Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Kew, Cornwall

St Kew 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
GROSE272.4501854.43
HAWKEN272.4501944.06
WILLIAMS262.35933.28
WARNE262.3593323.38
COWLING252.2686257.73
HILL242.17798.55
LEAN211.9056654.21
STEPHENS201.814932.71
KEAT191.72411,844.66
MAY181.633425.66
KNIGHT181.633413.25
PINCH171.5426918.92
SYMONS161.4519105.61
KELLOW161.4519829.02
JOHNS151.361252.71
SCOTT151.36125.38
THOMAS151.36123.30
POLLARD131.179732.35
COUCH131.1797198.78
WORDEN131.1797416.67
CAMPS121.08891,008.40
KENT110.998223.69
JONES110.99820.88
ROOSE100.9074763.36
RUNDLE90.8167136.78
PRIOR90.816735.28
GILL80.726010.26
HARRIS80.72602.86
HONEY80.7260118.34
TAYLOR80.72601.14
MATTHEWS80.72608.32
COLEMAN80.726014.57
BROAD80.726057.10
BURTON80.72608.52
COLE80.72607.97
CARHART70.63521,944.44
STONE70.63528.79
NORTHAM70.6352346.53
SLEEMAN70.6352196.63
BOND70.635212.00
BISHOP70.63529.09
HANCOCK70.635213.96
CHAMPION70.635260.71
BLEWETT70.6352238.10
MEDLAND70.6352281.12
CALLAWAY60.5445199.34
POPE60.544515.80
BLAKE60.544511.24
KENDALL60.544525.30
ANDREW60.544517.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CARHART1.101,1021944.4444
KEAT1.101,1021844.6602
JACKETT1.101,1021333.3333
CORNELIOUS1.101,1021052.6316
BONEY1.101,1021025.6410
CAMPS1.101,1021008.4034
HAWKEN1.101,102944.0559
PINCH1.101,102918.9189
GROSE1.101,102854.4304
KELLOW1.101,102829.0155
ROOSE1.101,102763.3588
LEAN1.101,102654.2056
PENWARDEN1.101,102588.2353
WORDEN1.101,102416.6667
NETHERTON1.101,102380.9524
NORTHAM1.101,102346.5347
FINNEMORE1.101,102340.9091
TOM1.101,102338.9831
WARNE1.101,102323.3831
BENNEY1.101,102317.4603
MEDLAND1.101,102281.1245
COWLING1.101,102257.7320
BLEWETT1.101,102238.0952
SELDON1.101,102201.0050
CALLAWAY1.101,102199.3355
COUCH1.101,102198.7768
SLEEMAN1.101,102196.6292
HAMBLY1.101,102139.2758
RUNDLE1.101,102136.7781
ELFORD1.101,102119.4030
HONEY1.101,102118.3432
SYMONS1.101,102105.6106
BECKLEY1.101,102104.5296
VIVIAN1.101,10297.8474
COLWELL1.101,10283.7989
HOSKIN1.101,10280.9717
TEAGUE1.101,10280.2568
ROWSE1.101,10278.1250
WELLINGTON1.101,10277.0713
HITCHENS1.101,10275.1880
LATIMER1.101,10270.7547
CADDY1.101,10263.6943
CHAMPION1.101,10260.7112
BROAD1.101,10257.1021
JOHNS1.101,10252.7056
PASCOE1.101,10240.0320
DAW1.101,10239.2670
HAM1.101,10236.2319
PRIOR1.101,10235.2803
STEPHENS1.101,10232.7065

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,102 people called CARHART in St Kew 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 1944.4444 in St Kew means that 1944.4444% of the people in St Kew on census day were called CARHART.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CARHART 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 CARHART 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 CARHART 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 CARHART here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.10 in St Kew means that you are 1.