Fife Genealogical Records
Fife Birth & Baptism Records
The baptism registers of Fife are the primary source for birth details before civil registration. A full index to names with original images of the registers are available between and . Entries usually contain date of birth and/or baptism, parents' names (with mother's maiden name) and occasionally father's occupation and witnesses.
An index to all foreign, domestic, air-borne, consular, High Commission, marine and military births registered by the Scottish government. The index is linked to images of birth registers from 100 or more years ago. They contain a great deal of information, including parent's full names, date and place of birth, date and place of parent's marriage and more.
The baptism registers of Scotland provide details of births from to . Entries usually record parents' names (with mother's maiden name) and date of birth and/or baptism.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered to British Army personal at home and abroad.
Fife Marriage & Divorce Records
Prior to civil registration in 1855, the marriage registers of Fife are the most common place to turn for details on marriages. Entries often only contain the names of the bride and groom.
An index to all foreign, domestic and military marriages recorded by the Scottish government. The index is linked to digital images of records more than 75 years old. Details given include date & place of marriage, full names of all parents and more.
The marriage registers of Scotland are the primary source for marriage details before civil registration. A full index to names with original images of the registers are available between and .
A collection of indexes and transcripts of marriage records that cover over 160 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Digital images of documents from civil divorce cases. The cases cover both the cause of the case and the outcome, such as division of property and visitation rights. These records also contain details of illegitimate children. Cases can be searched by a name index.
Fife Death & Burial Records
The registers of burials for Fife provide details on deaths and are the primary source for such information before 1855.
An index to all foreign, domestic, air-borne, consular, High Commission, marine and military deaths registered by the Scottish government. The index is linked to images of death registers from 50 or more years ago. They contain a great deal of information, including parent's full names, date and place of death, age and more.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
The burial registers of Scotland provide details of deaths from to . Entries usually record no more than the deceased's name; occasionally an age and cause of death are given.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of death and burial records that cover over 140 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Fife Census & Population Lists
An index linked to original images of lists of those eligible to vote in Fife. Records contain information on tenants, landowners and properties.
Documents listing households and residents throughout Scotland. The records include family relations, gender, age, occupation, place of birth, employment status, number of years married, number of children living and deceased, nationality, whether an individual could speak Gaelic, number of windows in property and some infirmities.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Documents listing households and residents throughout Scotland. The records include family relations, gender, age, occupation, place of birth, employment status, whether an individual could speak Gaelic, number of windows in property and some infirmities.
Inventories of all land and buildings in Scotland. They give a description of the property, the name of the owner, tenant & occupier and the rates due on the property.
Newspapers Covering Fife
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Dundee area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
Fully searchable database covering a 80 year run of a Fife newspaper. Contains notices on births, marriages, deaths, wedding anniversaries, personal achievements, and legal proceedings
Fully text-searchable articles from a regional newspaper covering the Fife district. It includes family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more.
A searchable index to events recorded in Fife newspapers.
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
Fife Wills & Probate Records
An index to testators and the subject's of other testamentary documents. The index is linked to digital images of the documents. An account is required to search the index.
A index to testators whose will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. They principally cover those who lived in the lower two thirds of Britain, but contain wills for residents of Scotland, Ireland, British India and other countries. A copy of each will may be purchased for digital download.
An index and digital images of PCC wills, available on a subscription basis.
A collection of indexes, abstracts, transcripts and digital images of over 5.5 million wills, administrations and other probate records.
An index to almost 78,000 wills that were disputed. The index can lead you to documents that may shed a great deal of genealogical information as disputes often arose between siblings and cousins.
Fife Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
A list of over 40,000 passengers traveling from North America to the British Isles. Details of passengers may include: occupation, nationality, gender, age, martial status, class, destination, and details of the vessel they sailed on.
Fife Military Records
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Index and original images of over 5 million medal index cards for British soldiers It can be searched by individual's name, Coprs, Unit and Regiment. Due to the loss of many WWI service records, this is the most complete source for British WWI soldiers
This rich collection contains contains records for 1.9 million non-commissioned officers and other ranks who fought in WWI. Due to bomb damage in WWI, around 60% of service records were lost. Documents cover: enlistment, medical status, injuries, conduct, awards and discharge. A great deal of genealogical and biographical documentation can be found in these documents, including details on entire families, physical descriptions and place of birth.
An index to nearly 900,000 military personnel who were awarded the Silver War Badge for sustaining injures. Records include rank, regimental number, unit, dates of enlistment and discharge, and reason for discharge.
Fife Court & Legal Records
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registers recording the admittance and discharge of over 840,000 people to insane asylums.
The Privicy Council dealt with a wide spectrum of issues pertaining to administration, the economy, politics and social affairs.
Details on the parole and revocation thereof, of over 4,400 female prisoners.
A publication giving brief details of bankruptcies, including the names of parties and companies involed.
A list of over 81,000 Presbyterian opponents of the Catholic church. Entries may list name, occupation, residence, names of relatives and other details.
Fife Taxation Records
Inventories of all land and buildings in Scotland. They give a description of the property, the name of the owner, tenant & occupier and the rates due on the property.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A report detailing the manner in which customs and excise are dealt with in Scotland.
Fife Land & Property Records
An index linked to original images of lists of those eligible to vote in Fife. Records contain information on tenants, landowners and properties.
