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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Torryburn, Fife

Torryburn 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
HUNTER243.217231.33
BEVERIDGE152.0107193.30
ALLAN152.010732.03
ANDERSON141.87679.50
WILSON141.87674.09
DRYSDALE141.8767221.87
DRUMMOND141.876794.40
SINCLAIR131.742633.78
SIMPSON131.74269.96
DOUGALL131.7426560.34
BALFOUR121.6086230.77
FORD121.608616.52
CHARLES111.474571.34
CONYERS111.47451,235.96
HENDERSON111.474513.57
LOTHIAN101.3405591.72
REID101.340512.76
BUCHANAN101.340551.87
PATTERSON101.340538.45
BLACK91.206418.63
LINDSAY91.206437.02
GALLOWAY91.206470.04
WESTWOOD91.206471.94
LUNDIE81.0724620.16
BISSET81.0724136.75
HAMILTON81.072414.30
RITCHIE81.072431.04
HALDANE81.0724423.28
HEPBURN70.9383105.42
CARR70.938313.00
MILLAR70.938325.71
BENNIE70.9383339.81
MARTIN70.93833.81
CHRISTIE70.938328.94
FOTHERINGHAM70.9383222.93
KEAY70.9383220.13
MACKAY70.938325.95
BROOKS60.80438.23
PROUDFOOT60.8043184.62
PHILP60.8043118.11
RAMSAY60.804331.23
TODD60.804315.81
LAING60.804340.03
BELL50.67023.57
SWAN50.670225.88
MURRIE50.6702847.46
BRADY50.670237.85
GIBSON50.67025.52
DOIG50.6702113.90
BENNET50.670248.54

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROS0.757462500.0000
CONYERS0.757461235.9551
NORMAND0.757461081.0811
BRIMER0.757461000.0000
MURRIE0.75746847.4576
LUNDIE0.75746620.1550
LOTHIAN0.75746591.7160
DOUGALL0.75746560.3448
HALDANE0.75746423.2804
GRANDISON0.75746384.6154
ROLLAND0.75746352.9412
GOWAN0.75746350.8772
BENNIE0.75746339.8058
BALFOUR0.75746230.7692
FOTHERINGHAM0.75746222.9299
DRYSDALE0.75746221.8700
KEAY0.75746220.1258
BEVERIDGE0.75746193.2990
PROUDFOOT0.75746184.6154
VINT0.75746156.2500
EDINGTON0.75746150.3759
BISSET0.75746136.7521
PHILP0.75746118.1102
CANDLISH0.75746114.9425
DOIG0.75746113.8952
HEPBURN0.75746105.4217
TEMPLEMAN0.75746104.1667
BINNING0.7574695.2381
DRUMMOND0.7574694.4032
SCOTLAND0.7574693.8967
MILL0.7574688.8889
URE0.7574686.2069
MASTERTON0.7574683.3333
WESTWOOD0.7574671.9424
CHARLES0.7574671.3359
GALLOWAY0.7574670.0389
YUILL0.7574663.2911
GALL0.7574662.3701
MOLLISON0.7574660.2410
HARROWER0.7574659.8802
MATHEWSON0.7574655.5556
BUCHANAN0.7574651.8672
BENNET0.7574648.5437
NEILSON0.7574647.5737
DOW0.7574644.4939
ARNOT0.7574643.4783
HASTIE0.7574642.3729
PURVIS0.7574641.5512
LAING0.7574640.0267
KEAN0.7574639.6040

