Top surnames from the 1881 census in Anstruther Wester, Fife

Anstruther Wester 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
THOMSON416.092145.60
MILLAR223.268989.58
SMITH192.82322.00
CUTHBERT172.5260175.80
ROBERTSON162.377414.19
ELDER162.3774225.04
PEEBLES152.2288531.91
BRODIE142.0802155.04
WILSON131.93164.21
ROBB131.9316111.68
WILKIE121.7831125.00
ROSS111.634514.96
HENDERSON101.485913.67
WESTWOOD101.485988.57
PORTER91.337317.82
PATRICK81.188759.66
KNOX81.188769.26
MILLER81.18876.64
BROWN81.18871.80
TRAINER81.1887290.91
GRAY71.04017.29
BLYTH71.040165.98
TAYLOR71.04011.63
BIRRELL71.0401213.41
JAMIESON71.040137.35
IRELAND71.040144.81
HOGG71.040128.79
BREMNER71.0401121.11
FLEMING71.040125.04
YOUNG71.04014.84
RODGER71.040174.00
METHVEN60.8915389.61
ADAM60.891551.90
CARGILL60.8915224.72
RICHARDSON60.89155.24
GARDINER60.891531.02
DONALDSON60.891531.27
PARKER60.89154.69
GILMOUR60.891563.03
DRUMMOND60.891544.84
TOSH60.8915397.35
LUMSDEN60.8915106.95
RUSSELL60.89157.30
PEARSON60.89157.67
SIME50.7429185.19
BALFOUR50.7429106.61
AITKEN50.742928.31
BELL50.74293.95
BUCHAN50.742957.47
GRAHAM50.74296.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLACHER0.67673833.3333
DAIR0.67673769.2308
STORRER0.67673625.0000
PEEBLES0.67673531.9149
TOSH0.67673397.3510
METHVEN0.67673389.6104
TRAINER0.67673290.9091
FORDYCE0.67673273.9726
ELDER0.67673225.0352
CARGILL0.67673224.7191
BIRRELL0.67673213.4146
DOUGALL0.67673191.3876
SIME0.67673185.1852
CUTHBERT0.67673175.8014
BRODIE0.67673155.0388
WILKIE0.67673125.0000
BREMNER0.67673121.1073
ROBB0.67673111.6838
LUMSDEN0.67673106.9519
BALFOUR0.67673106.6098
HONEYMAN0.6767390.9091
MILLAR0.6767389.5765
WESTWOOD0.6767388.5740
DURIE0.6767388.4956
BUDGE0.6767387.4636
STEVEN0.6767378.4314
FYFFE0.6767376.3359
BISSET0.6767375.9013
RODGER0.6767373.9958
KEAY0.6767369.6864
KNOX0.6767369.2641
BLYTH0.6767365.9755
GILMOUR0.6767363.0252
REEKIE0.6767361.7284
PATRICK0.6767359.6570
BRYCE0.6767359.4354
BUCHAN0.6767357.4713
SIMSON0.6767357.1429
ADAM0.6767351.9031
THOMSON0.6767345.5961
DEWAR0.6767345.5581
DRUMMOND0.6767344.8430
IRELAND0.6767344.8143
TOD0.6767338.1679
CALDWELL0.6767337.9867
JAMIESON0.6767337.3533
IRVINE0.6767333.7154
URQUHART0.6767331.7460
DONALDSON0.6767331.2663
GARDINER0.6767331.0238

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 673 people called CLACHER in Anstruther Wester 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 833.3333 in Anstruther Wester means that 833.3333% of the people in Anstruther Wester on census day were called CLACHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLACHER 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 CLACHER 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 CLACHER 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 CLACHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.67 in Anstruther Wester means that you are 0.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLACHER in Anstruther Wester than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Anstruther Wester in 1881

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

ADAM (6)  ALLISON (4)  ANDERSON (4)  AITKEN (5)  AITCHISON (1)  BALFOUR (5)  BARKER (4)  BELL (5)  BISSET (4)  BLACK (1)  BLYTH (7)  BONTHRONE (1)  BONTHRON (1)  BORTHWICK (1)  BREMNER (7)  BRYDIE (5)  BRODIE (14)  BROCK (1)  BROWN (8)  BRYCE (4)  BUCHAN (5)  BUDGE (3)  BIRRELL (7)  BUTCHART (2)  CAIRNS (1)  CALDWELL (4)  CARGILL (6)  CLACHER (1)  CLARK (1)  MC LAY (1)  CORNFOOT (6)  CRAIG (1)  CUTHBERT (17)  DAVIDSON (1)  DEWAR (4)  DISHINGTON (5)  DONALDSON (6)  DOWIE (1)  DRUMMOND (6)  DUFF (1)  DUNBAR (1)  DUNCAN (3)  DUNNETT (1)  DURIE (1)  DAIR (1)  ELDER (16)  FAIRFOUL (1)  FINDLY (1)  FLEMING (7)  FORDYCE (4)  FOSTER (1)  FOWLER (1)  FRAZER (1)  FYFFE (1)  GARDINER (6)  GILCHRIST (3)  GILMOUR (6)  GLASS (1)  GRAHAM (5)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (7)  GREENHORN (2)  GUILAND (1)  MC HARA (1)  HENDERSON (10)  HOGG (7)  HONEYMAN (2)  HUME (1)  INNESS (2)  IRELAND (7)  IRVINE (5)  JAMES (1)  JAMIESON (7)  KEAY (2)  KIRK (1)  KNOX (8)  LAING (1)  LATTO (2)  LAWSON (1)  LEES (1)  LONGMUIR (8)  LUMSDEN (6)  MC DONALD (6)  MACDONALD (4)  DOUGALL (4)  MC EWAN (6)  MAC KAY (1)  MC KENZIE (1)  MC LACHLAN (1)  MC LEAN (1)  MC UTCHEN (3)  METHVEN (6)  MILLAR (22)  MILLER (8)  MITCHELL (4)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (2)  NICOL (3)  PARKER (6)  PATRICK (8)  PEARSON (6)  PEEBLES (15)  PIRRIE (1)  PORTER (9)  PRATT (4)  PRINGLE (1)  RAIKER (1)  RAMSAY (2)  REEKIE (1)  MC REEVIE (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  REDDIE (1)  RINTOUL (7)  RITCHIE (4)  ROBB (13)  ROBERTSON (16)  RODGER (7)  ROSE (2)  ROSS (11)  RUSSELL (6)  SCOTT (1)  SIMSON (1)  SIME (5)  SMITH (19)  SNELL (1)  STEVEN (4)  STEWART (1)  STORRER (1)  STRACHAN (3)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMSON (41)  TOD (1)  TODD (1)  TOSH (6)  TRAINER (8)  URQUHART (3)  WALKER (3)  WALLACE (3)  WATSON (2)  WELCH (1)  WELSH (1)  WESTWOOD (10)  WHITE (3)  WHYTE (1)  WILKIE (12)  WILSON (13)  WYATT (1)  YOUNG (7) 

BritishSurnames.uk is a Good Stuff website.