Inventories of all land and buildings in Scotland. They give a description of the property, the name of the owner, tenant & occupier and the rates due on the property.
A list of people who owned more than one acre of land in Scotland. Lists a landowner's residence, acreage and estimated gross yearly rental.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
A collection of various land valuation documents extending as far back as 1650, but primarily covering the period after 1884. Useful for establishing the ancestry of land owners and their tenants.
Fife Directories & Gazetteers
The names and addresses of the gentry and persons in business. Also contains descriptions of settlements.
The names and addresses of the gentry and persons in business. Also contains descriptions of settlements.
Fully searchable database for selected years of a specialised directory covering Fife. It gives details on the leading members of localities, such as nobility, clergy, government officials, MPs and public servants. Further details are given on local events, organisations, transport timetables and price lists for produce.
A detailed gazetteer of localities, geographic features, buildings and other features in Scotland.
Breif details of companies engaged in or related to the engineering, metal and motor trades industries. Organised by trade and place.
Fife Cemeteries
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Photographs and descriptions of Scotland's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Fife Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Fife Histories & Books
Photographs and images of churches in Fife.
A growing database including millions of photographs of the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Ireland catalogued by latitude & longitude and OS grid reference.
Ariel photographs of the British Isles. Browsable by location.
Over 19,000 postcards depicting places in the UK & Ireland.
A collection of 220,000 professional photos covering most towns and villages in Britain, and parts of Ireland.
Fife School & Education Records
Contains dates and information (and photographs of the fallen where available) for members of Edinburgh University who served and fell during The Great War. Also includes a section on orders, decorations and dispatches.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Details of around 60,000 alumni who fought in WWI.
Fife Occupation & Business Records
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Books listing doctors who were licensed to operate in Britain and abroad. Contains doctor's residencies, qualification and date of registration.
A rich collection of records documenting those who worked for railway companies that were later absorbed by the government. Records include: staff registers, station transfers, pensions, accident records, apprentice records, caution books, and memos. Records may include date of birth, date of death and name of father.
Indexed medical journals from British ships containing personal and medical details of patients. The journals list names, ages, rank/status, diseases, illness duration and notes on symptoms and treatment. Contains details on military men as well as people immigrating or being deported to colonies.
This collection gives brief details on the appointment of over 1.4 million people who worked for the Post Office. Includes references to corresponding data in the Postmaster General’s minute books and is a starting point for research in the rich archive of the British Postal Museum.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Fife
Digital images of registers recording those who are eligible to bear coats of arms in Scotland. The records can contain genealogical tracts and renderings of the arms.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Fife Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Digital images of registers recording those who are eligible to bear coats of arms in Scotland. The records can contain genealogical tracts and renderings of the arms.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A dictionary of families elevated to the peerage of Great Britain & Ireland. It includes genealogies and biographical details.
Lineages of Britain and Ireland's untitled landed families; supplemented with biographical sketches.
Fife Church Records
The baptism registers of Fife are the primary source for birth details before civil registration. A full index to names with original images of the registers are available between and . Entries usually contain date of birth and/or baptism, parents' names (with mother's maiden name) and occasionally father's occupation and witnesses.
Architectural plans, with some details of their construction. The database covers England, Wales, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands & Fife.
Prior to civil registration in 1855, the parish registers of Scotland are the most common place to turn for details on births, marriages and deaths.
Index to names and images of the original baptism registers of Scotland. They commonly record the date of birth or baptism with parents' names (often including the mother's maiden name).
The parish registers of Scotland are a collection of books documenting baptisms, marriages and burials from 1817 to 1934.
Biographical Directories Covering Fife
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A compendium of biographies of thousands of Scottish Jacobites.
Fife Maps
Images of maps covering Fife.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Fife Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in Scotland.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.
Historical Description
Fife is a maritime county, lying between the Frith of Tay and Forth; being bounded on the north and northeast by the Tay, which divides it from Perth and Angus; on the south by the Forth, which separates it from the Lothians; on the east by the German Ocean; and on the west by Perth, Kinross, and a small part of Clackmannan. It is about sixty miles long, and eighteen broad; comprehending a superficies of nearly 480 square miles.
It was anciently a part of Caledonia, and was afterwards, like other counties, governed by a thane, which in the old Saxon language is said to signify a servant of the king; till Malcolm Canmore appointed Macduff, who was thane of Fife, on account of his great services, to be hereditary earl; granting to his posterity the right of placing the king in his chair at a coronation, the command of the van of the army in battle, and power to compound with a sum of money for the accidental murder of a nobleman or commoner.
The face of this county is agreeably diversified; it is hilly on the west and northwest line, extending in a ridge east almost the whole length of the county.— To the south and northeast the land rises gradually from the shore, and exhibits fine prospects of fertile and well cultivated fields, and woods and plantations surrounding gentlemen's seats, over the whole district. Largo Law, rising above the fine bay of that name, Kelly Law, and Dunikier Lavy, from agreeable exceptions upon the eastern peninsula. By far the greatest eminences are the three Lomonds, or Lawmonds, whose conical tops are seen at a considerable distance from the east.
The soil is extremely fertile and well cultivated; woods and plantations abound throughout, and the sheep of this county are particularly famed for the fine quality of their wool. The whole of the south side lies upon a stratum of coal, of which many productive pits are wrought. This district also furnishes the Carron-works with iron-ore. Lead is found in the eastern Lomond. On one of the two conical hills, which rise nearly in the middle of the county, rubies of a very fine water have been found; and in the Eden some agates have occasionally been picked up.
