Top surnames from the 1881 census in Michaelstow, Cornwall

Michaelstow is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cornwall

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
NICHOLS146.3063193.64
HARRIS125.405421.27
NEAL94.0541136.99
DAVEY83.603687.62
TONKIN83.6036740.74
GILLETT73.1532299.15
TEAGUE73.1532555.56
MITCHELL62.702713.32
TREMAIN62.70272,142.86
HILLMAN62.7027314.14
MARTIN62.702710.97
SYMONS62.7027196.72
COUCH62.7027454.55
SOMERS52.2523666.67
HEWETT52.2523193.80
ELFORD52.2523735.29
HAWKEN52.2523862.07
SLEEMAN41.8018555.56
HOSKIN41.8018404.04
MUTTON41.8018487.80
SMITH41.80181.28
BATTEN41.8018195.12
BATE31.351479.79
MATHEW31.3514361.45
MARTYN31.3514337.08
BUTTON31.3514114.07
MATHEWS31.351436.59
ROWE31.351423.79
TREWIN20.9009666.67
COLLIVER20.90092,000.00
BENNETT20.90095.48
KELLOW20.9009512.82
CROCKER20.900967.11
FRANCIS20.900915.13
BROAD10.450535.46
EVERET10.45051,000.00
ROBERTS10.45051.20
KNIGHT10.45053.66
TOM10.4505833.33
PARSONS10.45055.93
SWEET10.450550.00
SOBEY10.4505416.67
MAY10.45057.08
SCOTT10.45051.78
PROUT10.450590.91
STEPHEN10.450525.71
MORRISH10.4505113.64
WORTH10.450550.25
DOWN10.450537.45
POTE10.45051,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TREMAIN0.222222142.8571
COLLIVER0.222222000.0000
EVERET0.222221000.0000
POTE0.222221000.0000
HAWKEN0.22222862.0690
TOM0.22222833.3333
TONKIN0.22222740.7407
ELFORD0.22222735.2941
SOMERS0.22222666.6667
TREWIN0.22222666.6667
TEAGUE0.22222555.5556
SLEEMAN0.22222555.5556
KELLOW0.22222512.8205
MUTTON0.22222487.8049
COUCH0.22222454.5455
SOBEY0.22222416.6667
HOSKIN0.22222404.0404
MATHEW0.22222361.4458
MARTYN0.22222337.0787
HILLMAN0.22222314.1361
GILLETT0.22222299.1453
SYMONS0.22222196.7213
BATTEN0.22222195.1220
HEWETT0.22222193.7984
NICHOLS0.22222193.6376
NEAL0.22222136.9863
BUTTON0.22222114.0684
MORRISH0.22222113.6364
PROUT0.2222290.9091
DAVEY0.2222287.6232
IRONS0.2222282.6446
BATE0.2222279.7872
CROCKER0.2222267.1141
WORTH0.2222250.2513
SWEET0.2222250.0000
DOWN0.2222237.4532
MATHEWS0.2222236.5854
BROAD0.2222235.4610
STEPHEN0.2222225.7069
ROWE0.2222223.7906
HARRIS0.2222221.2691
FRANCIS0.2222215.1286
MITCHELL0.2222213.3245
MARTIN0.2222210.9709
MAY0.222227.0771
PARSONS0.222225.9277
BENNETT0.222225.4810
KNIGHT0.222223.6550
SCOTT0.222221.7803
HILL0.222221.7687

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 222 people called TREMAIN in Michaelstow at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2142.8571 in Michaelstow means that 2142.8571% of the people in Michaelstow on census day were called TREMAIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TREMAIN in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called TREMAIN as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called TREMAIN here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called TREMAIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Michaelstow means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TREMAIN in Michaelstow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Michaelstow in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

BATE (3)  BATTEN (4)  BENNETT (2)  BESWETHERAK (1)  BROAD (1)  BUTTON (3)  CHARART (1)  COLLIVER (2)  COUCH (6)  CROCKER (2)  CRAHART (5)  DAVEY (8)  DOWN (1)  ELFORD (5)  EVERET (1)  FINIMORE (7)  FRANCIS (2)  GILLETT (7)  GIMBLET (6)  GLAISTER (1)  HARRIS (12)  HAWKEN (5)  HEWETT (5)  HILL (1)  HILLMAN (6)  HOCKEN (2)  HOSKIN (4)  IRONS (1)  KELLOW (2)  KNIGHT (1)  MARTYN (3)  MARTIN (6)  MATHEW (3)  MATHEWS (3)  MAY (1)  MITCHELL (6)  MUTTON (4)  MORRISH (1)  NEAL (9)  NICHOLS (14)  OATEN (1)  PARSONS (1)  PETHICK (2)  POTE (1)  PROUT (1)  RUNNALLS (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWE (3)  SCOTT (1)  SECCOMBE (6)  SYMONS (6)  SLEEMAN (4)  SMITH (4)  SOBEY (1)  STEPHEN (1)  SOMERS (5)  SWEET (1)  TEAGUE (7)  TOM (1)  TONKIN (8)  TREMAIN (6)  TREWIN (2)  WORTH (1)