Top surnames from the 1881 census in Morwenstow, Cornwall

Morwenstow 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
TAPE384.685611,515.15
HAMBLY354.31571,325.76
COTTLE293.5758726.82
HARRIS242.959311.64
JEWELL202.4661234.74
BURROW182.2195323.16
CANN172.0962226.36
BAILEY172.096213.92
HOAR141.7263419.16
WICKETT141.72631,573.03
FOUND141.72631,555.56
SHORT141.726344.19
VANSTONE141.7263600.86
ASHTON141.726335.24
HAM131.6030213.46
GILBERT111.356423.81
HOBBS101.233033.84
STEVENS101.233011.81
JEFFERY91.109751.11
HEARD91.1097104.41
PASCOE80.986487.05
COWLING80.9864112.04
CLARKE80.98644.87
MUGFORD80.9864555.56
PROUSE80.9864588.24
WONNACOTT80.9864740.74
OSBORNE70.863118.08
BURROWS70.863119.72
PRUST70.86311,093.75
MARTYN70.8631216.05
CARTHEW70.8631833.33
VINSON70.8631875.00
THORNE70.863140.94
CORNISH60.739851.28
KINSMAN60.7398365.85
GRILLS60.7398731.71
WARREN60.739811.07
JUDD60.739856.98
JESSE60.73981,153.85
BOND60.739813.98
LUXTON60.7398167.13
LANE50.61658.95
DAVEY50.616515.00
JENNINGS50.616512.16
MILLS50.61654.75
BARTLETT50.616514.08
PIPER50.616531.19
LUCAS50.616513.33
OLDE50.61654,166.67
SHEPHERD50.61658.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TAPE0.8181111515.1515
OLDE0.818114166.6667
DARRACOTT0.818112666.6667
WICKETT0.818111573.0337
FOUND0.818111555.5556
HAMBLY0.818111325.7576
JESSE0.818111153.8462
PRUST0.818111093.7500
VINSON0.81811875.0000
BARY0.81811833.3333
CARTHEW0.81811833.3333
WONNACOTT0.81811740.7407
GRILLS0.81811731.7073
COTTLE0.81811726.8170
VANSTONE0.81811600.8584
PROUSE0.81811588.2353
MUGFORD0.81811555.5556
HEDDEN0.81811500.0000
HOAR0.81811419.1617
TREMBLE0.81811379.7468
KINSMAN0.81811365.8537
BURROW0.81811323.1598
TRICK0.81811319.1489
JEWELL0.81811234.7418
CANN0.81811226.3648
VENNING0.81811225.5639
MARTYN0.81811216.0494
HAM0.81811213.4647
CREWS0.81811211.2676
SPRY0.81811167.3640
LUXTON0.81811167.1309
RODD0.81811157.4803
GERRY0.81811128.2051
SHUTE0.81811122.6994
COWLING0.81811112.0448
HEARD0.81811104.4084
PASCOE0.8181187.0511
JACQUES0.8181172.6744
WARMINGTON0.8181166.6667
BRAUND0.8181158.8235
JUDD0.8181156.9801
BASKERVILLE0.8181152.0833
CORNISH0.8181151.2821
JEFFERY0.8181151.1073
POMEROY0.8181144.4444
SHORT0.8181144.1919
DOIDGE0.8181143.1034
LUGG0.8181141.3223
THORNE0.8181140.9357
HASWELL0.8181138.1679

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 811 people called TAPE in Morwenstow 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 11515.1515 in Morwenstow means that 11515.1515% of the people in Morwenstow on census day were called TAPE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TAPE 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 TAPE 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 TAPE 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 TAPE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.81 in Morwenstow means that you are 0.81 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TAPE in Morwenstow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Morwenstow in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (1)  CARTHEW (7)  ASHTON (14)  BADCOCK (9)  BAILEY (17)  BALL (4)  BARTLETT (5)  BASKERVILLE (1)  BASSETT (1)  BARY (1)  BLIGHT (1)  BOND (6)  BOUNDAY (4)  BRAUND (1)  BRIMACOOMBE (2)  BROCK (1)  BURROW (18)  BURROWS (7)  COLWALL (1)  COLWILL (2)  CANN (17)  CARDEW (1)  CHOLWELL (1)  CHOLWILL (10)  CLARKE (8)  CLATWORTHY (9)  CLEVERDON (1)  COLE (5)  CORNISH (6)  COTTLE (29)  COTTON (1)  COWLING (8)  CREWS (3)  DAVEY (5)  DAYMAN (1)  DEAN (1)  DOIDGE (1)  DARRACOTT (4)  DOWNING (2)  ELLIOTT (1)  FOUND (14)  FRENCH (3)  FURZE (1)  GAY (2)  GERRY (2)  GILBERT (11)  GIMLET (1)  GOAMAN (12)  GRYLLS (1)  GRILLS (6)  HAM (13)  HAMBLY (35)  HAMLBY (1)  HARRIS (24)  HASWELL (1)  HEDDEN (1)  HEARD (9)  HOAR (14)  HOBBS (10)  HOCKIN (13)  HOCKEN (3)  HOPPER (1)  JACQUES (5)  JEFFERY (9)  JENNINGS (5)  JENNING (JENNINGS) (2)  JESSE (6)  JEWELL (20)  JOLL (4)  JOHNS (1)  JUDD (6)  KEMPTHORNE (2)  KINSMAN (6)  LANE (5)  LITTEJOHNS (1)  LITTLEJOHNS (28)  LUCAS (5)  LUGG (1)  LUXTON (6)  MARTYN (7)  MASON (1)  MAY (5)  COLLINGS (3)  MILLS (5)  MOORE (2)  MUGFORD (8)  NEAL (1)  NICHOLLS (1)  OKE (16)  OLDE (5)  OSBORNE (7)  PASCOE (8)  PETHRICK (1)  PILMAN (6)  PIPER (5)  POMEROY (1)  POMERY (4)  PONATOE (1)  PRANCE (1)  PROUSE (8)  PRUST (7)  ROUTLEY (1)  RODD (2)  ROWLE (1)  SANGUENE (1)  SANGUINE (3)  SANGUINS (7)  SANGWIN (1)  SHEPHERD (5)  SHORT (14)  SHUTE (4)  SLEE (1)  SLUMAN (5)  SMITH (1)  SPRY (4)  STIDWELL (3)  STEVENS (10)  STRUTTAFORD (1)  STUTTAFORD (2)  TAGERT (4)  TAPE (38)  THORNE (7)  TRAVILL (1)  TRICK (3)  TROOD (2)  TUCKER (1)  TREMBLE (3)  TUSTON (1)  VANSTONE (14)  VENNING (3)  VINSON (7)  WADE (2)  WALDERN (1)  WARMINGTON (1)  WARREN (6)  WESTLACK (1)  WESTLAKE (1)  WESTLICK (8)  WICKETT (14)  WILLS (1)  WILTSHIRE (1)  WONNACOTT (8)  WOOD (1)  WOODLEY (1)  WOOLACOTT (4)  WORTH (1)