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 746 people called ROS in Torryburn 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 Torryburn means that 2500.0000% of the people in Torryburn on census day were called ROS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROS 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 ROS 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 ROS 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 ROS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Torryburn means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROS in Torryburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Torryburn in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  WILSON OR ALLAN (2)  WEIR OR ALLAN (2)  ANGELY OR ALLAN (2)  ALLAN (15)  ANDERSON (14)  ARMOUR (1)  ARNOT (1)  MC ARTHUR (2)  AITKEN (1)  BAIN (2)  BALFOUR (12)  MC BEAN (2)  BELL (5)  BENNET (5)  BENNIE (7)  BEVERIDGE (15)  BEVERIDGE OR RITCHIE (2)  BINNING (1)  BISSET (8)  BLACK (9)  BOWIE (1)  BRADY (5)  BREWSTER (2)  BRIMER (2)  BROOKS (6)  BROWN (1)  BUCHANAN (10)  CAMPBELL (2)  CANDLISH (1)  CARR (7)  CAUNTS (1)  CAVINOCH (1)  CHARLES (11)  CHRISTIE (7)  CONYERS (11)  COUSTON (11)  COX (1)  CUMMING (1)  CUMMINGS (1)  DICK (5)  DOIG (5)  DONALDSON (2)  DOUGLAS OR GOWAN (2)  DOUGLAS OR MC PHERSON (2)  DOW (4)  DRUMMOND (14)  DRYSDALE (14)  EDINGTON (2)  EDWARD (1)  FERGUSON (4)  FINLAYSON (3)  FORD (12)  FORD (GRAY) (2)  FORSYTH (2)  FOTHERINGHAM (7)  GALL (3)  GALLOWAY (9)  GAY (1)  GIBSON (5)  GILL (1)  GORRIE (2)  GOWAN (4)  GRAHAM (2)  GRANDISON (2)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (4)  GULLAND (1)  HALDANE (8)  HAMILTON (8)  HARDIE (3)  O HARA (2)  HARPER (4)  HARROWER (1)  HASTIE (2)  YOUNG OR HASTIE (2)  HATELY (1)  HERD (1)  HEMPSEED (6)  HENDERSON (11)  HEPBURN (7)  HILL (1)  HUNTER (24)  HUTTON (2)  INGLIS (3)  MC KAY (1)  KEAY (7)  KEAN (2)  KELTIE (4)  KENNEDY (1)  KIRK (1)  LAING (6)  LAWSON (3)  LESSLES (1)  LESSELS (6)  LINDSAY (9)  LITTLEJOHN (1)  LOCHHEAD (5)  LOFTING (1)  LOGAN (1)  LOTHIAN (10)  LOW (1)  LUNDIE (8)  MANCLERK (1)  MARTIN (7)  MASTERTON (2)  MATHEWSON (1)  MATTHEWS (3)  MAY (1)  MC ANDREW (1)  MC DONALD (3)  DONALD (1)  DOUGALL (13)  MC KEWON (1)  MC INTOSH (1)  MACKAY (7)  MAC KAY (1)  MC PHERSON (6)  PATERSON (MC PHERSON) (2)  MEIKLEJOHN (1)  MILLAR (7)  MILL (4)  MITCHELL (2)  MOLLISON (1)  MORRIS (4)  MORRISON (2)  MORISON (1)  MUCKERSIE (1)  MURRIE (5)  NEILSON (5)  NORMAND (4)  OATTS (2)  PATTERSON (10)  PATERSON (2)  PATTENHAUSEN (6)  PURKIS (1)  PHILP (6)  POPE (3)  PRINGLE (1)  PROUDFOOT (6)  PURVIS (3)  RAMSAY (6)  RANKINE (1)  REASBY (1)  REID (10)  RENNIE (3)  RITCHIE (8)  ROBERTSON (4)  ROS (1)  ROSS (3)  ROLLAND (3)  SCOTLAND (2)  SCOTT (1)  SHAND (1)  SHARP (3)  SIMPSON (13)  SINCLAIR (13)  SPITTALL (1)  SPOWART (1)  STARK (1)  STEEL (3)  STENHOUSE (1)  STEWART (4)  STRUTH (1)  SUTHERLAND (2)  SWAN (5)  TAYLOR (4)  TEMPLEMAN (3)  THOMSON (4)  TODD (6)  TURCAN (2)  URE (2)  VINT (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLS (1)  WADDELL (1)  WATSON (2)  WESTWOOD (9)  WHYTE (1)  WIGHTMAN (1)  WILSON (14)  WISHART (1)  YARLEY (1)  YATES (3)  YOUNG (1)  YOULL (6)  YUILL (1)