1881 census place

St Ives surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in St Ives, 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

186 surnames are listed for St Ives, Cornwall, covering 4,156 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Stevens, with 335 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in St Ives

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	Stevens	335	5.18%	49.58x
2	Quick	181	2.80%	249.66x
3	Trevorrow	168	2.60%	2745.10x
4	Richards	145	2.24%	14.84x
5	Veal	134	2.07%	338.64x
6	Curnow	131	2.02%	588.50x
7	Noall	110	1.70%	2582.16x
8	Bryant	107	1.65%	38.69x
9	Berriman	94	1.45%	615.99x
10	Penberthy	93	1.44%	1288.09x
11	Uren	88	1.36%	359.04x
12	Cocking	77	1.19%	245.38x
13	Care	76	1.17%	528.88x
14	Couch	76	1.17%	197.81x
15	Paynter	76	1.17%	418.73x
16	Pearce	70	1.08%	11.77x
17	Hollow	69	1.07%	985.71x
18	Perkin	67	1.04%	192.20x
19	Freeman	59	0.910%	14.28x
20	Daniel	58	0.900%	40.57x
21	Grenfell	50	0.770%	460.83x
22	Hodge	49	0.760%	30.04x
23	Harry	48	0.740%	102.35x
24	Woolcock	43	0.660%	235.49x
25	Eddy	41	0.630%	105.75x
26	Lander	41	0.630%	92.51x
27	Gyles	40	0.620%	963.86x
28	Jennings	40	0.620%	12.19x
29	Roach	40	0.620%	41.97x
30	Bennetts	38	0.590%	158.14x
31	Ninnes	37	0.570%	1840.80x
32	Rosewall	37	0.570%	1567.80x
33	Geen	36	0.560%	514.29x
34	Nankervis	36	0.560%	770.88x
35	Ninnis	35	0.540%	1198.63x
36	Peters	33	0.510%	14.54x
37	Toman	33	0.510%	1081.97x
38	Craze	32	0.490%	426.67x
39	Hosking	32	0.490%	66.23x
40	Beckerleg	28	0.430%	821.11x
41	Tanner	28	0.430%	19.28x
42	Michell	27	0.420%	87.61x
43	Jacobs	26	0.400%	16.77x
44	Major	25	0.390%	28.63x
45	Berryman	24	0.370%	66.74x
46	Jenkyn	24	0.370%	754.72x
47	Anthony	22	0.340%	29.25x
48	Chard	22	0.340%	60.16x
49	Hocking	22	0.340%	41.64x
50	Murt	22	0.340%	1848.74x
51	Wearne	22	0.340%	272.95x
52	Bamfield	21	0.320%	344.83x
53	Lugg	21	0.320%	108.70x
54	Humphrys	18	0.280%	150.63x
55	Kernick	18	0.280%	400.89x
56	Cowling	17	0.260%	29.86x
57	Jenkin	17	0.260%	33.27x
58	Martins	17	0.260%	160.53x
59	Bassett	16	0.250%	15.84x
60	Peak	16	0.250%	59.04x
61	Wedge	16	0.250%	83.55x
62	Burrell	15	0.230%	17.79x
63	Champion	15	0.230%	22.15x
64	Paull	15	0.230%	66.82x
65	Rouse	15	0.230%	16.16x
66	Bawden	14	0.220%	43.16x
67	Beckerley	14	0.220%	2916.67x
68	Chellew	14	0.220%	459.02x
69	Hawke	14	0.220%	38.63x
70	Laity	14	0.220%	140.56x
71	Renowden	14	0.220%	875.00x
72	Sisley	14	0.220%	243.48x
73	Trevaskis	14	0.220%	482.76x
74	Bennatts	13	0.200%	4642.86x
75	Langford	13	0.200%	12.78x
76	Maddern	13	0.200%	181.31x
77	Hain	12	0.190%	133.48x
78	Hambly	12	0.190%	56.90x
79	Honey	12	0.190%	30.21x
80	Rashleigh	12	0.190%	258.06x
81	Bastian	11	0.170%	308.12x
82	Glasson	11	0.170%	83.84x
83	Hearne	11	0.170%	50.81x
84	Sandow	11	0.170%	462.18x
85	Banfield	10	0.150%	33.80x
86	Boase	10	0.150%	142.86x
87	Hendy	10	0.150%	30.65x
88	Husband	10	0.150%	26.50x
89	Scantlebury	10	0.150%	100.40x
90	Shugg	10	0.150%	925.93x
91	Stratton	10	0.150%	17.83x
92	Trewhella	10	0.150%	216.45x
93	Blewett	9	0.140%	52.05x
94	Date	9	0.140%	96.88x
95	Stoneman	9	0.140%	34.08x
96	Wiles	9	0.140%	16.05x
97	Bottrell	8	0.120%	264.03x
98	Brooking	8	0.120%	50.38x
99	Jago	8	0.120%	32.27x
100	Prynne	8	0.120%	402.01x