Top surnames from the 1881 census in Landewednack, Cornwall

Landewednack 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
ROBERTS305.119513.61
HILL264.436917.42
MITCHELL254.266221.03
JOSE223.75432,075.47
STEVENS223.754335.97
THOMAS162.73046.62
LUGG152.5597857.14
HENDY152.5597508.47
HOCKING152.5597313.81
WILLIAMS142.38913.33
HARRIS142.38919.40
HART132.218426.01
RICHARDS122.047813.56
MATTHEWS111.877121.52
BRAY111.877155.84
LAY101.7065229.36
CARTER91.53589.15
HOOPER71.194528.20
JOHNS71.194546.27
ROBINSON61.02393.21
TOY61.0239277.78
REES61.023911.77
DUNN61.023912.31
CARY61.0239419.58
LYNE61.0239233.46
SYMONS61.023974.53
PASCOE61.023990.36
APPLETON50.853254.47
PRIOR50.853236.87
WILLEY50.853294.70
CORE50.8532602.41
ROWE40.682612.02
GOODMAN40.682623.39
OLIVER40.68269.57
CURNOW40.6826198.02
PEARCE40.68267.43
FRANCIS40.682611.46
STERLING40.6826325.20
COAD30.5119240.00
LAWRENCE30.51197.88
OWENS30.511910.31
KING30.51192.35
BEER30.511931.98
WATERS30.511912.74
GILBERT30.51198.99
CAREY20.341318.10
BOYD20.34139.73
JONES20.34130.30
WARD20.34131.56
JEFFREY20.341318.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JOSE0.595862075.4717
LUGG0.59586857.1429
CORE0.59586602.4096
HENDY0.59586508.4746
CARY0.59586419.5804
BOULDEN0.59586344.8276
STERLING0.59586325.2033
HOCKING0.59586313.8075
TOY0.59586277.7778
COAD0.59586240.0000
LYNE0.59586233.4630
LAY0.59586229.3578
CURNOW0.59586198.0198
PENTECOST0.59586169.4915
ROLLAND0.59586149.2537
JANE0.59586118.3432
BIGWOOD0.59586116.2791
BATTS0.59586103.0928
MELLER0.59586101.0101
WILLEY0.5958694.6970
PASCOE0.5958690.3614
WEATHERLEY0.5958689.2857
SYMONS0.5958674.5342
ESCOTT0.5958660.9756
BRAY0.5958655.8376
APPLETON0.5958654.4662
TRIGGS0.5958650.0000
JOHNS0.5958646.2657
ORAM0.5958643.7637
GOLDSWORTHY0.5958641.4938
PRIOR0.5958636.8732
STEVENS0.5958635.9653
BEER0.5958631.9829
HOOPER0.5958628.2031
BAILY0.5958626.9542
HART0.5958626.0104
GOODMAN0.5958623.3918
MATTHEWS0.5958621.5180
MITCHELL0.5958621.0314
EMMETT0.5958620.3666
BOULTON0.5958618.9394
JEFFREY0.5958618.4672
CAREY0.5958618.0995
HILL0.5958617.4204
ROBERTS0.5958613.6079
RICHARDS0.5958613.5593
GAY0.5958612.8041
WATERS0.5958612.7389
DUNN0.5958612.3127
HUME0.5958612.0337

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 586 people called JOSE in Landewednack 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 2075.4717 in Landewednack means that 2075.4717% of the people in Landewednack on census day were called JOSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JOSE 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 JOSE 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 JOSE 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 JOSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.59 in Landewednack means that you are 0.59 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JOSE in Landewednack than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Landewednack in 1881

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

APPLETON (5)  ARTHUR (1)  BACKHOUSE (4)  BAILY (1)  BATTS (1)  BEER (3)  BIGWOOD (1)  BOADEN (13)  BOULTON (2)  BOSUSTOW (11)  BOULDEN (2)  BOYD (2)  BRAY (11)  BREWER (1)  BULLEY (2)  CARY (6)  CAREY (2)  CORE (5)  CARTER (9)  CHITTOCK (4)  COAD (3)  COMB (1)  CURGENVEN (2)  CURNOW (4)  DENNIS (2)  DOWNING (1)  DUNN (6)  ELLIS (1)  EMMETT (1)  ESCOTT (1)  EXELBY (2)  FLAXMER (3)  FRANCIS (4)  GAY (1)  GERRANS (1)  GEORGE (1)  GILBERT (3)  GOLDSWORTHY (1)  GOODMAN (4)  HALLAMORE (1)  HARDING (2)  HARRIS (14)  HART (13)  HOCKING (15)  HENDY (15)  HILL (26)  HOOPER (7)  HUME (1)  JANE (2)  JEFFREY (2)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNS (7)  JONES (2)  JOSE (22)  KEMPTHORNE (1)  KING (3)  LAWRENCE (3)  LAY (10)  LYNE (6)  LLOYD (2)  LUKIES (1)  LUGG (15)  LITHGOW (1)  MARTIN (1)  MATTHEWS (11)  MELLER (1)  MITCHELL (25)  OLIVER (4)  ORAM (2)  OWENS (3)  PASCOE (6)  PEARCE (4)  PELLS (5)  PENTECOST (1)  POLLARD (1)  PRIOR (5)  PUCKEY (4)  RASHLEIGH (1)  REES (6)  RICHARDS (12)  ROBERTS (30)  ROBINSON (6)  ROGERS (1)  ROWE (4)  ROLLAND (1)  RUTTER (1)  SYMONS (6)  SKEWES (15)  SMITHERAM (1)  STEVENS (22)  STEPHENS (1)  STERLING (4)  STONE (1)  THOMAS (16)  TIDDY (12)  TOY (6)  TRERISE (20)  TREMETHICK (4)  TRIGGS (1)  TRAHAIR (6)  WALKDEN (7)  WARD (2)  WARREN (1)  WATERS (3)  WEATHERLEY (1)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (14)  WILLEY (5)  YOUNG (2)