Clans of Fife
The Kingdom — St Andrews, Falkland, the East Neuk.
Families seated in Fife
- WilsonSon of Will — second most common surname in Scotland, behind Smith.
- ThomsonSon of Thomas — the Lowland Scots form, no 'p', distinguishing it from English Thompson.
- ClarkThe clerk — the literate man — when literacy was a profession.
- WalkerThe cloth-fuller — the foot trade that thickened the medieval weave.
- Clan PatersonSon of Patrick — the Lowland patronymic of Scotland.
Historic ties to Fife
Families with historic but not core ground here.