Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirkcaldy Abbotshall, Fife

Kirkcaldy Abbotshall 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
OLIVER27.4074103.63
WILSON27.407416.13
CRICHTON13.7037434.78
SMITH13.70372.62
CAREY13.7037196.08
LUST13.7037
HECTOR13.70372,000.00
YOUNG13.703717.24
DAWES13.7037270.27
UPTON13.7037196.08
COLLINS13.703725.84
LANGLANDS13.70371,666.67
FAWCETT13.7037192.31
CUNNINGHAM13.703778.74
STEVENSON13.703752.91
CHURCHILL13.7037312.50
MOSES13.7037357.14
JONES13.70373.27
ENGLISH13.7037196.08
VINCENT13.7037119.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HECTOR0.03272000.0000
LANGLANDS0.03271666.6667
CRICHTON0.0327434.7826
MOSES0.0327357.1429
CHURCHILL0.0327312.5000
DAWES0.0327270.2703
CAREY0.0327196.0784
ENGLISH0.0327196.0784
UPTON0.0327196.0784
FAWCETT0.0327192.3077
VINCENT0.0327119.0476
OLIVER0.0327103.6269
CUNNINGHAM0.032778.7402
STEVENSON0.032752.9101
COLLINS0.032725.8398
YOUNG0.032717.2414
WILSON0.032716.1290
JONES0.03273.2701
SMITH0.03272.6233
LUST0.0327

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 27 people called HECTOR in Kirkcaldy Abbotshall 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 2000.0000 in Kirkcaldy Abbotshall means that 2000.0000% of the people in Kirkcaldy Abbotshall on census day were called HECTOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HECTOR 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 HECTOR 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 HECTOR 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 HECTOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.03 in Kirkcaldy Abbotshall means that you are 0.03 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HECTOR in Kirkcaldy Abbotshall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirkcaldy Abbotshall in 1881

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

ALLERDICE (1)  CAREY (1)  CHURCHILL (1)  COLLINS (1)  CRICHTON (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DAWES (1)  DEMEE (1)  FAWCETT (1)  HALKERSTON (1)  HECTOR (1)  ENGLISH (1)  JONES (1)  KERMAITH (1)  LANGLANDS (1)  LUST (1)  MOSES (1)  OLIVER (2)  SHANKEY (1)  SMITH (1)  STEVENSON (1)  UPTON (1)  VINCENT (1)  WILSON (2)  YOUNG (1) 

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