Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Andrews St, Fife

St Andrews St 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
COLEMAN233.3333666.67
WILLIAMSON116.6667185.19
ARNDT116.6667
HOOK116.66671,111.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOOK0.0161111.1111
COLEMAN0.016666.6667
WILLIAMSON0.016185.1852
ARNDT0.016

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called HOOK in St Andrews St 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 1111.1111 in St Andrews St means that 1111.1111% of the people in St Andrews St on census day were called HOOK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOOK 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 HOOK 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 HOOK 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 HOOK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.01 in St Andrews St means that you are 0.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOOK in St Andrews St than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Andrews St in 1881

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

ARNDT (1)  COLEMAN (2)  HOOK (1)  TAWS (1)  WILLIAMSON (1) 

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