGLAS (4)  DOW (4)  MACDUFF (3)  DUNCAN (15)  ELLIS (1)  FARMER (3)  FARREL (1)  FERGSION (1)  FERGUSION (3)  FERGUSON (2)  FIGGANS (1)  FINDLAY (1)  FINLAY (1)  FORRET (1)  FRASER (10)  FREEMAN (1)  GAY (5)  GIBB (3)  GILLAND (1)  GILLMOUR (6)  GLASSFORD (12)  GORDON (4)  GORRIE (2)  GURLY (5)  GRAHAM (11)  GRAY (5)  GREIVE (1)  GREIG (11)  GRIMIN (2)  GRINDISON (1)  HADDOW (7)  HEGGIE (12)  HAMILTON (1)  HARKNESS (3)  HARLEY (1)  HASTIE (8)  HATTON (1)  HAY (5)  HAIN (1)  HEADRIDGE (1)  HENDERSON (5)  HEPBURN (2)  HOUSTON (1)  HUNTER (18)  INGLIS (6)  IRELAND (5)  JACK (5)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JOHNSTON (8)  MC KAY (6)  KAY (7)  MC KAY (MACKAY) (8)  KIDD (12)  KIRK (10)  KIRKALDY (1)  KNIGHT (6)  LAMB (2)  LANDALE (2)  LATTO (1)  LAWRIE (3)  LAWSON (6)  LEES (2)  LEITCH (10)  LENNIE (1)  LINDSAY (1)  LISTER (2)  LOW (6)  LUMSDEN (7)  MAKIN (1)  MALCOLM (3)  MARSHALL (4)  MARTIN (1)  MATHEWSON (1)  MAY (1)  MAC DONALD (2)  MC DONALD (7)  MC EWAN (1)  MC GREGOR (7)  MC INTOSH (1)  MACKIE (5)  MC KINNIN (1)  MC LAREN (1)  MC NELLIE (1)  MC PHERSON (3)  MC ROBBIE (2)  MELVILLE (8)  METHVEN (5)  MYLES (8)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (12)  MEIKLE (3)  MUIR (10)  MORE (6)  MORRIS (6)  MORTON (1)  MUCKERSIE (1)  MURRAY (1)  NICOL (18)  NORRIE (7)  PAGE (3)  PATE (3)  PATON (3)  PATRICK (1)  PEARSON (1)  PETRIE (1)  PEATTIE (2)  PRATT (2)  PRINGLE (1)  RAMSAY (10)  RANKIN (4)  RATTRAY (6)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBB (2)  ROBERTSON (1)  URQUHART ((RODGER)) (2)  ROGER (1)  RONALDSON (7)  ROLLO (1)  ROY (2)  RUSSEL (1)  SCOTT (6)  SETH (3)  SEATON (1)  SHARP (7)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIME (6)  SMALL (3)  SMART (1)  SMITH (19)  SPEED (8)  SPENCE (1)  STEWART (2)  STORRAR (6)  STORROR (3)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMPSON (1)  THOMSON (6)  TOD (1)  TROTTER (1)  TURNBULL (3)  URQUHART (2)  WALKER (29)  WALLACE (16)  WANN (2)  WATSON (5)  WILKIE (4)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILLIMSON (5)  WILSON (15)  WOOD (2)  WRIGHT (2)  YORKSON (2)  YOUNG (8)  YOOLE (6)  YULE (1)