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 Semmens, with 321 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
201	Semmens	321	0.100%	76.90x
202	Angove	320	0.100%	77.68x
203	Jenkins	319	0.100%	0.82x
204	Hitchens	318	0.100%	39.77x
205	Bishop	315	0.100%	1.36x
206	Hore	315	0.100%	27.69x
207	Marks	314	0.090%	4.64x
208	Walters	313	0.090%	1.98x
209	Oates	312	0.090%	6.05x
210	Skinner	311	0.090%	1.85x
211	Heard	310	0.090%	8.82x
212	Bailey	309	0.090%	0.62x
213	Grenfell	308	0.090%	55.56x
214	Hawkey	307	0.090%	57.32x
215	Morcom	299	0.090%	60.98x
216	Tamblyn	299	0.090%	77.58x
217	Moon	297	0.090%	4.26x
218	Northey	297	0.090%	37.35x
219	Polkinghorne	296	0.090%	69.80x
220	Pooley	296	0.090%	11.08x
221	Blamey	295	0.090%	65.96x
222	Clark	290	0.090%	0.29x
223	Clarke	289	0.090%	0.43x
224	Bone	288	0.090%	4.70x
225	Congdon	288	0.090%	43.39x
226	Wearne	288	0.090%	69.91x
227	Jasper	284	0.090%	26.35x
228	Hosken	282	0.090%	70.35x
229	Solomon	282	0.090%	12.56x
230	Wilton	282	0.090%	8.86x
231	Lugg	281	0.090%	28.46x
232	Scantlebury	281	0.090%	55.20x
233	Glanville	280	0.080%	20.60x
234	Maddern	280	0.080%	76.37x
235	Moore	279	0.080%	0.42x
236	Bolitho	276	0.080%	61.26x
237	Tregoning	276	0.080%	69.43x
238	Carlyon	275	0.080%	65.36x
239	Beard	274	0.080%	3.15x
240	Pellow	274	0.080%	48.65x
241	Collings	272	0.080%	6.91x
242	Berriman	271	0.080%	34.76x
243	Nancarrow	269	0.080%	55.87x
244	Osborn	269	0.080%	3.91x
245	Hockin	267	0.080%	39.00x
246	Sleep	266	0.080%	42.94x
247	Bath	265	0.080%	10.68x
248	Yelland	264	0.080%	29.81x
249	Clemens	262	0.080%	39.15x
250	Buckingham	261	0.080%	5.92x
251	Rowse	261	0.080%	33.96x
252	Geach	258	0.080%	46.08x
253	Kitto	256	0.080%	49.96x
254	Kneebone	254	0.080%	48.83x
255	Paynter	253	0.080%	27.27x
256	Dale	250	0.080%	1.79x
257	Trevorrow	250	0.080%	80.00x
258	Roach	249	0.080%	5.11x
259	Lander	248	0.080%	10.95x
260	Lane	248	0.080%	1.09x
261	Palmer	248	0.080%	0.64x
262	Jory	247	0.070%	58.40x
263	Gay	245	0.070%	5.56x
264	Pethick	245	0.070%	51.96x
265	Sweet	245	0.070%	8.21x
266	Billing	244	0.070%	13.25x
267	Ward	244	0.070%	0.34x
268	Wright	244	0.070%	0.23x
269	Kelly	243	0.070%	0.67x
270	Spear	243	0.070%	15.62x
271	Burrows	242	0.070%	1.67x
272	Hollow	242	0.070%	67.64x
273	Harper	241	0.070%	1.14x
274	Trewin	241	0.070%	53.10x
275	West	241	0.070%	0.76x
276	Lee	240	0.070%	0.44x
277	Pearn	240	0.070%	48.95x
278	Penberthy	240	0.070%	65.07x
279	Turner	239	0.070%	0.26x
280	Barnes	237	0.070%	0.60x
281	Rosevear	237	0.070%	58.16x
282	Langdon	236	0.070%	9.18x
283	Crowle	233	0.070%	68.28x
284	Hampton	232	0.070%	4.44x
285	Liddicoat	231	0.070%	79.23x
286	Pearse	231	0.070%	6.57x
287	Gribble	228	0.070%	19.15x
288	Caddy	227	0.070%	24.10x
289	Kellow	227	0.070%	39.23x
290	Old	226	0.070%	16.83x
291	Welch	225	0.070%	1.93x
292	Knuckey	224	0.070%	78.32x
293	Wellington	224	0.070%	14.38x
294	Libby	223	0.070%	51.25x
295	Floyd	222	0.070%	7.06x
296	Ellery	220	0.070%	24.50x
297	Pill	219	0.070%	35.22x
298	Piper	219	0.070%	3.35x
299	Ralph	219	0.070%	4.35x
300	Prisk	217	0.070%	80.86x