Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ruan Minor, Cornwall

Ruan Minor 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
JOHNS3110.6164411.14
MITCHELL227.534237.14
WILLIAMS217.191810.01
JANE175.82192,023.81
CARTER124.109624.48
CURNOW113.76711,100.00
ROWE103.424760.31
RUTTER82.7397179.78
NICHOLLS82.739752.46
HARRIS72.39739.43
HARRY62.0548283.02
MUNDY62.0548276.50
BOLITHO62.05481,500.00
KNOWLES62.054838.49
GRIBBLE41.3699380.95
PASCOE31.027490.63
LUCAS31.027422.22
STONE31.027414.21
DREW31.027438.91
STEPHENS20.684912.35
DENNING20.6849178.57
COAD20.6849322.58
OPIE20.6849250.00
GAY20.684951.41
HENWOOD20.6849163.93
MANKEY20.68495,000.00
COX20.68494.52
TONKIN10.342570.42
ATKINS10.34259.13
GIDLEY10.3425196.08
ROUNTREE10.34251,250.00
KING10.34251.57
PERROTT10.3425100.00
IRWIN10.342540.65
CADE10.3425109.89
THOMAS10.34250.83
LONG10.34255.28
RICHARDS10.34252.27
CLARK10.34251.14
PEARCE10.34253.73
RAVEN10.342540.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MANKEY0.292925000.0000
JANE0.292922023.8095
BOLITHO0.292921500.0000
ROUNTREE0.292921250.0000
CURNOW0.292921100.0000
JOHNS0.29292411.1406
GRIBBLE0.29292380.9524
COAD0.29292322.5806
HARRY0.29292283.0189
MUNDY0.29292276.4977
OPIE0.29292250.0000
GIDLEY0.29292196.0784
RUTTER0.29292179.7753
DENNING0.29292178.5714
HENWOOD0.29292163.9344
CADE0.29292109.8901
PERROTT0.29292100.0000
PASCOE0.2929290.6344
TONKIN0.2929270.4225
ROWE0.2929260.3136
NICHOLLS0.2929252.4590
GAY0.2929251.4139
RAVEN0.2929240.8163
IRWIN0.2929240.6504
DREW0.2929238.9105
KNOWLES0.2929238.4862
MITCHELL0.2929237.1433
CARTER0.2929224.4798
LUCAS0.2929222.2222
STONE0.2929214.2113
STEPHENS0.2929212.3457
WILLIAMS0.2929210.0114
HARRIS0.292929.4327
ATKINS0.292929.1324
LONG0.292925.2798
COX0.292924.5198
PEARCE0.292923.7286
RICHARDS0.292922.2676
KING0.292921.5713
CLARK0.292921.1393
THOMAS0.292920.8299

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 292 people called MANKEY in Ruan Minor 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 5000.0000 in Ruan Minor means that 5000.0000% of the people in Ruan Minor on census day were called MANKEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MANKEY 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 MANKEY 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 MANKEY 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 MANKEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Ruan Minor means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MANKEY in Ruan Minor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ruan Minor in 1881

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

MC CARTHY (4)  ATKINS (1)  BOLITHO (6)  BOSUSTOW (15)  CADE (1)  CARTER (12)  CHITTOCK (2)  CLARK (1)  COAD (2)  COX (2)  CURNOW (11)  DENNING (2)  DREW (3)  EXELBY (3)  FURZE (1)  GAY (2)  GIDLEY (1)  GRIBBLE (4)  HAMLYN (4)  HARRIS (7)  HARRY (6)  HENWOOD (2)  IRWIN (1)  JANE (17)  JOHNS (31)  KING (1)  KNOWLES (6)  LAMBICK (6)  LONG (1)  LUCAS (3)  MANKEY (2)  MC LEAN (7)  MITCHELL (22)  MUNDY (6)  NANKERVIS (4)  NICHOLLS (8)  OPIE (2)  PERROTT (1)  PASCOE (3)  PEARCE (1)  PENALUNA (1)  RAVEN (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBARTS (3)  ROWE (10)  ROUNTREE (1)  RUTTER (8)  SKEWES (1)  STEPHENS (2)  STONE (3)  SULLAVAN (7)  THOMAS (1)  TILTMAN (7)  TONKIN (1)  TREGENZA (2)  TRESISE (2)  VOAZE (2)  WEARNE (4)  WILLIAMS (21)