1881 census place

Falmouth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Falmouth, 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

743 surnames are listed for Falmouth, Cornwall, covering 4,956 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pascoe, with 111 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Falmouth

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	Pascoe	111	0.950%	83.69x
2	Andrew	66	0.560%	17.79x
3	May	64	0.550%	8.59x
4	Truscott	63	0.540%	98.99x
5	Chard	62	0.530%	93.74x
6	Medlin	56	0.480%	695.65x
7	Bray	55	0.470%	13.97x
8	Skinner	54	0.460%	9.09x
9	Dunstan	52	0.440%	78.02x
10	Webber	52	0.440%	14.54x
11	Eva	48	0.410%	195.52x
12	Lowry	46	0.390%	97.33x
13	Toy	45	0.380%	104.36x
14	Hocking	44	0.380%	46.03x
15	Johns	43	0.370%	14.22x
16	Snell	43	0.370%	19.40x
17	Pellow	42	0.360%	210.63x
18	Nicholls	41	0.350%	6.71x
19	Bowden	40	0.340%	11.84x
20	Jenkin	40	0.340%	43.29x
21	Hicks	38	0.320%	7.75x
22	Jackett	36	0.310%	748.44x
23	Drew	35	0.300%	11.32x
24	Kelway	35	0.300%	657.89x
25	Tiddy	35	0.300%	332.70x
26	Pope	34	0.290%	8.43x
27	Strongman	34	0.290%	402.84x
28	Uren	34	0.290%	76.70x
29	Hodge	33	0.280%	11.18x
30	Vincent	32	0.270%	8.76x
31	Peters	31	0.260%	7.55x
32	Rolling	31	0.260%	274.34x
33	Tresidder	31	0.260%	175.84x
34	Davey	30	0.260%	6.23x
35	Downing	30	0.260%	14.74x
36	Scantlebury	29	0.250%	160.93x
37	Haly	28	0.240%	391.61x
38	Symons	28	0.240%	17.40x
39	Christophers	27	0.230%	460.75x
40	Ould	27	0.230%	222.04x
41	Bolitho	26	0.220%	163.01x
42	Gutheridge	25	0.210%	762.20x
43	Wills	25	0.210%	7.14x
44	Barnicoat	24	0.210%	290.91x
45	Jewell	24	0.210%	19.52x
46	Veal	24	0.210%	33.53x
47	Corder	23	0.200%	113.58x
48	Hosking	23	0.200%	26.31x
49	Jose	23	0.200%	108.54x
50	Lanyon	23	0.200%	121.56x
51	Whitford	23	0.200%	62.93x
52	Brewer	22	0.190%	7.09x
53	Cock	22	0.190%	17.09x
54	Tonkin	22	0.190%	38.76x
55	Carne	21	0.180%	64.26x
56	Gay	21	0.180%	13.46x
57	Tregidgo	20	0.170%	1063.83x
58	Angove	19	0.160%	130.32x
59	Broad	19	0.160%	12.77x
60	Prior	19	0.160%	7.01x
61	Bassett	18	0.150%	9.85x
62	Betts	18	0.150%	7.19x
63	Clift	18	0.150%	28.11x
64	Coplin	18	0.150%	575.08x
65	Coward	18	0.150%	13.41x
66	Polglase	18	0.150%	190.27x
67	Pond	18	0.150%	31.71x
68	Woon	18	0.150%	351.56x
69	Brenton	17	0.150%	71.07x
70	Goldsworthy	17	0.150%	35.24x
71	Pitts	17	0.150%	14.16x
72	Pye	17	0.150%	9.71x
73	Vivian	17	0.150%	31.31x
74	Blight	16	0.140%	30.21x
75	Brimacombe	16	0.140%	202.53x
76	Deeble	16	0.140%	188.68x
77	Geach	16	0.140%	80.73x
78	Hawke	16	0.140%	24.41x
79	Hitchens	16	0.140%	56.54x
80	Job	16	0.140%	45.22x
81	Meek	16	0.140%	11.75x
82	Moyle	16	0.140%	28.36x
83	Devonshire	15	0.130%	72.01x
84	Medlyn	15	0.130%	314.47x
85	Millett	15	0.130%	32.27x
86	Paddy	15	0.130%	157.89x
87	Painter	15	0.130%	9.34x
88	Cleave	14	0.120%	41.07x
89	Duckham	14	0.120%	115.89x
90	Gosling	14	0.120%	7.64x
91	Maunder	14	0.120%	26.51x
92	Odgers	14	0.120%	65.24x
93	Riddle	14	0.120%	14.41x
94	Sarah	14	0.120%	179.03x
95	Toms	14	0.120%	15.46x
96	Trethowan	14	0.120%	219.78x
97	Broadley	13	0.110%	16.41x
98	Bullen	13	0.110%	10.47x
99	Glanville	13	0.110%	27.02x
100	Jane	13	0.110%	38.54x