The principal rivers are the Eden and the Leven, both of which abound in excellent salmon. The Eden rises in the northwest part of the county, on the borders of Perthshire, passes by Cupar, &c. and runs into the German Sea, three miles north from St. Andrews. The Leven rises from the western part of Kinross-shire, runs through Loch Leven, crosses Fifeshire, and falls into the Forth, at the town of Leven.
The county of Fife contains thirteen royal boroughs, which enjoy parliamentary representations, and ten or twelve more, which have lost that privilege from their inability to defray the then necessary expence. The royal boroughs are Cupar, St. Andrew's, Inyerkeithing, Dunfermline, Burnt Island, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Dysart, Pittenween, Anstruther, Easter and Wester Kilrenny, and Crail. The whole county is divided into four districts, viz. Cupar, St. Andrew's, Kilcaldy, and Dunfermline, which are subdivided into sixty-three parishes, containing, according to the late population act, 17,331 houses, inhabited by 93,743 persons, viz. 42,952 males, and 50,791 females; of which number 9,651 were returned as being chiefly employed in agriculture, and 17,300 in various trades and manufacturing. The county sends one member to parliament, District of Cupar.
Most Common Surnames in Fife
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 4,487 | 1:82 | 7.01% | 1 |
| 2 | Brown | 3,776 | 1:98 | 8.21% | 2 |
| 3 | Wilson | 3,749 | 1:98 | 8.63% | 3 |
| 4 | Thomson | 3,189 | 1:116 | 8.24% | 5 |
| 5 | Robertson | 3,146 | 1:117 | 8.25% | 6 |
| 6 | Anderson | 2,815 | 1:131 | 8.15% | 8 |
| 7 | Stewart | 2,291 | 1:161 | 6.26% | 7 |
| 8 | Campbell | 2,091 | 1:176 | 5.37% | 4 |
| 9 | Taylor | 2,026 | 1:182 | 8.16% | 13 |
| 10 | Paterson | 1,947 | 1:190 | 9.52% | 19 |
| 11 | Watson | 1,932 | 1:191 | 9.51% | 20 |
| 12 | Scott | 1,914 | 1:193 | 6.98% | 9 |
| 13 | Mitchell | 1,787 | 1:207 | 8.71% | 18 |
| 14 | Hunter | 1,718 | 1:215 | 10.34% | 35 |
| 15 | Duncan | 1,699 | 1:217 | 9.90% | 32 |
| 16 | Simpson | 1,698 | 1:217 | 10.59% | 38 |
| 17 | Clark | 1,694 | 1:218 | 7.19% | 14 |
| 18 | Allan | 1,655 | 1:223 | 10.83% | 41 |
| 19 | Young | 1,622 | 1:228 | 7.86% | 17 |
| 20 | Reid | 1,590 | 1:232 | 6.06% | 12 |
| 21 | Murray | 1,548 | 1:238 | 5.74% | 11 |
| 22 | Bell | 1,516 | 1:243 | 9.26% | 37 |
| 23 | Walker | 1,505 | 1:245 | 7.61% | 21 |
| 24 | Henderson | 1,503 | 1:246 | 8.15% | 24 |
| 25 | Davidson | 1,406 | 1:262 | 7.85% | 26 |
| 26 | Graham | 1,354 | 1:273 | 7.41% | 25 |
| 27 | Johnston | 1,299 | 1:284 | 7.41% | 29 |
| 28 | Ross | 1,279 | 1:289 | 5.92% | 15 |
| 29 | Gray | 1,261 | 1:293 | 7.09% | 27 |
| 30 | Fraser | 1,195 | 1:309 | 6.19% | 22 |
| 31 | Cunningham | 1,190 | 1:310 | 12.34% | 71 |
| 32 | Martin | 1,171 | 1:315 | 7.02% | 34 |
| 33 | Wallace | 1,166 | 1:316 | 9.63% | 50 |
| 34 | Miller | 1,143 | 1:323 | 6.16% | 23 |
| 35 | Hamilton | 1,135 | 1:325 | 6.42% | 28 |
| 36 | McDonald | 1,084 | 1:340 | 6.19% | 30 |
| 37 | Ritchie | 1,065 | 1:347 | 10.72% | 69 |
| 38 | Morrison | 1,035 | 1:357 | 4.96% | 16 |
| 38 | Russell | 1,035 | 1:357 | 8.35% | 47 |
| 40 | MacDonald | 1,021 | 1:361 | 3.77% | 10 |
