Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newburn, Fife

Newburn 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
SIME267.51451,870.50
BROWN195.49138.33
SMITH195.49133.89
THOMSON174.913336.77
KEAY123.4682810.81
ROBERTSON113.179218.97
BELL102.890215.38
WILSON102.89026.29
ANDERSON92.601213.17
KING82.312110.61
DAVISON72.023156.59
PRYDE61.7341625.00
SIMPSON61.73419.91
LUMSDEN61.7341207.61
EDNIE61.73413,000.00
MILNE51.445132.51
DOBIE51.4451431.03
WHITE51.44514.50
DUNCAN51.445121.12
TURNBULL51.445134.29
WOOD51.44514.54
DAVIDSON51.445117.19
GUTHERIE41.15613,636.36
BALFOUR41.1561165.98
JOHNSTON41.156114.33
PATTISON41.156172.60
ADAMS41.15617.84
IMRIE41.1561296.30
HARLEY41.156189.69
SHORT41.156129.59
SCOTT30.86713.43
CUNNINGHAM30.867118.42
NEILSON30.867161.48
MILLER30.86714.85
TRAILL30.8671625.00
HUTCHISON20.578035.15
LONIE20.5780500.00
MELVILLE20.578054.79
TAYLOR20.57800.90
CHRISTIE20.578017.83
LAWRIE20.578060.42
FORRESTER20.578043.10
WALLACE20.57808.44
DRUMMOND20.578029.07
GLEN20.578058.48
PATERSON20.57808.49
BARNET20.5780120.48
LAW20.578012.78
ALLAN10.28904.60
URQUHART10.289020.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GUTHERIE0.353463636.3636
EDNIE0.353463000.0000
SIME0.353461870.5036
KEAY0.35346810.8108
PRYDE0.35346625.0000
TRAILL0.35346625.0000
LONIE0.35346500.0000
MAXTON0.35346434.7826
DOBIE0.35346431.0345
IMRIE0.35346296.2963
LUMSDEN0.35346207.6125
BALFOUR0.35346165.9751
METHVEN0.35346126.5823
BARNET0.35346120.4819
PRIDE0.35346117.6471
SIMSON0.35346111.1111
HARLEY0.3534689.6861
PATTISON0.3534672.5953
MACGREGOR0.3534668.9655
NEILSON0.3534661.4754
LAWRIE0.3534660.4230
GLEN0.3534658.4795
DAVISON0.3534656.5885
MELVILLE0.3534654.7945
GOURLAY0.3534652.0833
HOY0.3534650.2513
ABEL0.3534644.8430
FORRESTER0.3534643.1034
PHILP0.3534642.3729
THOMSON0.3534636.7727
HUTCHISON0.3534635.1494
TURNBULL0.3534634.2936
MILNE0.3534632.5098
SHORT0.3534629.5858
DRUMMOND0.3534629.0698
DUNCAN0.3534621.1238
URQUHART0.3534620.5761
ROBERTSON0.3534618.9721
CUNNINGHAM0.3534618.4162
PRINGLE0.3534618.3486
GILLESPIE0.3534618.2149
CHRISTIE0.3534617.8253
DAVIDSON0.3534617.1880
BELL0.3534615.3799
LAING0.3534614.3885
JOHNSTON0.3534614.3266
LOW0.3534613.6426
ANDERSON0.3534613.1694
LAW0.3534612.7796
ADAMSON0.3534610.9290

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 346 people called GUTHERIE in Newburn 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 3636.3636 in Newburn means that 3636.3636% of the people in Newburn on census day were called GUTHERIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GUTHERIE 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 GUTHERIE 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 GUTHERIE 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 GUTHERIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in Newburn means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GUTHERIE in Newburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newburn in 1881

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

ABEL (1)  ADAMS (4)  ADAMSON (1)  ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (9)  ARMIT (1)  BALFOUR (4)  BARNET (2)  BELL (10)  BOUSIE (2)  BROWN (19)  CAMERON (1)  CHRISTIE (2)  CUNNINGHAM (3)  DAVIDSON (5)  DAVISON (7)  DOBIE (5)  DRUMMOND (2)  DUNCAN (5)  EDNIE (6)  IMRIE (4)  FERNIE (1)  FORRESTER (2)  MC GILL (1)  GILLESPIE (1)  GLEN (2)  GOURLAY (1)  GUTHERIE (4)  HARLEY (4)  HEDDERICK (1)  HOY (1)  HUTCHISON (2)  JOHNSTON (4)  KEAY (12)  KING (8)  KINNELL (1)  LAING (1)  LAWRIE (2)  LAW (2)  LOW (1)  LONIE (2)  LUMSDEN (6)  MAXTON (1)  MC DONALD (6)  MACGREGOR (1)  MELVILL (MELVILLE) (4)  MELVILLE (2)  METHVEN (1)  MILLAR (1)  MILLER (3)  MILNE (5)  MORRIS (1)  NEILSON (3)  PATERSON (2)  PATTISON (4)  PEATTIE (2)  PHILP (1)  PRIDE (1)  PRYDE (6)  PRINGLE (1)  RAEBURN (1)  RATTARY (1)  RINTOUL (4)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBERTSON (11)  SCOTT (3)  SHARKS (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  SHORT (4)  SIMPSON (6)  SIMSON (1)  SIME (26)  SKIRVING (7)  SMITH (19)  SOMERVILL (1)  SOUTAR (1)  SPENCE (1)  SPEY (2)  STEWART (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMSON (17)  TRAILL (3)  TURNBULL (5)  TURPIE (4)  URQUHART (1)  WALLACE (2)  WHITE (5)  WILSON (10)  WOOD (5)  WRIGHT (1) 

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