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CARHART in St Kew than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Kew in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (4)  ANDREW (6)  EVERY (1)  BURNARD (1)  BASSETT (5)  BATE (4)  BATTEN (1)  BEER (4)  BENNEY (4)  BECKLEY (3)  BICKLEY (1)  BISHOP (7)  BLAKE (6)  BLEWETT (7)  BOND (7)  BRENTON (1)  BRAY (5)  BRENT (1)  BROAD (8)  BROWN (2)  BROWNING (1)  BRYANT (5)  BONEY (4)  BURTON (8)  BUSCOMB (16)  CADDY (2)  COLWELL (3)  CALLAWAY (6)  CAMPS (12)  CANN (2)  CARHART (7)  CAWSEY (9)  CEMDY (2)  CHAMPION (7)  CHAPMAN (3)  CLEAVE (34)  CLYMOW (1)  CLIMOW (1)  COLE (8)  COLEMAN (8)  CORNELIOUS (2)  COUCH (13)  COURTS (1)  COWLING (25)  COCK (7)  DADDOW (1)  DAVEY (1)  DAW (3)  DERRENT (13)  DWELLEY (1)  DYMOND (1)  ELFORD (4)  FINNEMORE (3)  FORD (1)  GARLAND (1)  GATLEY (1)  GILBERT (1)  GILES (3)  GILL (8)  GLOVER (3)  GOODMAN (5)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (5)  GREENWOOD (1)  GRIGG (1)  GROSE (27)  HAM (3)  HAMBLY (5)  HANCOCK (7)  HARRIS (8)  HAWKEN (27)  HAWTHORN (1)  HEAD (2)  HEWITT (3)  HEWETT (1)  HEYWOOD (2)  HICKS (1)  HIGGS (2)  HILL (24)  HITCHINS (4)  HITCHENS (2)  HOCKIN (8)  HONEY (8)  HOSKEN (2)  HOSKIN (4)  IREVATHEN (1)  JACKETT (6)  JACKSON (1)  JACOBS (5)  JAMES (1)  JEFFREY (1)  JENKIN (1)  JOHNS (15)  JONES (11)  KEAST (1)  KEAT (19)  KELLY (1)  KEMPTHORNE (1)  KENDALL (6)  KENT (11)  KESTELL (11)  KELLOW (16)  KNIGHT (18)  LEAN (21)  LANG (5)  LATIMER (3)  LAY (1)  LONG (3)  LUKIES (8)  MALE (2)  MALLETT (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MARTYN (1)  MASTERS (1)  MATHEWS (2)  MATTHEWS (8)  MAY (18)  MEDLAND (7)  MENHENICK (1)  MENHENNICK (17)  MILLER (4)  MITTER (1)  MORCOM (1)  MULES (4)  NETHERTON (4)  NETTING (4)  NORTHAM (7)  OATEN (1)  PARSONS (3)  PASCOE (5)  PENROSE (1)  PENWARDEN (5)  PETERS (5)  PHILLIPS (2)  PINCH (17)  POLLARD (13)  POPE (6)  PRIOR (9)  PRYOR (1)  QUANCE (1)  RUNDLE (9)  RICE (6)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBERTS (3)  ROGERS (1)  ROSEVEAR (4)  ROSKILLY (4)  ROSKILLEY (1)  ROWE (1)  RUSE (1)  ROOSE (10)  ROWSE (2)  SCOTT (15)  SCOUL (1)  SELDON (4)  SHAW (1)  CHARLOCK (1)  SYMONS (16)  SLEEMAN (7)  SLOGGETT (10)  SMITH (1)  STANLICK (1)  STEPHENS (20)  STONE (7)  STRINGER (1)  STROUT (1)  TAPE (1)  TAYLOR (8)  TEAGUE (5)  THOMAS (15)  TOM (2)  TINNY (1)  TINNEY (1)  TRAYS (1)  TREMAYNE (1)  TRENBERTH (4)  TREVERTON (5)  VEAL (1)  VIVIAN (5)  VOWDEN (8)  WALL (1)  WALLIS (3)  WARNE (26)  WEBBER (6)  WELLINGTON (4)  WAME (9)  WEST (3)  WILCOCK (3)  WILLACOT (2)  WILLIAMS (26)  WILCE (14)  WOODWARDS (7)  WORDEN (13)  WRIGHT (6)  WYATT (3)