1881 census place

Kenwyn surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kenwyn, 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

463 surnames are listed for Kenwyn, Cornwall, covering 4,513 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Martin, with 114 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kenwyn

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	114	1.32%	5.35x
2	Cock	89	1.03%	93.59x
3	Northey	89	1.03%	428.09x
4	Moyle	69	0.800%	165.59x
5	Whitford	65	0.750%	240.74x
6	Davey	64	0.740%	18.00x
7	Bawden	52	0.600%	119.95x
8	Hicks	51	0.590%	14.09x
9	Michell	51	0.590%	123.85x
10	Penrose	51	0.590%	153.57x
11	Woolcock	50	0.580%	204.92x
12	Teague	49	0.570%	100.16x
13	Johns	44	0.510%	19.70x
14	Pascoe	44	0.510%	44.90x
15	Tonkin	44	0.510%	104.94x
16	Oates	43	0.500%	31.90x
17	Bray	39	0.450%	13.41x
18	Jennings	39	0.450%	8.89x
19	Waters	38	0.440%	10.93x
20	Hawke	35	0.400%	72.27x
21	Dyer	34	0.390%	10.15x
22	Andrew	33	0.380%	12.04x
23	Truran	33	0.380%	510.05x
24	Jewell	32	0.370%	35.23x
25	Paull	32	0.370%	106.63x
26	Solomon	32	0.370%	54.51x
27	Buzza	31	0.360%	684.33x
28	Dennis	31	0.360%	12.12x
29	Sandow	31	0.360%	974.84x
30	Keast	30	0.350%	117.79x
31	Tippett	30	0.350%	98.46x
32	Cocking	29	0.340%	69.16x
33	Moon	29	0.340%	15.90x
34	Polkinghorne	29	0.340%	261.50x
35	Osborne	28	0.320%	6.78x
36	Wasley	28	0.320%	220.82x
37	Webber	28	0.320%	10.60x
38	Lanyon	27	0.310%	193.13x
39	Tyack	26	0.300%	348.99x
40	Buckingham	25	0.290%	21.68x
41	Hore	25	0.290%	84.03x
42	Hosking	24	0.280%	37.16x
43	Jeffery	24	0.280%	12.78x
44	Jenkin	24	0.280%	35.15x
45	Jose	24	0.280%	153.35x
46	Mewton	24	0.280%	693.64x
47	Coad	23	0.270%	124.66x
48	Gribble	22	0.250%	70.67x
49	Morcom	22	0.250%	171.61x
50	Truscott	22	0.250%	46.79x
51	Vincent	22	0.250%	8.16x
52	Angove	21	0.240%	194.99x
53	Eva	21	0.240%	115.77x
54	Hawkey	21	0.240%	149.89x
55	Hick	21	0.240%	52.12x
56	Hoare	21	0.240%	12.44x
57	Lobb	21	0.240%	49.20x
58	Scoble	21	0.240%	113.45x
59	Grose	20	0.230%	80.61x
60	Ham	20	0.230%	30.79x
61	Kendall	20	0.230%	10.74x
62	Nancarrow	20	0.230%	158.86x
63	Penna	20	0.230%	337.84x
64	Provis	20	0.230%	357.14x
65	Dunstan	19	0.220%	38.59x
66	Lowry	19	0.220%	54.41x
67	Manuell	19	0.220%	657.44x
68	Robins	19	0.220%	10.37x
69	Trenerry	19	0.220%	424.11x
70	Battershill	18	0.210%	404.49x
71	Kneebone	18	0.210%	132.35x
72	Symons	18	0.210%	15.14x
73	Vigus	18	0.210%	622.84x
74	Carne	17	0.200%	70.42x
75	Cowling	17	0.200%	22.34x
76	Downing	17	0.200%	11.30x
77	Goldsworthy	17	0.200%	47.70x
78	Hocking	17	0.200%	24.08x
79	Julian	17	0.200%	54.05x
80	Skewes	17	0.200%	252.60x
81	Clemens	16	0.190%	91.43x
82	Curnow	16	0.190%	53.78x
83	Hitchens	16	0.190%	76.52x
84	Julyan	16	0.190%	212.20x
85	Lamerton	16	0.190%	209.15x
86	Merrifield	16	0.190%	78.24x
87	Sampson	16	0.190%	10.84x
88	Carlyon	15	0.170%	136.36x
89	Escott	15	0.170%	62.14x
90	Lean	15	0.170%	59.64x
91	Luke	15	0.170%	17.82x
92	Manuel	15	0.170%	57.58x
93	Sobey	15	0.170%	158.90x
94	Champion	14	0.160%	15.47x
95	Endean	14	0.160%	205.28x
96	Eslick	14	0.160%	364.58x
97	Inch	14	0.160%	56.89x
98	Pengelly	14	0.160%	37.90x
99	Clift	13	0.150%	27.48x
100	Deeble	13	0.150%	207.34x