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 Morley, with 47 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
1101	Morley	47	0.010%	0.36x
1102	Peak	47	0.010%	3.39x
1103	Trenery	47	0.010%	31.07x
1104	Wedlake	47	0.010%	10.41x
1105	Wilkinson	47	0.010%	0.09x
1106	Barbery	46	0.010%	56.31x
1107	Bell	46	0.010%	0.07x
1108	Branch	46	0.010%	2.72x
1109	Coomb	46	0.010%	37.53x
1110	Elson	46	0.010%	2.22x
1111	Ennor	46	0.010%	57.85x
1112	Exelby	46	0.010%	18.60x
1113	Fuge	46	0.010%	11.90x
1114	Gilbart	46	0.010%	46.81x
1115	Gillard	46	0.010%	1.60x
1116	Gist	46	0.010%	35.30x
1117	Hayes	46	0.010%	0.22x
1118	Hurrell	46	0.010%	2.34x
1119	Luty	46	0.010%	10.76x
1120	Snow	46	0.010%	1.03x
1121	Trenouth	46	0.010%	56.31x
1122	Venton	46	0.010%	14.88x
1123	Willis	46	0.010%	0.26x
1124	Beel	45	0.010%	19.04x
1125	Bunny	45	0.010%	21.79x
1126	Crewes	45	0.010%	48.52x
1127	Hawton	45	0.010%	16.17x
1128	Kelway	45	0.010%	29.96x
1129	Mathew	45	0.010%	3.63x
1130	Metters	45	0.010%	20.27x
1131	Northy	45	0.010%	41.58x
1132	Over	45	0.010%	5.79x
1133	Ryder	45	0.010%	0.79x
1134	Screech	45	0.010%	20.90x
1135	Soloman	45	0.010%	6.24x
1136	Tiller	45	0.010%	5.13x
1137	Wedlock	45	0.010%	16.84x
1138	Woodwards	45	0.010%	15.98x
1139	Button	44	0.010%	1.12x
1140	Cannon	44	0.010%	0.73x
1141	Coath	44	0.010%	25.87x
1142	Collick	44	0.010%	24.90x
1143	Crowl	44	0.010%	43.31x
1144	Flamank	44	0.010%	46.88x
1145	Grylls	44	0.010%	29.74x
1146	Hartley	44	0.010%	0.21x
1147	Haynes	44	0.010%	0.37x
1148	Hingston	44	0.010%	10.22x
1149	Humphries	44	0.010%	0.59x
1150	Ingram	44	0.010%	0.44x
1151	Irons	44	0.010%	2.44x
1152	Juleff	44	0.010%	78.17x
1153	Manning	44	0.010%	0.42x
1154	Mudge	44	0.010%	4.38x
1155	Provis	44	0.010%	20.54x
1156	Westcott	44	0.010%	2.01x
1157	Basset	43	0.010%	14.21x
1158	Gliddon	43	0.010%	10.41x
1159	Gribben	43	0.010%	17.78x
1160	Kingdom	43	0.010%	5.59x
1161	Maker	43	0.010%	8.32x
1162	Netting	43	0.010%	34.16x
1163	Norris	43	0.010%	0.30x
1164	Pellowe	43	0.010%	48.08x
1165	Preston	43	0.010%	0.26x
1166	Rendle	43	0.010%	4.40x
1167	Richard	43	0.010%	1.51x
1168	Richardson	43	0.010%	0.08x
1169	Ryall	43	0.010%	3.85x
1170	Squires	43	0.010%	0.92x
1171	Thorn	43	0.010%	0.87x
1172	Vian	43	0.010%	37.45x
1173	Walls	43	0.010%	1.08x
1174	Arnold	42	0.010%	0.24x
1175	Chegwin	42	0.010%	39.62x
1176	Clogg	42	0.010%	23.62x
1177	Devonshire	42	0.010%	7.14x
1178	Dinnis	42	0.010%	19.11x
1179	Eustace	42	0.010%	4.53x
1180	Gibbs	42	0.010%	0.26x
1181	Gyles	42	0.010%	19.81x
1182	Hoskins	42	0.010%	1.30x
1183	Laurance	42	0.010%	4.81x
1184	Lockett	42	0.010%	1.75x
1185	Salt	42	0.010%	0.85x
1186	Visick	42	0.010%	59.42x
1187	Wade	42	0.010%	0.32x
1188	Walker	42	0.010%	0.04x
1189	Bird	41	0.010%	0.16x
1190	Branwell	41	0.010%	25.61x
1191	Buller	41	0.010%	3.80x
1192	Burrell	41	0.010%	0.95x
1193	Camps	41	0.010%	11.49x
1194	Hand	41	0.010%	1.03x
1195	Jolliff	41	0.010%	30.95x
1196	Launder	41	0.010%	16.95x
1197	Manuell	41	0.010%	37.13x
1198	Parken	41	0.010%	35.03x
1199	Price	41	0.010%	0.07x
1200	Rose	41	0.010%	0.17x