Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dunino, Fife

Dunino 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
DALRYMPLE175.62911,297.71
ROBERTSON175.629133.59
MITCHELL165.298026.12
WEBSTER113.642441.89
NIVEN103.3113476.19
ROSS92.980127.27
RAMSAY82.6490102.83
SMITH82.64901.88
GRANDISON82.64903,809.52
OLIPHANT82.6490677.97
BRUCE82.649056.54
HUGHES72.31798.27
FLOOD61.9868226.42
METHVEN61.9868869.57
MACKIE61.986892.88
HAMILTON61.986826.48
AITKEN51.655663.13
KAY51.655631.87
CUNNINGHAM51.655635.16
SIMPSON51.65569.47
BERWICK51.6556409.84
WALLACE51.655624.18
FINLAYSON51.6556143.68
FARMER41.324542.37
WATSON41.32455.71
LUMSDEN41.3245158.73
CRUDEN41.32451,111.11
HORSBURGH30.9934400.00
BALFOUR30.9934142.86
PEARSON30.99348.55
MORRIS30.99344.46
HODGE30.993439.42
GIBSON30.99348.18
DAVIDSON30.993411.82
JAMIESON30.993435.67
YOUNG30.99344.62
SIMON30.9934150.75
DUFF30.993455.87
GALLOWAY20.662338.46
HARRIS20.66232.61
DUNCAN20.66239.68
WILSON20.66231.44
DONALDSON20.662323.23
FOWLER20.662311.59
BURNS20.66239.86
WILLIAMSON20.66237.39
ANDERSON20.66233.35
FORBES20.662319.76
GRAY20.66234.64
LAING10.331116.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRANDISON0.303023809.5238
DALRYMPLE0.303021297.7099
CRUDEN0.303021111.1111
METHVEN0.30302869.5652
OLIPHANT0.30302677.9661
NIVEN0.30302476.1905
BERWICK0.30302409.8361
HORSBURGH0.30302400.0000
DUN0.30302303.0303
CONDIE0.30302250.0000
STOBIE0.30302227.2727
FLOOD0.30302226.4151
LUMSDEN0.30302158.7302
SIMON0.30302150.7538
BAND0.30302144.9275
EWAN0.30302144.9275
FINLAYSON0.30302143.6782
BALFOUR0.30302142.8571
FINLEY0.30302120.4819
RAMSAY0.30302102.8278
MACKIE0.3030292.8793
HUTT0.3030277.5194
BIRRELL0.3030268.0272
AITKEN0.3030263.1313
BRUCE0.3030256.5371
DUFF0.3030255.8659
MATHERS0.3030255.5556
BROOMFIELD0.3030249.2611
FARMER0.3030242.3729
WEBSTER0.3030241.8888
SPEED0.3030241.1523
HODGE0.3030239.4218
GALLOWAY0.3030238.4615
JAMIESON0.3030235.6718
CUNNINGHAM0.3030235.1617
ROBERTSON0.3030233.5902
KAY0.3030231.8674
ELDER0.3030231.3480
ROSS0.3030227.2727
HAMILTON0.3030226.4784
MITCHELL0.3030226.1182
WALLACE0.3030224.1779
DONALDSON0.3030223.2288
BRAND0.3030222.4215
FORBES0.3030219.7628
LAING0.3030216.4745
IRELAND0.3030214.2653
SWAN0.3030212.7877
DAVIDSON0.3030211.8157
FOWLER0.3030211.5942

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 302 people called GRANDISON in Dunino 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 3809.5238 in Dunino means that 3809.5238% of the people in Dunino on census day were called GRANDISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRANDISON 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 GRANDISON 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 GRANDISON 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 GRANDISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Dunino means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRANDISON in Dunino than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dunino in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  AITKEN (5)  BALFOUR (3)  BAND (1)  BERWICK (5)  BRAND (1)  BROOMFIELD (1)  BROWN (1)  BRUCE (8)  BURNS (2)  BIRRELL (1)  CONDIE (1)  FISHER (COWAN) (2)  CRUDEN (4)  CULROSS OR SWAN (2)  CUNNINGHAM (5)  DALRYMPLE (17)  DAVIDSON (3)  DONALDSON (2)  DUFF (3)  DUNCAN (2)  DUN (1)  ELDER (1)  EWAN (1)  FERLIE OR LUMSDEN (2)  FAIRLIE OR REDDIE (2)  FARMER (4)  FINLAYSON (5)  FINLEY (1)  FLOOD (6)  FORBES (2)  FOWLER (2)  GALLOWAY (2)  GIBSON (3)  GRANDISON (8)  GRAY (2)  WALKER OR HAMILTON (2)  HAMILTON (6)  HARLIE (1)  HARRIS (2)  HENDERSON (1)  HODGE (3)  HORSBURGH (3)  HUGHES (7)  HUTCHON (3)  HUTT (1)  IRELAND (1)  JAMIESON (3)  KAY (5)  LAING (1)  LATTO (5)  LUMSDEN (4)  MARTIN (1)  MATHERS (1)  MC COWAN (2)  MACKIE (6)  MC NAUGHTON (1)  METHVEN (6)  MITCHELL (16)  MORRIS (3)  NIVEN (10)  OLIPHANT (8)  PEARSON (3)  PEATTIE (1)  RAMSAY (8)  ROBERTSON (17)  ROSS (9)  SIMON (3)  SIMPSON (5)  SMITH (8)  SPEED (1)  SPENCE (1)  STOBIE (1)  SUTHERLAND (1)  SWAN (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (5)  WATSON (4)  WEBSTER (11)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (2)  YOUNG (3) 

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