| 41 | Black | 1,020 | 1:362 | 7.36% | 44 |
| 42 | Cameron | 1,002 | 1:368 | 5.79% | 31 |
| 43 | Hutchison | 978 | 1:377 | 16.12% | 131 |
| 44 | Gibson | 962 | 1:384 | 7.90% | 49 |
| 45 | Ferguson | 960 | 1:384 | 5.86% | 36 |
| 46 | King | 936 | 1:394 | 11.73% | 88 |
| 47 | Christie | 923 | 1:400 | 11.55% | 87 |
| 48 | Donaldson | 913 | 1:404 | 13.30% | 107 |
| 49 | Marshall | 909 | 1:406 | 7.42% | 48 |
| 50 | MacKie | 895 | 1:412 | 12.76% | 102 |
| 51 | Wood | 880 | 1:419 | 8.16% | 58 |
| 52 | Jones | 847 | 1:436 | 8.55% | 70 |
| 53 | Beveridge | 839 | 1:440 | 30.67% | 352 |
| 53 | Wright | 839 | 1:440 | 7.51% | 56 |
| 55 | Johnstone | 806 | 1:458 | 7.58% | 60 |
| 56 | Millar | 805 | 1:458 | 8.50% | 73 |
| 57 | Adamson | 795 | 1:464 | 25.18% | 307 |
| 58 | Williamson | 794 | 1:465 | 8.64% | 76 |
| 59 | Laing | 783 | 1:471 | 15.63% | 169 |
| 60 | Muir | 774 | 1:477 | 7.34% | 61 |
| 61 | Sinclair | 764 | 1:483 | 7.50% | 65 |
| 62 | Kerr | 763 | 1:484 | 4.48% | 33 |
| 63 | Lindsay | 748 | 1:493 | 9.88% | 92 |
| 64 | Morris | 737 | 1:501 | 13.81% | 152 |
| 65 | Stevenson | 731 | 1:505 | 6.71% | 57 |
| 66 | White | 728 | 1:507 | 7.18% | 66 |
| 67 | Grant | 727 | 1:508 | 4.60% | 39 |
| 68 | MacKenzie | 712 | 1:518 | 4.67% | 42 |
| 69 | Hughes | 711 | 1:519 | 7.15% | 68 |
| 70 | Smart | 706 | 1:523 | 19.04% | 249 |
| 71 | Whyte | 705 | 1:523 | 10.55% | 111 |
| 72 | Dickson | 689 | 1:536 | 7.55% | 78 |
| 73 | Penman | 682 | 1:541 | 26.73% | 383 |
| 74 | Lawson | 680 | 1:543 | 12.24% | 148 |
| 74 | McLean | 680 | 1:543 | 4.98% | 46 |
| 76 | Aitken | 669 | 1:552 | 8.89% | 94 |
| 77 | Cook | 668 | 1:552 | 10.69% | 121 |
| 77 | Gordon | 668 | 1:552 | 5.67% | 52 |
| 79 | Fleming | 665 | 1:555 | 7.96% | 83 |
| 80 | Bruce | 663 | 1:557 | 7.25% | 77 |
| 81 | Kelly | 653 | 1:565 | 4.19% | 40 |
| 82 | Crawford | 652 | 1:566 | 7.20% | 79 |
| 82 | Drummond | 652 | 1:566 | 14.09% | 192 |
| 84 | McIntosh | 633 | 1:583 | 6.87% | 75 |
| 85 | Douglas | 604 | 1:611 | 6.85% | 81 |
| 85 | Kirk | 604 | 1:611 | 17.65% | 282 |
| 87 | Burns | 602 | 1:613 | 5.37% | 55 |
| 88 | Dick | 598 | 1:617 | 12.33% | 179 |
| 89 | McGregor | 593 | 1:622 | 7.26% | 85 |
| 90 | McKenzie | 590 | 1:625 | 5.83% | 67 |
| 91 | Milne | 582 | 1:634 | 5.11% | 54 |
| 92 | Nicol | 568 | 1:650 | 8.81% | 115 |
| 92 | Sutherland | 568 | 1:650 | 4.90% | 53 |
| 94 | MacKay | 563 | 1:655 | 4.12% | 45 |
| 95 | Dewar | 561 | 1:658 | 19.04% | 335 |
| 96 | Barclay | 535 | 1:690 | 10.27% | 160 |
| 96 | Grieve | 535 | 1:690 | 17.04% | 310 |
| 98 | Ward | 533 | 1:692 | 8.55% | 123 |
| 99 | Kennedy | 530 | 1:696 | 4.39% | 51 |
| 100 | Murphy | 527 | 1:700 | 5.10% | 64 |
| 101 | Hall | 523 | 1:706 | 7.61% | 106 |
| 101 | Munro | 523 | 1:706 | 5.05% | 63 |
| 101 | Sharp | 523 | 1:706 | 11.20% | 188 |
| 104 | Paton | 522 | 1:707 | 8.43% | 125 |
| 105 | Williams | 515 | 1:717 | 7.10% | 99 |
| 106 | Rennie | 513 | 1:719 | 8.58% | 133 |
| 107 | McKay | 512 | 1:721 | 5.34% | 72 |
| 107 | Ramsay | 512 | 1:721 | 7.70% | 112 |
| 107 | Sneddon | 512 | 1:721 | 11.54% | 206 |
| 110 | Baxter | 508 | 1:726 | 10.16% | 170 |
| 111 | Greig | 498 | 1:741 | 11.18% | 203 |
| 112 | Watt | 496 | 1:744 | 4.71% | 62 |
| 113 | Todd | 494 | 1:747 | 11.04% | 201 |
