1881 census county

Cornwall surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cornwall in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

6,446 surnames are listed for Cornwall, covering 295,915 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Williams, with 6,800 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cornwall

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Williams	6,800	2.06%	2.86x
2	Thomas	5,132	1.55%	3.76x
3	Richards	4,269	1.29%	8.55x
4	Harris	2,936	0.890%	3.49x
5	Roberts	2,460	0.740%	1.98x
6	Martin	2,437	0.740%	2.99x
7	Pearce	2,348	0.710%	7.73x
8	Stephens	2,348	0.710%	12.79x
9	Johns	2,243	0.680%	26.26x
10	Mitchell	2,072	0.630%	3.09x
11	Pascoe	2,060	0.620%	54.98x
12	Nicholls	1,799	0.540%	10.41x
13	Phillips	1,652	0.500%	2.79x
14	Hicks	1,602	0.480%	11.57x
15	Hocking	1,573	0.480%	58.26x
16	Harvey	1,557	0.470%	4.41x
17	Jenkin	1,552	0.470%	59.45x
18	Rogers	1,490	0.450%	3.47x
19	Hosking	1,434	0.430%	58.07x
20	Bray	1,406	0.430%	12.64x
21	Symons	1,348	0.410%	29.66x
22	Smith	1,303	0.390%	0.28x
23	Davey	1,290	0.390%	9.49x
24	Bennett	1,276	0.390%	2.35x
25	May	1,247	0.380%	5.92x
26	Cock	1,231	0.370%	33.85x
27	Hill	1,205	0.360%	1.43x
28	Stevens	1,173	0.350%	3.40x
29	Matthews	1,146	0.350%	3.97x
30	Brown	1,136	0.340%	0.52x
31	Hooper	1,125	0.340%	8.03x
32	Edwards	1,064	0.320%	1.15x
33	Allen	1,041	0.310%	1.67x
34	White	1,022	0.310%	0.96x
35	Andrew	1,012	0.310%	9.66x
36	Eddy	998	0.300%	50.37x
37	Wills	990	0.300%	10.01x
38	Dunstan	969	0.290%	51.46x
39	Tonkin	961	0.290%	59.93x
40	Collins	951	0.290%	2.00x
41	Gilbert	914	0.280%	4.85x
42	Uren	912	0.280%	72.82x
43	Bennetts	910	0.280%	74.10x
44	Oliver	879	0.270%	3.73x
45	Lobb	878	0.270%	53.79x
46	Bawden	852	0.260%	51.40x
47	George	839	0.250%	4.32x
48	Chapman	835	0.250%	1.78x
49	Moyle	828	0.250%	51.96x
50	Reynolds	821	0.250%	2.87x
51	Rundle	805	0.240%	40.77x
52	Hodge	799	0.240%	9.59x
53	Curnow	798	0.240%	70.15x
54	Knight	790	0.240%	1.94x
55	Truscott	786	0.240%	43.72x
56	Michell	782	0.240%	49.66x
57	Hawke	775	0.230%	41.85x
58	Rickard	762	0.230%	33.77x
59	Peters	735	0.220%	6.34x
60	Warren	731	0.220%	3.31x
61	Snell	706	0.210%	11.27x
62	Osborne	696	0.210%	4.41x
63	Jones	692	0.210%	0.18x
64	Nicholas	673	0.200%	10.42x
65	Ellis	672	0.200%	1.40x
66	Taylor	657	0.200%	0.31x
67	Tucker	649	0.200%	3.55x
68	Reed	636	0.190%	2.63x
69	Keast	624	0.190%	64.06x
70	Berryman	618	0.190%	33.63x
71	Jewell	612	0.190%	17.62x
72	Dawe	603	0.180%	20.95x
73	Vincent	603	0.180%	5.85x
74	Gill	600	0.180%	2.56x
75	Jeffery	587	0.180%	8.17x
76	Couch	584	0.180%	29.74x
77	Parsons	581	0.180%	2.31x
78	Opie	580	0.180%	64.28x
79	Hall	559	0.170%	0.57x
80	Kent	559	0.170%	4.01x
81	Hambly	556	0.170%	51.58x
82	Hawken	549	0.170%	63.98x
83	Ball	540	0.160%	1.98x
84	Woolcock	539	0.160%	57.76x
85	Pengelly	537	0.160%	38.02x
86	Broad	536	0.160%	12.75x
87	Webber	534	0.160%	5.28x
88	Martyn	533	0.160%	40.29x
89	Evans	523	0.160%	0.36x
90	Bryant	522	0.160%	3.69x
91	Vivian	519	0.160%	33.83x
92	Pollard	516	0.160%	4.28x
93	Bowden	512	0.150%	5.36x
94	Carter	495	0.150%	0.89x
95	Rodda	495	0.150%	59.45x
96	Cowling	493	0.150%	16.94x
97	Philp	490	0.150%	21.74x
98	Hoskin	489	0.150%	32.99x
99	Treloar	489	0.150%	76.34x
100	Grose	485	0.150%	51.13x