Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Petherwin, Cornwall

South Petherwin 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
HARRIS394.715818.56
HICKS242.902169.32
WALTERS222.660255.80
JASPER202.4184740.74
RUSE192.29751,151.52
DYMOND161.9347551.72
STRIKE161.93471,167.88
WILLS151.813860.68
BENNETT141.692910.30
MARTIN141.69296.87
WERRING131.57199,285.71
BALL121.451017.57
BICKLE111.3301625.00
WORDEN111.3301470.09
JENKIN101.2092153.14
WESTLAKE101.2092166.94
SANDERS91.088324.01
STACEY91.088348.47
MARTYN80.9674241.69
PEARSE80.967490.91
JENKINS80.96748.21
TURNER80.96743.48
JEFFERY70.846438.98
VANSTONE70.8464295.36
WEBBER70.846427.70
CROCKER70.846463.01
FROST70.846415.05
NEAL70.846428.61
SARGENT70.846454.95
KNIGHT70.84646.87
WARRING70.84641,627.91
PETER70.8464242.21
PEARCE70.84649.21
SLEEMAN70.8464262.17
WILTON60.725575.38
RICE60.725523.36
LANE60.725510.53
WHITING60.725537.66
OLIVER60.725510.17
REED60.72559.94
ROWE60.725512.77
GREGORY60.725510.34
KINSMAN50.6046299.40
GULLICK50.6046657.89
LOBB50.6046122.55
WESTCOTT50.604691.41
MAY50.60469.50
EVANS50.60461.38
HANCOCK50.604613.29
DAWE50.604669.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WERRING0.838279285.7143
WIMPEY0.838272000.0000
WARRING0.838271627.9070
STRIKE0.838271167.8832
RUSE0.838271151.5152
TRIBLE0.838271111.1111
MOISE0.83827833.3333
BENOY0.83827769.2308
JASPER0.83827740.7407
GULLICK0.83827657.8947
CAN0.83827645.1613
BICKLE0.83827625.0000
ESSERY0.83827625.0000
DYMOND0.83827551.7241
GARTRELL0.83827487.8049
WORDEN0.83827470.0855
CARDELL0.83827454.5455
STATTON0.83827312.5000
KINSMAN0.83827299.4012
VANSTONE0.83827295.3586
FERRETT0.83827294.1176
VENNING0.83827294.1176
JACKETT0.83827294.1176
SLEEMAN0.83827262.1723
MULLIS0.83827251.5723
PETER0.83827242.2145
MARTYN0.83827241.6918
BLATCHFORD0.83827203.0457
NORTHEY0.83827201.0050
VOSPER0.83827191.0828
DOIDGE0.83827169.4915
WESTLAKE0.83827166.9449
MOYSE0.83827153.8462
JENKIN0.83827153.1394
JONAS0.83827140.8451
NETHERTON0.83827128.2051
LOBB0.83827122.5490
CONGDON0.83827120.4819
GLANVILLE0.83827117.6471
WICKETT0.83827109.8901
HAWKE0.83827107.9914
VIVIAN0.83827104.1667
CORY0.83827100.3344
RAWLING0.8382799.3377
MUTTON0.8382797.7199
PROUT0.8382797.3236
HIGMAN0.8382793.4579
WESTCOTT0.8382791.4077
PEARSE0.8382790.9091
VEAL0.8382779.0514

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 827 people called WERRING in South Petherwin 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 9285.7143 in South Petherwin means that 9285.7143% of the people in South Petherwin on census day were called WERRING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WERRING 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 WERRING 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 