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 Southern, with 54 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
1001	Southern	54	0.020%	1.77x
1002	Spiller	54	0.020%	2.87x
1003	Tanner	54	0.020%	0.73x
1004	Wales	54	0.020%	2.02x
1005	Blackwell	53	0.020%	0.88x
1006	Datson	53	0.020%	33.57x
1007	Dixon	53	0.020%	0.15x
1008	Dunston	53	0.020%	11.85x
1009	Hoblyn	53	0.020%	38.71x
1010	Houghton	53	0.020%	0.46x
1011	Isaac	53	0.020%	1.28x
1012	Miles	53	0.020%	0.27x
1013	Mitchel	53	0.020%	1.64x
1014	Passmore	53	0.020%	2.74x
1015	Phillipps	53	0.020%	8.41x
1016	Pike	53	0.020%	0.55x
1017	Roscorla	53	0.020%	71.63x
1018	Shears	53	0.020%	3.64x
1019	Southey	53	0.020%	8.45x
1020	Trewern	53	0.020%	90.58x
1021	Ashford	52	0.020%	1.59x
1022	Callaway	52	0.020%	5.76x
1023	Clifton	52	0.020%	1.11x
1024	Colliver	52	0.020%	36.23x
1025	Lavers	52	0.020%	6.62x
1026	Luxon	52	0.020%	21.31x
1027	Nute	52	0.020%	42.81x
1028	Statton	52	0.020%	40.25x
1029	Thorne	52	0.020%	0.75x
1030	Trathen	52	0.020%	57.42x
1031	Bastard	51	0.020%	10.97x
1032	Coom	51	0.020%	44.84x
1033	Coppin	51	0.020%	4.89x
1034	Crothers	51	0.020%	27.49x
1035	Darlington	51	0.020%	2.27x
1036	Dinner	51	0.020%	32.75x
1037	Guest	51	0.020%	0.72x
1038	Hutchins	51	0.020%	1.53x
1039	Laurence	51	0.020%	1.08x
1040	Lemin	51	0.020%	36.65x
1041	Mead	51	0.020%	0.66x
1042	Perryman	51	0.020%	4.28x
1043	Pine	51	0.020%	5.18x
1044	Plummer	51	0.020%	1.15x
1045	Salter	51	0.020%	0.67x
1046	Smitheram	51	0.020%	45.73x
1047	Tangye	51	0.020%	57.73x
1048	Vigus	51	0.020%	46.18x
1049	Watson	51	0.020%	0.07x
1050	Wilcocks	51	0.020%	7.34x
1051	William	51	0.020%	1.81x
1052	Barns	50	0.020%	2.34x
1053	Caunter	50	0.020%	14.80x
1054	Escott	50	0.020%	5.42x
1055	Frances	50	0.020%	2.40x
1056	Hammer	50	0.020%	20.12x
1057	Hodges	50	0.020%	0.52x
1058	Lukes	50	0.020%	18.79x
1059	Routley	50	0.020%	12.14x
1060	Shaw	50	0.020%	0.08x
1061	Soper	50	0.020%	2.44x
1062	Tape	50	0.020%	37.12x
1063	Trewartha	50	0.020%	55.21x
1064	Trudgen	50	0.020%	69.67x
1065	Bellman	49	0.010%	14.94x
1066	Brimacombe	49	0.010%	21.97x
1067	Calf	49	0.010%	33.87x
1068	Courts	49	0.010%	14.84x
1069	Dudley	49	0.010%	0.99x
1070	Eslick	49	0.010%	33.36x
1071	Grant	49	0.010%	0.15x
1072	Ninnes	49	0.010%	47.72x
1073	Prater	49	0.010%	12.97x
1074	Pyatt	49	0.010%	7.78x
1075	Sparks	49	0.010%	0.98x
1076	Staple	49	0.010%	10.69x
1077	Stick	49	0.010%	46.23x
1078	Wilce	49	0.010%	20.54x
1079	Bennetto	48	0.010%	82.04x
1080	Benoy	48	0.010%	46.25x
1081	Browning	48	0.010%	0.71x
1082	Cardew	48	0.010%	16.98x
1083	Courage	48	0.010%	19.40x
1084	Crase	48	0.010%	55.74x
1085	Horrell	48	0.010%	9.29x
1086	Moses	48	0.010%	1.42x
1087	Newcombe	48	0.010%	2.06x
1088	Randall	48	0.010%	0.46x
1089	Sloman	48	0.010%	6.83x
1090	Stewart	48	0.010%	0.09x
1091	Tremelling	48	0.010%	49.96x
1092	Wise	48	0.010%	0.70x
1093	Barron	47	0.010%	0.92x
1094	Brent	47	0.010%	7.35x
1095	Commons	47	0.010%	19.08x
1096	Dean	47	0.010%	0.20x
1097	Duff	47	0.010%	0.80x
1098	Gynn	47	0.010%	33.52x
1099	Haly	47	0.010%	23.26x
1100	Jelbart	47	0.010%	80.33x