| 114 | Galloway | 490 | 1:753 | 13.41% | 256 |
| 114 | Melville | 490 | 1:753 | 20.93% | 424 |
| 116 | Birrell | 486 | 1:759 | 35.35% | 687 |
| 116 | Hynd | 486 | 1:759 | 40.57% | 776 |
| 118 | Chalmers | 483 | 1:764 | 8.19% | 137 |
| 118 | Jack | 483 | 1:764 | 9.22% | 157 |
| 120 | Jackson | 482 | 1:766 | 6.47% | 96 |
| 121 | Davies | 474 | 1:779 | 9.90% | 183 |
| 122 | McLaren | 472 | 1:782 | 8.25% | 145 |
| 123 | Moffat | 471 | 1:784 | 9.92% | 185 |
| 124 | Duffy | 459 | 1:804 | 7.94% | 142 |
| 125 | Forbes | 456 | 1:809 | 6.39% | 100 |
| 125 | Maxwell | 456 | 1:809 | 8.79% | 161 |
| 127 | Adams | 455 | 1:811 | 7.14% | 117 |
| 128 | Hay | 453 | 1:815 | 6.06% | 95 |
| 128 | Rodger | 453 | 1:815 | 12.55% | 267 |
| 130 | Cooper | 452 | 1:816 | 7.36% | 127 |
| 131 | Page | 448 | 1:824 | 29.40% | 617 |
| 132 | Cowan | 446 | 1:827 | 7.77% | 144 |
| 132 | Wishart | 446 | 1:827 | 27.26% | 579 |
| 134 | Cairns | 442 | 1:835 | 7.10% | 124 |
| 135 | Jamieson | 438 | 1:843 | 5.66% | 89 |
| 136 | Herd | 435 | 1:848 | 30.79% | 667 |
| 136 | Webster | 435 | 1:848 | 8.83% | 174 |
| 138 | Dryburgh | 433 | 1:852 | 50.47% | 993 |
| 139 | McArthur | 426 | 1:866 | 9.82% | 212 |
| 139 | Shaw | 426 | 1:866 | 5.24% | 86 |
| 141 | Craig | 422 | 1:874 | 3.93% | 59 |
| 142 | Green | 420 | 1:879 | 6.66% | 120 |
| 143 | Morgan | 419 | 1:881 | 8.53% | 176 |
| 144 | Nicholson | 418 | 1:883 | 11.85% | 274 |
| 145 | Innes | 416 | 1:887 | 8.34% | 171 |
| 145 | Philp | 416 | 1:887 | 40.08% | 868 |
| 145 | Turner | 416 | 1:887 | 7.18% | 141 |
| 148 | Shepherd | 409 | 1:902 | 11.36% | 269 |
| 149 | MacLeod | 408 | 1:904 | 2.80% | 43 |
| 150 | Harris | 407 | 1:907 | 9.09% | 200 |
| 150 | Wilkie | 407 | 1:907 | 12.16% | 286 |
| 152 | Hutton | 404 | 1:913 | 13.43% | 328 |
| 152 | Rae | 404 | 1:913 | 5.79% | 104 |
| 152 | Thompson | 404 | 1:913 | 5.80% | 105 |
| 155 | Hill | 396 | 1:932 | 5.38% | 97 |
| 156 | Malcolm | 394 | 1:937 | 11.61% | 283 |
| 156 | Reekie | 394 | 1:937 | 43.25% | 954 |
| 158 | Collins | 393 | 1:939 | 7.52% | 159 |
| 159 | Dow | 392 | 1:941 | 15.54% | 388 |
| 160 | Low | 390 | 1:946 | 11.11% | 275 |
| 160 | McLeod | 390 | 1:946 | 5.79% | 109 |
| 162 | Gourlay | 387 | 1:954 | 16.41% | 419 |
| 163 | Spence | 386 | 1:956 | 8.28% | 190 |
| 164 | McIntyre | 382 | 1:966 | 5.06% | 93 |
| 165 | Lumsden | 378 | 1:976 | 19.31% | 506 |
| 166 | Alexander | 375 | 1:984 | 4.93% | 91 |
| 166 | Blyth | 375 | 1:984 | 19.55% | 518 |
| 168 | Duff | 374 | 1:987 | 10.24% | 258 |
| 168 | Nelson | 374 | 1:987 | 7.38% | 168 |
| 170 | Evans | 371 | 1:995 | 8.50% | 210 |
| 170 | McCallum | 371 | 1:995 | 5.83% | 119 |
| 172 | Elder | 368 | 1:1,003 | 15.35% | 411 |
| 173 | Blair | 367 | 1:1,006 | 5.95% | 126 |
| 173 | Weir | 367 | 1:1,006 | 5.67% | 114 |
| 175 | Boyle | 366 | 1:1,008 | 4.43% | 84 |
| 176 | Inglis | 364 | 1:1,014 | 8.65% | 216 |
| 176 | Richardson | 364 | 1:1,014 | 6.87% | 156 |
| 178 | Fisher | 361 | 1:1,022 | 8.51% | 214 |
| 178 | Gardner | 361 | 1:1,022 | 9.93% | 260 |
| 178 | Roberts | 361 | 1:1,022 | 7.37% | 177 |
| 181 | Currie | 360 | 1:1,025 | 4.89% | 98 |
| 182 | Farmer | 359 | 1:1,028 | 23.67% | 619 |
| 182 | Leslie | 359 | 1:1,028 | 9.19% | 238 |
