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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 Shelley, with 14 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.

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2001Shelley140.55x
2002Sisley144.77x
2003Slocombe141.32x
2004Smart140.09x
2005Spurway144.56x
2006Sulivan142.31x
2007Temple140.32x
2008Thynne147.04x
2009Toye143.97x
2010Trevett142.62x
2011Wadland1412.68x
2012Wesson141.63x
2013Woodhouse140.18x
2014Youlton1411.42x
2015Algar131.53x
2016Avent134.30x
2017Barlow130.07x
2018Bayley130.24x
2019Beckett130.20x
2020Bennatts1390.59x
2021Bidgood131.98x
2022Blackney1310.61x
2023Bonny132.27x
2024Bovey133.33x
2025Bradshaw130.10x
2026Brownfield1311.00x
2027Budd130.31x
2028Corey137.70x
2029Cork130.53x
2030Cousens131.59x
2031Cummins130.46x
2032Darch132.13x
2033Duncalf133.90x
2034Easton130.26x
2035Elgar131.98x
2036Everest131.15x
2037Eyres131.29x
2038Fenton130.20x
2039Fice1314.18x
2040Frayne135.63x
2041Gillis131.96x
2042Glass130.38x
2043Hankey131.65x
2044Hanley130.48x
2045Hay130.11x
2046Higgens135.23x
2047Irwin130.47x
2048Lapham133.83x
2049Laury1322.64x
2050Leuty1312.66x
2051Littlejohn130.81x
2052Loyd131.00x
2053Melville130.37x
2054Mercer130.15x
2055Muller131.06x
2056Odger1331.00x
2057Pease131.04x
2058Pennington130.27x
2059Pidgeon131.18x
2060Ponsford131.71x
2061Ray130.20x
2062Reeves130.10x
2063Selwood131.46x
2064Sharpe130.13x
2065Sim130.35x
2066Slawson136.65x
2067Sly131.04x
2068Sowton1313.69x
2069Spence130.12x
2070Spratt130.71x
2071Stead130.19x
2072Stockman132.81x
2073Stubbs130.15x
2074Tancock133.61x
2075Tuck130.31x
2076Whiston131.51x
2077Wiles130.45x
2078Wilks130.25x
2079Winnicott1314.36x
2080Worsdell1310.06x
2081Archer120.09x
2082Arther129.97x
2083Bascombe125.35x
2084Bayly122.49x
2085Beauchamp121.07x
2086Bradbury120.13x
2087Brander122.42x
2088Bromley120.24x
2089Browne120.20x
2090Bulford126.79x
2091Carr120.05x
2092Chalk120.55x
2093Chamberlain120.13x
2094Chilcott121.22x
2095Chudley123.14x
2096Cronin121.01x
2097Cudlipp127.71x
2098Davidson120.04x
2099Dobell122.84x
2100Dodge120.92x