Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sennen, Cornwall

Sennen 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
GEORGE8711.9015202.84
NICHOLAS729.8495504.56
PENDER405.47201,680.67
ROBERTS283.830410.18
MATTHEWS253.420039.21
THOMAS223.00967.29
JOHNS202.7360105.93
PENROSE172.3256604.98
ELLIS172.325616.02
WILLIAMS162.18883.05
WALLIS111.504844.43
STEED111.5048312.50
JAMES101.36806.96
TOMAN101.36802,941.18
HOLLOW91.23121,139.24
ELLIOT91.231248.26
BOTTRELL91.23122,647.06
HARVEY81.094410.25
BARNES81.09449.09
BONE70.957651.66
GUY70.957643.72
BOND70.957618.09
WATSON70.95764.13
CHAPPELL70.957656.77
HILL60.82083.22
UREN60.8208216.61
HALL50.68402.32
CLEMENS50.6840337.84
HUMPHRYS50.6840370.37
BLACKWELL50.684037.54
TREMBATH50.6840390.63
CHAPMAN50.68404.82
JONES50.68400.60
HICKS50.684016.34
LAITY40.5472353.98
ROACH30.410427.88
SYMONS30.410429.85
MATHEWS30.410411.11
STRICK30.4104638.30
LUGG30.4104137.61
HUTCHENS30.4104400.00
ROWE30.41047.23
HUGHES20.27360.98
BARNS20.273642.37
BOWEN20.27366.62
WHITE20.27360.85
OSBORNE20.27365.73
HOSKING20.273636.63
EDDY20.273645.66
PASCOE20.273624.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLEMMONS0.737314000.0000
TOMAN0.737312941.1765
BOTTRELL0.737312647.0588
GROWDEN0.737312000.0000
PENDER0.737311680.6723
HOLLOW0.737311139.2405
STRICK0.73731638.2979
PENROSE0.73731604.9822
NICHOLAS0.73731504.5550
HUTCHENS0.73731400.0000
TREMBATH0.73731390.6250
HUMPHRYS0.73731370.3704
LAITY0.73731353.9823
CLEMENS0.73731337.8378
STEED0.73731312.5000
OLDS0.73731219.7802
UREN0.73731216.6065
GEORGE0.73731202.8445
CASLEY0.73731153.8462
LUGG0.73731137.6147
BOTHWELL0.73731123.4568
JEFFRY0.73731117.6471
BOONE0.73731116.2791
JOHNS0.73731105.9322
GRENFELL0.7373181.3008
OATS0.7373160.6061
CHAPPELL0.7373156.7721
BONE0.7373151.6605
ELLIOT0.7373148.2574
JANE0.7373147.3934
EDDY0.7373145.6621
WALLIS0.7373144.4265
GUY0.7373143.7227
BARNS0.7373142.3729
CURNOW0.7373139.8406
MATTHEWS0.7373139.2095
LEAH0.7373138.6100
BLACKWELL0.7373137.5375
HOSKING0.7373136.6300
PENGELLY0.7373132.0513
CHAPPEL0.7373131.0559
SYMONS0.7373129.8507
ROACH0.7373127.8810
PETERSON0.7373126.8817
PASCOE0.7373124.1546
HONEY0.7373122.2717
SEARS0.7373121.7391
CHAPPLE0.7373120.1613
HARRY0.7373118.8679
BOND0.7373118.0925

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 731 people called CLEMMONS in Sennen 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 4000.0000 in Sennen means that 4000.0000% of the people in Sennen on census day were called CLEMMONS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLEMMONS 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 CLEMMONS 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 CLEMMONS 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 CLEMMONS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Sennen means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLEMMONS in Sennen than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sennen in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ANDREWWARTHA (1)  ARTHUR (1)  BADCOCK (1)  BARNS (2)  BARNS (BARNES) (2)  BARNES (8)  BARRETT (1)  BLACKWELL (5)  BOND (7)  BONE (7)  BOONE (1)  BOTHERAS (1)  BOTHWELL (1)  BOTTRELL (9)  BOWEN (2)  BOWER (1)  BROWN (1)  BURGUS (1)  BUTTONSHOE (3)  CASLEY (1)  CHADS (1)  CHAPMAN (5)  CHAPPEL (1)  WHITE ((CHAPPELL)) (2)  CHAPPELL (7)  CHAPPLE (1)  CHAVNER (1)  CHELLEW (7)  CHILLEW (1)  CLEMMONS (2)  CLEMENS (5)  COCKCROFT (2)  COCK (3)  CURNOW (1)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIES (1)  DINGERMAN (1)  EDDY (2)  ELLIOT (9)  ELLIRY (1)  ELLIS (17)  FARMER (1)  FIDDES (1)  GAULE (1)  GEORGE (87)  GREEN (1)  GRENFELL (1)  GROWDEN (2)  GUY (7)  HALL (5)  HARDING (2)  HARRY (1)  HARVEY (8)  HICKS (5)  HILL (6)  HOLLOW (9)  HONEY (1)  HOSKING (2)  HUGHES (2)  HUMPHREYS (1)  HUMPHRYS (5)  HUTCHENS (3)  JAMES (10)  JANE (1)  JEFFRY (1)  JENKIN (1)  JOHNS (20)  JONES (5)  JOSEPH (1)  KENNEDY (1)  KENT (1)  LAITY (4)  LEAH (1)  LEACHER (9)  LEWIS (2)  LINES (1)  LUGG (3)  LUTTY (1)  MATTHEWS (25)  MATHEWS (3)  MATHEWS (MATTHEWS) (10)  MAY (1)  MC INTYRE (7)  MC NAMARA (6)  MOORE (1)  MURPHY (1)  MURRAY (1)  NICHOLAS (72)  OATS (1)  OLDS (2)  OSBORNE (2)  OWENS (1)  PASCOE (2)  PETERSON (1)  PENDER (40)  PENDR (1)  PENGELLY (1)  PENROSE (17)  PURKIS (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  RAE (1)  ROACH (3)  ROBERTS (28)  ROGERS (1)  ROWE (3)  RUELVIN (1)  SALTER (1)  SAMUEL (1)  SAUNDRY (3)  SEARS (1)  SYMONS (3)  STEED (11)  STONE (1)  STRICK (3)  TASKIS (3)  TENERY (TRENERY) (2)  THOMAS (22)  TOMAN (10)  TREMBATH (5)  TRENERY (9)  TRENERRY (1)  TREWHELLA (13)  TRAHAIR (4)  TRUDGEN (1)  ULLITZ (1)  UPTON (1)  UREN (6)  VATER (4)  VINGOE (10)  WALLIS (11)  WATSON (7)  WATTS (1)  WITE (2)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMS (16)  WILSON (1)