WERRING 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 WERRING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.83 in South Petherwin means that you are 0.83 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WERRING in South Petherwin than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Petherwin in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AXWORTHY (4)  BABB (1)  BALL (12)  BANT (3)  BARBER (4)  BURNARD (1)  BARRETT (1)  BATH (1)  BATTEN (1)  BENNETT (14)  BENNET (4)  BENOY (2)  BERRY (1)  BICKLE (11)  BLAKE (4)  BLATCHFORD (4)  BLUE (1)  BONE (5)  BUNTHORN (1)  BOTTERELL (1)  BOX (1)  BRIMMELL (1)  BRAUND (1)  BROWN (2)  BUCKINGHAM (1)  CAN (2)  CAZER (2)  COMBE (1)  CONGDON (2)  COOMBE (3)  CARDELL (2)  CORNISH (1)  CORY (3)  COTTLE (1)  COUCH (1)  COCK (13)  CROCKER (7)  DAVEY (4)  DAWE (5)  DOBLE (1)  DOIDGE (4)  DRAPER (1)  DYMOND (16)  ESSERY (5)  EVANS (5)  FERRETT (2)  FINNAMORE (7)  FOLEY (2)  FROST (7)  GARTRELL (2)  GILLBARD (4)  GIMBLETT (2)  GYNN (5)  GLANVILLE (4)  GREENWOOD (2)  GREGORY (6)  GUEST (2)  GULLICK (5)  GURNEY (2)  HAMLY (1)  HANCOCK (5)  HARPUR (1)  HARRIS (39)  HAWKE (5)  HOCKING (3)  HEDDON (7)  HAYNE (1)  HEARD (2)  HICKS (24)  HICKE (7)  HIGMAN (1)  HOCKIN (3)  HOCKEN (3)  HODGE (3)  HONEY (1)  JACKETT (1)  JASPER (20)  JEFFERY (7)  JENKINS (8)  JENKIN (10)  JONAS (2)  KELLAWAY (1)  KELLY (2)  KINDOM (3)  KINSMAN (5)  KINVER (7)  KNIGHT (7)  LANE (6)  LANSALLAS (3)  LAWRENCE (1)  LITTLE (1)  LITTLEJOHNS (5)  LOBB (5)  LOVELL (1)  MADDOVER (5)  MARTYN (8)  MARTIN (14)  MASTERS (2)  MAUNDER (7)  MAY (5)  MUTTON (3)  MOYSE (3)  MOISE (1)  MULLIS (4)  NEAL (7)  NETHERTON (1)  NORTHEY (4)  OLIVER (6)  ORCHARD (1)  PALMER (2)  PARNELL (2)  PARSONS (2)  PEARCE (7)  PEARSE (8)  PEARN (1)  PENNEY OR TENNEY (2)  PERKIN (3)  PETER (7)  POOLY (1)  PREDEAUX (1)  PRENDEUX (1)  PROUT (4)  RADDALL (6)  REED (6)  RICE (6)  RICKARD (1)  RICHARDS (2)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINS (2)  ROGERS (1)  RODGERS (1)  RUSE (19)  ROWE (6)  RAWLING (3)  SARGENT (7)  SANDERS (9)  SCOWN (2)  SHARES (1)  SKIN (3)  SKINNER (4)  SLEEMAN (7)  SLEEP (4)  SLEP (1)  SMALE (1)  SMITH (4)  SNELL (1)  SOWTON (1)  SPEAR (1)  SQUANCE (5)  SQUIRES (1)  STACEY (9)  STATTON (1)  STEPHENS (2)  STRIKE (16)  TANCOCK (8)  TAYLOR (1)  TICKELL (2)  TICKLE (1)  TINK (2)  TRIBLE (1)  TRUSCOTT (1)  TUCKER (3)  TURNER (8)  VANSTONE (7)  VEAL (4)  VENNING (4)  VIVIAN (4)  VOSPER (3)  WHALE (3)  WALE (1)  WALTERS (22)  WERRING (13)  WERREN (3)  WARRING (7)  WEBBER (7)  WEEKS (1)  WESTCOTT (5)  WESTLAKE (10)  WHITING (6)  WICKETT (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLS (15)  WILTON (6)  WIMPEY (2)  WISE (1)  WORDEN (11)  YONATT (1)