| 182 | Pearson | 359 | 1:1,028 | 9.93% | 266 |
| 185 | Balfour | 356 | 1:1,037 | 21.45% | 575 |
| 185 | Harley | 356 | 1:1,037 | 23.31% | 612 |
| 185 | Johnson | 356 | 1:1,037 | 6.96% | 165 |
| 185 | Robb | 356 | 1:1,037 | 7.55% | 186 |
| 189 | Buchanan | 355 | 1:1,040 | 5.69% | 122 |
| 190 | Lee | 353 | 1:1,045 | 7.53% | 187 |
| 191 | Bain | 350 | 1:1,054 | 5.91% | 135 |
| 191 | Clarke | 350 | 1:1,054 | 7.85% | 202 |
| 191 | Gilmour | 350 | 1:1,054 | 6.84% | 166 |
| 194 | Mason | 345 | 1:1,070 | 8.72% | 235 |
| 195 | Baird | 341 | 1:1,082 | 6.16% | 149 |
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomson | 3,017 | 1:57 | 8.60% | 7 |
| 2 | Robertson | 2,942 | 1:59 | 7.15% | 3 |
| 3 | Brown | 2,674 | 1:65 | 6.51% | 4 |
| 4 | Wilson | 2,521 | 1:69 | 6.68% | 5 |
| 5 | Anderson | 2,331 | 1:74 | 6.85% | 9 |
| 6 | Smith | 2,254 | 1:77 | 4.28% | 1 |
| 7 | Scott | 1,738 | 1:100 | 6.26% | 11 |
| 8 | Henderson | 1,726 | 1:100 | 8.85% | 21 |
| 9 | Duncan | 1,536 | 1:113 | 9.62% | 31 |
| 10 | Mitchell | 1,456 | 1:119 | 7.86% | 24 |
| 11 | Simpson | 1,367 | 1:127 | 10.23% | 39 |
| 12 | Watson | 1,257 | 1:138 | 6.91% | 26 |
| 13 | Beveridge | 1,153 | 1:150 | 43.96% | 263 |
| 14 | Walker | 1,139 | 1:152 | 6.53% | 28 |
| 15 | Taylor | 1,122 | 1:154 | 5.92% | 23 |
| 16 | Young | 1,082 | 1:160 | 5.39% | 19 |
| 17 | Wallace | 1,057 | 1:164 | 9.92% | 55 |
| 18 | Stewart | 1,025 | 1:169 | 2.94% | 8 |
| 19 | Hunter | 1,003 | 1:172 | 6.84% | 36 |
| 20 | Clark | 986 | 1:175 | 5.18% | 22 |
| 21 | Paterson | 973 | 1:178 | 5.29% | 25 |
| 22 | Allan | 951 | 1:182 | 6.93% | 38 |
| 23 | Adamson | 936 | 1:185 | 31.50% | 223 |
| 24 | Campbell | 935 | 1:185 | 2.50% | 6 |
| 25 | Black | 914 | 1:189 | 7.31% | 44 |
| 26 | Reid | 853 | 1:203 | 3.56% | 12 |
| 27 | Johnston | 764 | 1:226 | 5.01% | 33 |
| 28 | Bell | 759 | 1:228 | 5.93% | 42 |
| 29 | Morris | 755 | 1:229 | 24.14% | 208 |
| 30 | Christie | 748 | 1:231 | 9.65% | 77 |
| 31 | Davidson | 732 | 1:236 | 4.44% | 30 |
| 32 | Williamson | 721 | 1:240 | 8.54% | 70 |
| 33 | McDonald | 719 | 1:241 | 1.51% | 2 |
| 34 | Cunningham | 704 | 1:246 | 9.89% | 83 |
| 35 | Ramsay | 670 | 1:258 | 11.17% | 101 |
| 36 | Melville | 663 | 1:261 | 28.25% | 294 |
| 37 | Russell | 656 | 1:264 | 6.55% | 57 |
| 38 | Ritchie | 648 | 1:267 | 7.61% | 69 |
| 39 | Philp | 631 | 1:274 | 63.54% | 613 |
| 40 | Lawson | 621 | 1:278 | 11.49% | 111 |
| 41 | Miller | 618 | 1:280 | 3.71% | 29 |
| 42 | McKie | 615 | 1:281 | 8.83% | 85 |
| 42 | Donaldson | 615 | 1:281 | 9.68% | 95 |
| 44 | Birrell | 614 | 1:282 | 52.39% | 539 |
| 45 | Nicol | 605 | 1:286 | 10.76% | 105 |
| 46 | Millar | 603 | 1:287 | 6.65% | 66 |
| 47 | Ross | 596 | 1:290 | 2.61% | 14 |
| 48 | Blyth | 593 | 1:292 | 32.26% | 371 |
| 49 | Martin | 588 | 1:294 | 4.93% | 46 |
| 49 | Laing | 588 | 1:294 | 13.10% | 132 |
| 51 | Dewar | 575 | 1:301 | 17.06% | 194 |
| 52 | Aitken | 561 | 1:308 | 8.06% | 86 |
| 52 | Hutchison | 561 | 1:308 | 13.26% | 148 |
| 54 | Gray | 558 | 1:310 | 3.62% | 32 |
| 55 | Cook | 552 | 1:313 | 11.90% | 125 |
| 56 | Barclay | 548 | 1:316 | 11.43% | 120 |
| 57 | White | 526 | 1:329 | 5.47% | 60 |
| 58 | Murray | 525 | 1:329 | 2.38% | 16 |
