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 Bowditch, with 6 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
2901	Bowditch	6	0.000%	0.73x
2902	Bradhurst	6	0.000%	33.98x
2903	Brain	6	0.000%	0.17x
2904	Brann	6	0.000%	2.65x
2905	Bremner	6	0.000%	0.21x
2906	Bryan	6	0.000%	0.07x
2907	Bulger	6	0.000%	1.67x
2908	Burges	6	0.000%	0.73x
2909	Burman	6	0.000%	0.46x
2910	Buttler	6	0.000%	0.60x
2911	Calligan	6	0.000%	0.91x
2912	Carman	6	0.000%	0.54x
2913	Carney	6	0.000%	0.20x
2914	Chant	6	0.000%	0.44x
2915	Charke	6	0.000%	20.90x
2916	Chittock	6	0.000%	1.86x
2917	Churcher	6	0.000%	0.52x
2918	Clemett	6	0.000%	8.76x
2919	Coen	6	0.000%	6.24x
2920	Collet	6	0.000%	2.36x
2921	Colston	6	0.000%	0.99x
2922	Colton	6	0.000%	0.54x
2923	Comer	6	0.000%	0.70x
2924	Comerford	6	0.000%	2.37x
2925	Compton	6	0.000%	0.19x
2926	Cornelly	6	0.000%	38.84x
2927	Cowan	6	0.000%	0.09x
2928	Croker	6	0.000%	0.61x
2929	Cuttell	6	0.000%	2.79x
2930	Dann	6	0.000%	0.29x
2931	Davison	6	0.000%	0.05x
2932	Dear	6	0.000%	0.25x
2933	Delve	6	0.000%	1.38x
2934	Denison	6	0.000%	0.48x
2935	Derrick	6	0.000%	0.32x
2936	Diment	6	0.000%	1.20x
2937	Dinnes	6	0.000%	4.60x
2938	Dorey	6	0.000%	0.53x
2939	Doubleday	6	0.000%	0.87x
2940	Dow	6	0.000%	0.15x
2941	Drinkwater	6	0.000%	0.18x
2942	Ealy	6	0.000%	8.91x
2943	Elger	6	0.000%	3.16x
2944	Elton	6	0.000%	0.45x
2945	Everall	6	0.000%	1.17x
2946	Fagan	6	0.000%	0.38x
2947	Farrington	6	0.000%	0.21x
2948	Farthing	6	0.000%	0.34x
2949	Fell	6	0.000%	0.13x
2950	Finucane	6	0.000%	14.69x
2951	Flowers	6	0.000%	0.22x
2952	Forster	6	0.000%	0.06x
2953	Full	6	0.000%	2.31x
2954	Furlong	6	0.000%	0.52x
2955	Furniss	6	0.000%	0.41x
2956	Gain	6	0.000%	1.39x
2957	Gallie	6	0.000%	1.39x
2958	Garlick	6	0.000%	0.21x
2959	Gately	6	0.000%	8.11x
2960	Gord	6	0.000%	10.45x
2961	Gorrill	6	0.000%	4.90x
2962	Gowman	6	0.000%	5.66x
2963	Greep	6	0.000%	5.43x
2964	Grieve	6	0.000%	0.16x
2965	Gully	6	0.000%	1.05x
2966	Hallet	6	0.000%	1.51x
2967	Hammet	6	0.000%	5.97x
2968	Harm	6	0.000%	8.49x
2969	Haye	6	0.000%	3.18x
2970	Hean	6	0.000%	5.97x
2971	Heathcock	6	0.000%	1.96x
2972	Heep	6	0.000%	8.76x
2973	Helson	6	0.000%	4.35x
2974	Henry	6	0.000%	0.07x
2975	Hern	6	0.000%	0.99x
2976	Heygate	6	0.000%	6.63x
2977	Hind	6	0.000%	0.14x
2978	Hitchcock	6	0.000%	0.16x
2979	Holf	6	0.000%	77.82x
2980	Hood	6	0.000%	0.07x
2981	Hopping	6	0.000%	2.80x
2982	Hotton	6	0.000%	3.12x
2983	Humphry	6	0.000%	0.58x
2984	Hutcheon	6	0.000%	0.66x
2985	Hyslop	6	0.000%	0.32x
2986	Ives	6	0.000%	0.15x
2987	Jefferd	6	0.000%	7.76x
2988	Jefferies	6	0.000%	0.16x
2989	Just	6	0.000%	2.45x
2990	Keeble	6	0.000%	0.26x
2991	Keelan	6	0.000%	4.85x
2992	Kelland	6	0.000%	1.02x
2993	Kenney	6	0.000%	0.33x
2994	Kerswill	6	0.000%	3.88x
2995	Kiddell	6	0.000%	3.25x
2996	Lambe	6	0.000%	1.94x
2997	Lawson	6	0.000%	0.03x
2998	Leat	6	0.000%	1.81x
2999	Legard	6	0.000%	5.13x
3000	Legrice	6	0.000%	7.34x