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 Lethbridge, with 20 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
1701	Lethbridge	20	0.010%	2.06x
1702	Norman	20	0.010%	0.13x
1703	Norrish	20	0.010%	4.56x
1704	Oxenham	20	0.010%	3.89x
1705	Pitt	20	0.010%	0.28x
1706	Serjeant	20	0.010%	7.24x
1707	Shute	20	0.010%	1.51x
1708	Soby	20	0.010%	15.35x
1709	Spencer	20	0.010%	0.07x
1710	Stantan	20	0.010%	62.46x
1711	Willy	20	0.010%	5.45x
1712	Aire	19	0.010%	35.86x
1713	Anstis	19	0.010%	17.56x
1714	Auger	19	0.010%	3.17x
1715	Bree	19	0.010%	6.47x
1716	Brimmell	19	0.010%	23.26x
1717	Channon	19	0.010%	2.23x
1718	Copeland	19	0.010%	0.61x
1719	Culley	19	0.010%	1.36x
1720	Dayman	19	0.010%	6.40x
1721	Eliott	19	0.010%	5.41x
1722	Folly	19	0.010%	8.87x
1723	Griffith	19	0.010%	0.18x
1724	Groves	19	0.010%	0.20x
1725	Herd	19	0.010%	0.78x
1726	Heynes	19	0.010%	12.03x
1727	Hornbrook	19	0.010%	18.91x
1728	Huggins	19	0.010%	0.68x
1729	Husson	19	0.010%	10.00x
1730	Kenner	19	0.010%	19.55x
1731	Lawton	19	0.010%	0.22x
1732	Lay	19	0.010%	0.77x
1733	Maclean	19	0.010%	0.52x
1734	Moreton	19	0.010%	0.77x
1735	Moyes	19	0.010%	1.34x
1736	Munday	19	0.010%	0.49x
1737	Neale	19	0.010%	0.24x
1738	Noel	19	0.010%	2.12x
1739	Pasco	19	0.010%	13.99x
1740	Pett	19	0.010%	2.09x
1741	Popplestone	19	0.010%	9.25x
1742	Rawe	19	0.010%	24.58x
1743	Rockey	19	0.010%	11.10x
1744	Sluman	19	0.010%	19.12x
1745	Squance	19	0.010%	10.00x
1746	Start	19	0.010%	2.48x
1747	Western	19	0.010%	1.37x
1748	Witheridge	19	0.010%	7.11x
1749	Youlden	19	0.010%	9.15x
1750	Addison	18	0.010%	0.39x
1751	Alger	18	0.010%	2.38x
1752	Balson	18	0.010%	7.84x
1753	Beckerley	18	0.010%	74.14x
1754	Betts	18	0.010%	0.25x
1755	Bricknell	18	0.010%	3.00x
1756	Cameron	18	0.010%	0.07x
1757	Candy	18	0.010%	1.53x
1758	Combe	18	0.010%	2.40x
1759	Cortis	18	0.010%	39.75x
1760	Cousins	18	0.010%	0.30x
1761	Cradock	18	0.010%	4.97x
1762	Denner	18	0.010%	6.29x
1763	Denton	18	0.010%	0.30x
1764	Dodd	18	0.010%	0.13x
1765	Dove	18	0.010%	0.48x
1766	Dunning	18	0.010%	0.64x
1767	Eastlake	18	0.010%	9.59x
1768	Eyre	18	0.010%	0.45x
1769	Frazier	18	0.010%	6.39x
1770	Greenway	18	0.010%	0.73x
1771	Harrington	18	0.010%	0.29x
1772	Hynes	18	0.010%	2.26x
1773	Johnston	18	0.010%	0.07x
1774	Mabley	18	0.010%	13.93x
1775	Macey	18	0.010%	0.99x
1776	Merrett	18	0.010%	0.89x
1777	Morcombe	18	0.010%	10.19x
1778	Motton	18	0.010%	17.16x
1779	Mountstephen	18	0.010%	14.42x
1780	Pitman	18	0.010%	0.60x
1781	Pound	18	0.010%	1.14x
1782	Renals	18	0.010%	22.64x
1783	Robertson	18	0.010%	0.03x
1784	Ryan	18	0.010%	0.18x
1785	Samson	18	0.010%	0.76x
1786	Sibley	18	0.010%	0.68x
1787	Stickland	18	0.010%	1.32x
1788	Stott	18	0.010%	0.17x
1789	Thornton	18	0.010%	0.11x
1790	Tilly	18	0.010%	1.78x
1791	Vennard	18	0.010%	33.27x
1792	Vicary	18	0.010%	2.05x
1793	Voss	18	0.010%	2.23x
1794	Whitting	18	0.010%	4.13x
1795	Wren	18	0.010%	0.50x
1796	Yeates	18	0.010%	0.99x
1797	Alexander	17	0.010%	0.10x
1798	Allis	17	0.010%	7.66x
1799	Black	17	0.010%	0.08x
1800	Brighton	17	0.010%	1.45x