| 59 | Dick | 522 | 1:331 | 9.68% | 112 |
| 60 | Graham | 520 | 1:333 | 3.95% | 40 |
| 61 | Hutton | 511 | 1:338 | 17.46% | 229 |
| 61 | Greig | 511 | 1:338 | 12.70% | 161 |
| 63 | Wilkie | 510 | 1:339 | 14.70% | 188 |
| 64 | Bruce | 505 | 1:342 | 6.06% | 71 |
| 65 | Rodger | 500 | 1:346 | 14.05% | 184 |
| 66 | Lindsay | 496 | 1:349 | 6.82% | 81 |
| 67 | Herd | 492 | 1:352 | 39.23% | 509 |
| 68 | Gibson | 480 | 1:360 | 4.51% | 56 |
| 69 | Smart | 479 | 1:361 | 15.06% | 205 |
| 69 | Dryburgh | 479 | 1:361 | 72.91% | 843 |
| 71 | Muir | 478 | 1:362 | 4.85% | 59 |
| 71 | Reekie | 478 | 1:362 | 74.69% | 855 |
| 73 | Spence | 476 | 1:363 | 11.30% | 149 |
| 74 | Kirk | 472 | 1:366 | 18.91% | 276 |
| 75 | Galloway | 469 | 1:369 | 15.99% | 227 |
| 76 | Marshall | 460 | 1:376 | 5.07% | 67 |
| 77 | Penman | 459 | 1:377 | 30.42% | 442 |
| 78 | McKenzie | 451 | 1:383 | 1.53% | 10 |
| 79 | Sharp | 447 | 1:387 | 10.14% | 138 |
| 80 | Chalmers | 444 | 1:390 | 7.10% | 98 |
| 81 | Morrison | 443 | 1:390 | 2.50% | 27 |
| 82 | Grieve | 441 | 1:392 | 14.98% | 226 |
| 83 | Ferguson | 438 | 1:395 | 2.88% | 34 |
| 84 | Burt | 432 | 1:400 | 38.54% | 554 |
| 85 | Elder | 431 | 1:401 | 17.97% | 284 |
| 86 | Wishart | 424 | 1:408 | 20.70% | 335 |
| 87 | Webster | 420 | 1:412 | 9.62% | 140 |
| 88 | Whyte | 419 | 1:413 | 9.29% | 128 |
| 89 | Meldrum | 417 | 1:415 | 26.28% | 418 |
| 90 | Paton | 410 | 1:422 | 7.32% | 106 |
| 91 | Wood | 408 | 1:424 | 4.99% | 72 |
| 92 | Moyes | 404 | 1:428 | 54.82% | 785 |
| 93 | Sinclair | 399 | 1:433 | 3.41% | 48 |
| 94 | McIntosh | 396 | 1:437 | 3.50% | 50 |
| 95 | Page | 395 | 1:438 | 47.65% | 715 |
| 95 | Balfour | 395 | 1:438 | 25.42% | 433 |
| 97 | Drummond | 386 | 1:448 | 9.59% | 161 |
| 98 | Gourlay | 385 | 1:449 | 24.74% | 431 |
| 99 | Ness | 379 | 1:456 | 40.02% | 630 |
| 100 | Kidd | 376 | 1:460 | 15.82% | 288 |
| 101 | Wright | 365 | 1:474 | 4.52% | 73 |
| 102 | Lumsden | 362 | 1:478 | 20.13% | 381 |
| 103 | Deas | 361 | 1:479 | 48.52% | 778 |
| 104 | Todd | 360 | 1:480 | 10.54% | 192 |
| 105 | Keddie | 358 | 1:483 | 42.27% | 699 |
| 106 | Inglis | 356 | 1:486 | 8.58% | 152 |
| 107 | McGregor | 348 | 1:497 | 2.74% | 43 |
| 108 | Pearson | 346 | 1:500 | 16.45% | 327 |
| 109 | Fraser | 337 | 1:513 | 1.51% | 15 |
| 109 | Hay | 337 | 1:513 | 4.50% | 80 |
| 111 | Baxter | 336 | 1:515 | 7.67% | 139 |
| 112 | Drysdale | 334 | 1:518 | 16.67% | 347 |
| 113 | Ireland | 333 | 1:519 | 24.38% | 475 |
| 114 | Kay | 329 | 1:526 | 12.21% | 254 |
| 115 | Methven | 327 | 1:529 | 53.00% | 879 |
| 116 | Pratt | 321 | 1:539 | 32.82% | 621 |
| 117 | Skinner | 312 | 1:554 | 14.80% | 325 |
| 118 | Morgan | 308 | 1:562 | 11.22% | 247 |
| 119 | McKay | 307 | 1:563 | 1.29% | 13 |
| 120 | Harley | 305 | 1:567 | 24.94% | 520 |
| 121 | McLaren | 303 | 1:571 | 4.42% | 87 |
| 121 | Hynd | 303 | 1:571 | 45.22% | 828 |
| 123 | Johnstone | 302 | 1:573 | 3.24% | 63 |
| 124 | Honeyman | 299 | 1:578 | 40.41% | 782 |
| 125 | Swan | 297 | 1:582 | 11.70% | 274 |
| 125 | Low | 297 | 1:582 | 7.21% | 154 |
| 127 | Hamilton | 296 | 1:584 | 2.09% | 37 |
| 127 | Gordon | 296 | 1:584 | 2.61% | 49 |
| 127 | Bisset | 296 | 1:584 | 13.44% | 311 |
| 127 | Braid | 296 | 1:584 | 43.59% | 821 |
