1881 census place

Bodmin surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bodmin, Cornwall in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

324 surnames are listed for Bodmin, Cornwall, covering 2,287 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bray, with 62 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bodmin

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Bray	62	1.13%	33.70x
2	Stephens	58	1.06%	19.10x
3	Jago	57	1.04%	271.95x
4	Hawke	43	0.790%	140.34x
5	Hambly	37	0.680%	207.52x
6	Lobb	35	0.640%	129.58x
7	Dawe	34	0.620%	71.40x
8	Best	32	0.580%	21.70x
9	Goss	31	0.570%	65.06x
10	Climo	30	0.550%	1000.00x
11	Dymond	29	0.530%	151.12x
12	Pascoe	29	0.530%	46.77x
13	Udy	29	0.530%	870.87x
14	Solomon	28	0.510%	75.37x
15	Woolcock	28	0.510%	181.35x
16	Whiting	26	0.480%	24.68x
17	Jane	25	0.460%	158.53x
18	Wills	25	0.460%	15.28x
19	Liddell	24	0.440%	47.82x
20	Couch	23	0.420%	70.79x
21	Scantlebury	23	0.420%	273.16x
22	Hamley	22	0.400%	317.00x
23	Maker	22	0.400%	257.31x
24	Hawken	21	0.380%	147.89x
25	Lander	21	0.380%	56.03x
26	Sandercock	21	0.380%	215.61x
27	Carhart	20	0.370%	1129.94x
28	Levers	20	0.370%	356.51x
29	Symons	20	0.370%	26.59x
30	Verran	20	0.370%	615.38x
31	Ham	17	0.310%	41.37x
32	Hugo	17	0.310%	236.77x
33	Mudge	17	0.310%	102.22x
34	Bate	16	0.290%	17.25x
35	Bricknell	16	0.290%	160.97x
36	Broad	16	0.290%	23.00x
37	Higgs	16	0.290%	16.04x
38	Mannell	16	0.290%	329.22x
39	Phillipps	16	0.290%	153.40x
40	Spear	16	0.290%	62.16x
41	Weary	16	0.290%	1151.08x
42	Grose	15	0.270%	95.54x
43	Jenkin	15	0.270%	34.73x
44	Retallick	15	0.270%	383.63x
45	Tank	15	0.270%	892.86x
46	Pedlar	14	0.260%	235.69x
47	Sleeman	14	0.260%	79.14x
48	Tonkin	14	0.260%	52.77x
49	Billing	13	0.240%	42.65x
50	Cock	13	0.240%	21.61x
51	Hore	13	0.240%	69.08x
52	Shelley	13	0.240%	30.68x
53	Wellington	13	0.240%	50.43x
54	Crabb	12	0.220%	21.14x
55	Edyvean	12	0.220%	609.14x
56	Mewton	12	0.220%	547.95x
57	Pearn	12	0.220%	147.97x
58	Philp	12	0.220%	32.18x
59	Yeo	12	0.220%	41.65x
60	Benney	11	0.200%	176.00x
61	Burrow	11	0.200%	29.29x
62	Elford	11	0.200%	66.07x
63	Ellicott	11	0.200%	176.57x
64	Higman	11	0.200%	155.15x
65	Moffatt	11	0.200%	31.24x
66	Sandy	11	0.200%	57.89x
67	Brenton	10	0.180%	89.45x
68	Buscombe	10	0.180%	1449.28x
69	Dimond	10	0.180%	62.62x
70	Henwood	10	0.180%	43.65x
71	Hocking	10	0.180%	22.39x
72	Meager	10	0.180%	132.80x
73	Northcott	10	0.180%	40.31x
74	Oke	10	0.180%	181.16x
75	Pellow	10	0.180%	107.30x
76	Roscorla	10	0.180%	819.67x
77	Sibley	10	0.180%	22.69x
78	Sowden	10	0.180%	32.33x
79	Beswetherick	9	0.160%	403.59x
80	Coad	9	0.160%	77.05x
81	Hoskin	9	0.160%	36.70x
82	Hurden	9	0.160%	424.53x
83	Lawry	9	0.160%	86.54x
84	Liddicoat	9	0.160%	186.72x
85	Mullis	9	0.160%	85.39x
86	Rank	9	0.160%	311.42x
87	Renals	9	0.160%	681.82x
88	Treverton	9	0.160%	328.47x
89	Vague	9	0.160%	588.24x
90	Arther	8	0.150%	402.01x
91	Baron	8	0.150%	14.12x
92	Burrough	8	0.150%	67.57x
93	Dumble	8	0.150%	202.02x
94	Glanville	8	0.150%	35.57x
95	Hender	8	0.150%	185.61x
96	Hosking	8	0.150%	19.58x
97	Julian	8	0.150%	40.20x
98	Keast	8	0.150%	49.63x
99	Newbold	8	0.150%	20.05x
100	Parkyn	8	0.150%	120.66x