1881 census place

Gwennap surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Gwennap, 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

277 surnames are listed for Gwennap, Cornwall, covering 3,778 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Martin, with 141 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Gwennap

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	Martin	141	2.26%	9.17x
2	Richards	122	1.96%	12.95x
3	Bray	93	1.49%	44.33x
4	Bawden	91	1.46%	291.01x
5	Kinsman	81	1.30%	643.88x
6	Andrew	78	1.25%	39.45x
7	Michell	78	1.25%	262.54x
8	Dunstan	71	1.14%	199.89x
9	Nicholls	62	0.990%	19.03x
10	Opie	60	0.960%	352.53x
11	Davey	56	0.900%	21.83x
12	Pascoe	56	0.900%	79.22x
13	Spargo	55	0.880%	475.78x
14	Goldsworthy	54	0.870%	210.04x
15	Barnett	50	0.800%	17.77x
16	Moyle	50	0.800%	166.33x
17	Hitchens	46	0.740%	305.04x
18	Whitford	45	0.720%	231.01x
19	Verran	43	0.690%	1159.03x
20	Peters	42	0.670%	19.20x
21	Jory	41	0.660%	513.78x
22	Odgers	37	0.590%	323.43x
23	Cornish	36	0.580%	39.99x
24	Blamey	35	0.560%	414.69x
25	Jenkin	35	0.560%	71.07x
26	Jose	34	0.550%	301.15x
27	Kemp	34	0.550%	9.83x
28	Hooper	33	0.530%	12.49x
29	Uren	33	0.530%	139.71x
30	Hocking	32	0.510%	62.82x
31	Kent	32	0.510%	12.17x
32	Tregoning	31	0.500%	413.33x
33	Curnow	30	0.480%	139.80x
34	Morcom	30	0.480%	324.32x
35	Simmons	30	0.480%	11.78x
36	Trengove	29	0.460%	1094.34x
37	Carbis	27	0.430%	675.00x
38	Job	26	0.420%	137.93x
39	Knuckey	26	0.420%	481.48x
40	Ralph	26	0.420%	27.37x
41	Cocking	25	0.400%	82.64x
42	Lawn	25	0.400%	158.93x
43	Tiddy	24	0.380%	428.57x
44	Annear	23	0.370%	398.61x
45	Darlington	23	0.370%	54.26x
46	Magor	23	0.370%	356.04x
47	Pryor	23	0.370%	55.24x
48	Rowse	23	0.370%	158.62x
49	Holman	22	0.350%	24.84x
50	Oates	22	0.350%	22.63x
51	Bembow	21	0.340%	958.90x
52	Dower	21	0.340%	272.37x
53	Hosking	21	0.340%	45.08x
54	Lean	21	0.340%	115.70x
55	Barratt	20	0.320%	15.80x
56	Gregor	20	0.320%	191.94x
57	Gribble	20	0.320%	89.05x
58	Furze	18	0.290%	135.44x
59	Kellow	18	0.290%	164.84x
60	Lobb	18	0.290%	58.46x
61	Murton	18	0.290%	85.23x
62	Allis	17	0.270%	405.73x
63	Bennetts	17	0.270%	73.37x
64	Trebilcock	17	0.270%	180.85x
65	Treweek	17	0.270%	539.68x
66	Coad	16	0.260%	120.21x
67	Oppy	16	0.260%	946.75x
68	Ham	15	0.240%	32.02x
69	Teague	15	0.240%	42.51x
70	Halse	14	0.220%	150.38x
71	Mayne	14	0.220%	37.95x
72	Painter	14	0.220%	16.36x
73	Polkinghorne	14	0.220%	175.00x
74	Whitburn	14	0.220%	289.86x
75	Woolcock	14	0.220%	79.55x
76	Jolly	13	0.210%	14.70x
77	Letcher	13	0.210%	226.09x
78	Sandow	13	0.210%	567.69x
79	Tippett	13	0.210%	59.14x
80	Trelease	13	0.210%	577.78x
81	Tripp	13	0.210%	42.68x
82	Carne	12	0.190%	68.89x
83	Dabb	12	0.190%	483.87x
84	Herring	12	0.190%	18.76x
85	Jacka	12	0.190%	400.00x
86	Puckey	12	0.190%	198.68x
87	Treloar	12	0.190%	99.34x
88	Trethewey	12	0.190%	146.16x
89	Treverton	12	0.190%	384.62x
90	Blackler	11	0.180%	92.98x
91	Blewett	11	0.180%	65.99x
92	Bosanko	11	0.180%	379.31x
93	Buzza	11	0.180%	336.39x
94	Cann	11	0.180%	19.03x
95	Clymo	11	0.180%	650.89x
96	Combellack	11	0.180%	488.89x
97	Jeffry	11	0.180%	152.14x
98	Nettle	11	0.180%	168.71x
99	Northey	11	0.180%	73.33x
100	Pengilly	11	0.180%	176.00x