Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Hilary, Cornwall

St Hilary 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
JAMES626.444932.81
LAITY575.92523,851.35
WILLIAMS495.09367.09
KING464.781721.94
RICHARDS353.638324.09
CADDY242.4948875.91
CURNOW232.3909694.86
HOSKING212.1830292.48
ALLEN212.183011.56
POPE171.767251.27
ROBERTS161.66324.42
GILBERT161.663229.20
JENKIN131.3514171.28
THOMAS131.35143.27
FOX121.247413.43
ANDREW121.247439.37
STEPHENS121.247422.48
ROWE111.143520.14
ROGERS111.14358.81
BASHER101.03952,000.00
JOHNS101.039540.26
SEARLE90.935646.56
BUCKETT90.9356473.68
CURTIS90.935616.49
REED90.935612.82
STEVENS80.83167.97
RALPH80.831654.61
LEMIN80.83162,000.00
WILLS80.831627.82
STONE80.831611.50
EADE70.7277151.19
PRISK70.7277897.44
SEMMENS70.7277578.51
FLOYD70.727776.50
NICHOLAS60.623731.93
OSBORNE60.623713.07
HOAR60.6237151.52
EVA60.6237297.03
CHINN60.6237183.49
PERRY60.62378.48
ORAM60.623780.00
HODGE60.623724.74
KEAST50.5198176.68
ALLAN50.51988.28
DAWE50.519859.74
PETERS50.519814.82
LORY50.51981,086.96
KINGSFORD50.5198375.94
HARVEY50.51984.87
NOBLE50.519812.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILDRUM0.969625714.2857
LAITY0.969623851.3514
MADRON0.969623636.3636
OXNAM0.969622000.0000
LEMIN0.969622000.0000
BASHER0.969622000.0000
TINNER0.969621111.1111
LORY0.969621086.9565
BURGAN0.969621020.4082
PRISK0.96962897.4359
CADDY0.96962875.9124
CURNOW0.96962694.8640
SEMMENS0.96962578.5124
BUCKETT0.96962473.6842
OLDS0.96962416.6667
KINGSFORD0.96962375.9398
EVA0.96962297.0297
HOSKING0.96962292.4791
FOSS0.96962211.6402
COLLICK0.96962196.0784
CARDELL0.96962196.0784
CHINN0.96962183.4862
KEAST0.96962176.6784
JENKIN0.96962171.2780
GARD0.96962161.9433
HOAR0.96962151.5152
EADE0.96962151.1879
CLEMENS0.96962102.5641
HOLLOW0.9696296.1538
BERRYMAN0.9696293.4579
ANGOVE0.9696283.3333
ORAM0.9696280.0000
FLOYD0.9696276.5027
SEARL0.9696270.4225
DAW0.9696259.9700
DAWE0.9696259.7372
ODGERS0.9696256.8182
RALPH0.9696254.6075
POPE0.9696251.2666
SEARLE0.9696246.5598
OATS0.9696246.0829
HARRY0.9696243.0416
JOHNS0.9696240.2576
ANDREW0.9696239.3701
DUNSTAN0.9696236.4964
INCH0.9696236.4964
HIBBARD0.9696235.5872
WHITFORD0.9696233.3333
HAMPTON0.9696232.9164
JAMES0.9696232.8112

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 962 people called MILDRUM in St Hilary 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 5714.2857 in St Hilary means that 5714.2857% of the people in St Hilary on census day were called MILDRUM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILDRUM 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 MILDRUM 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 MILDRUM 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 MILDRUM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.96 in St Hilary means that you are 0.96 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILDRUM in St Hilary than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Hilary in 1881

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

ALLEN (21)  ALLAN (5)  ANDREW (12)  ANGOVE (1)  BADGE (5)  BASHER (10)  BETTENS (2)  BECKERLEG (1)  BELL (1)  BENNETS (6)  BERRYMAN (5)  BERRIMAN (9)  BAWDEN (1)  BOWDEN (2)  BRAY (4)  BRYANT (5)  BUCKETT (9)  BURGAN (5)  CADDY (24)  CARTER (5)  CHEGWIN (2)  CHINN (6)  CLEMENS (2)  COLLICK (1)  COLLINS (2)  CARDELL (1)  COUCH (1)  CREBO (5)  CREEBO (1)  CROCKER (4)  CURNOW (23)  CURTIS (9)  COURTIS (2)  DAWE (5)  DAW (4)  DUNN (3)  DUNSTAN (2)  EADE (7)  EDWARDS (3)  EVA (6)  FOSS (4)  FOX (12)  FREETHY (1)  GARD (4)  GILBERT (16)  JILBERT (1)  GILL (1)  GITTUS (1)  HAMPTON (5)  HARRIS (3)  HARRY (3)  HART (1)  HARVEY (5)  HESKEYS (1)  HEWETT (3)  HIBBARD (1)  HEBBARD (2)  HOAR (6)  HODGE (6)  HOLLOW (1)  HOSKING (21)  INCH (1)  JAMES (62)  JAMIS (3)  JENKIN (13)  JOHNS (10)  JONES (2)  KEAST (5)  KESKEYS (1)  KING (46)  KINGSFORD (5)  LAITY (57)  LORY (5)  LEMIN (8)  FLOYD (7)  LOVE (2)  MADRON (4)  MATTHEWS (4)  MAY (1)  MILDRUM (4)  MOLLARD (6)  MORNE (2)  NICHOLAS (6)  NICHOLLS (1)  NOBLE (5)  NORRIS (4)  OATS (1)  ODGERS (1)  OLDS (5)  ORAM (6)  OSBORNE (6)  OXNAM (3)  PELLEW (1)  PENBURTHEY (1)  PERRY (6)  PETERS (5)  PHILLIPS (5)  POPE (17)  PRIOR (2)  PRISK (7)  REED (9)  RENFREY (14)  RICHARDS (35)  ROBERTS (16)  ROGERS (11)  RALPH (8)  ROSEWARN (1)  ROWE (11)  RUSSELL (1)  SAMPSON (3)  SCADDON (1)  SEARLE (9)  SEARL (1)  SEMMENS (7)  SIMONS (1)  SYMONS (4)  SKEWES (1)  SMITHAM (6)  STAPLETON (2)  STEPHENS (12)  STEVENS (8)  STEPHENS (STEVENS) (10)  STONE (8)  TINNER (2)  THOMAS (13)  TREDREA (2)  TREGENSA (6)  TREGLOWN (3)  TREGONNING (3)  TREVASKUS (4)  TREVASKIS (2)  TREWHELLA (7)  TROWNSON (3)  TUCKER (2)  TYACK (1)  UREN (1)  VARKER (20)  VELLENOWETH (3)  VERRANT (1)  VINCENT (1)  WEARNE (1)  WHITFORD (1)  WILLIAMS (49)  WILLS (8)