| 131 | Jack | 295 | 1:586 | 5.51% | 113 |
| 132 | Doig | 294 | 1:588 | 18.62% | 424 |
| 133 | Douglas | 293 | 1:590 | 3.90% | 79 |
| 134 | Grant | 292 | 1:592 | 1.93% | 35 |
| 135 | Lister | 291 | 1:594 | 47.24% | 880 |
| 135 | Forrester | 291 | 1:594 | 17.62% | 405 |
| 137 | Downie | 290 | 1:596 | 9.71% | 221 |
| 138 | Cameron | 289 | 1:598 | 1.45% | 20 |
| 138 | Suttie | 289 | 1:598 | 36.03% | 733 |
| 140 | Milne | 288 | 1:601 | 2.57% | 51 |
| 140 | Gibb | 288 | 1:601 | 7.05% | 156 |
| 142 | Cairns | 285 | 1:607 | 6.58% | 144 |
| 143 | Fleming | 284 | 1:609 | 4.34% | 91 |
| 143 | Duff | 284 | 1:609 | 7.64% | 177 |
| 143 | Stark | 284 | 1:609 | 11.81% | 283 |
| 143 | Fernie | 284 | 1:609 | 43.03% | 838 |
| 147 | Kilgour | 279 | 1:620 | 32.44% | 691 |
| 148 | Bain | 278 | 1:622 | 4.38% | 96 |
| 149 | Innes | 277 | 1:624 | 7.39% | 173 |
| 150 | Malcolm | 276 | 1:627 | 9.03% | 216 |
| 151 | Watt | 273 | 1:634 | 2.97% | 64 |
| 152 | McLeod | 271 | 1:638 | 1.35% | 18 |
| 153 | Crawford | 270 | 1:641 | 3.05% | 68 |
| 153 | Dickson | 270 | 1:641 | 3.48% | 78 |
| 153 | Heggie | 270 | 1:641 | 35.39% | 764 |
| 156 | McLean | 268 | 1:645 | 1.29% | 17 |
| 156 | Crichton | 268 | 1:645 | 12.49% | 318 |
| 158 | Erskine | 266 | 1:650 | 18.33% | 455 |
| 159 | Kinnear | 264 | 1:655 | 22.37% | 535 |
| 160 | Dowie | 262 | 1:660 | 44.18% | 911 |
| 161 | Leitch | 260 | 1:665 | 10.03% | 269 |
| 162 | Hodge | 259 | 1:668 | 16.34% | 421 |
| 163 | Nicholson | 256 | 1:676 | 10.84% | 291 |
| 164 | Gilmour | 253 | 1:684 | 6.87% | 178 |
| 164 | Arnott | 253 | 1:684 | 19.14% | 488 |
| 166 | Stevenson | 252 | 1:686 | 2.75% | 65 |
| 167 | Alexander | 248 | 1:697 | 3.15% | 74 |
| 167 | Pryde | 248 | 1:697 | 33.51% | 782 |
| 169 | Foster | 247 | 1:700 | 17.46% | 464 |
| 170 | Bowman | 246 | 1:703 | 15.89% | 436 |
| 171 | Crombie | 245 | 1:706 | 18.96% | 496 |
| 171 | Nairn | 245 | 1:706 | 20.21% | 524 |
| 173 | Syme | 241 | 1:718 | 23.60% | 603 |
| 174 | Jackson | 238 | 1:727 | 5.48% | 143 |
| 174 | Robb | 238 | 1:727 | 5.28% | 129 |
| 176 | Law | 237 | 1:730 | 6.83% | 189 |
| 176 | Stenhouse | 237 | 1:730 | 22.34% | 580 |
| 178 | Turnbull | 232 | 1:745 | 4.56% | 116 |
| 179 | Forbes | 231 | 1:749 | 2.97% | 76 |
| 180 | Adams | 230 | 1:752 | 5.34% | 146 |
| 181 | Imrie | 229 | 1:755 | 22.17% | 597 |
| 182 | McPherson | 225 | 1:769 | 2.06% | 53 |
| 183 | Dow | 224 | 1:772 | 8.11% | 246 |
| 183 | Peebles | 224 | 1:772 | 20.00% | 555 |
| 185 | Patrick | 223 | 1:776 | 13.75% | 409 |
| 186 | Blair | 219 | 1:790 | 3.96% | 108 |
| 186 | Dalrymple | 219 | 1:790 | 23.10% | 628 |
| 188 | Petrie | 215 | 1:804 | 7.42% | 232 |
| 188 | Carstairs | 215 | 1:804 | 53.09% | 1,208 |
| 190 | Ford | 214 | 1:808 | 11.98% | 383 |
| 190 | Leslie | 214 | 1:808 | 5.93% | 182 |
| 192 | Oswald | 213 | 1:812 | 30.56% | 804 |
| 193 | Carmichael | 212 | 1:816 | 6.44% | 198 |
| 194 | Welsh | 207 | 1:835 | 5.77% | 183 |
| 194 | Hogg | 207 | 1:835 | 4.61% | 131 |
| 194 | Fotheringham | 207 | 1:835 | 18.92% | 568 |
| 197 | Rintoul | 206 | 1:840 | 33.72% | 887 |
| 197 | Dall | 206 | 1:840 | 48.47% | 1,173 |
| 199 | Oliphant | 203 | 1:852 | 29.72% | 818 |
| 199 | Seath | 203 | 1:852 | 69.76% | 1,519 |