Top surnames from the 1881 census in Landrake, Cornwall

Landrake 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
STEED456.12241,271.19
PANTER243.2653963.86
THOMAS182.44905.93
BLAKE162.176944.94
BUCKINGHAM152.0408153.06
SCANTLEBURY141.90481,238.94
HAMBLY131.7687541.67
ROGERS131.768713.62
JAMES131.76879.00
COOMBE131.7687326.63
CONGDON111.4966748.30
HOSKING111.4966200.36
JANE111.4966518.87
LAUNDRY101.36059,090.91
SPILLER101.3605239.23
FOREMAN91.224593.65
PAWLEY91.2245430.62
PALMER91.224510.39
RAWLINGS91.224583.72
VENNER91.2245620.69
BENNETT70.95245.79
GOODMAN70.952432.63
BEAR70.9524358.97
PERKIN70.9524176.77
BEER60.816351.02
MAY60.816312.82
JAGO60.8163212.77
ROWE60.816314.37
COOK60.81634.11
RICHARDS60.81635.41
OLIVER60.816311.44
CROSS50.68039.89
LAWLEY50.6803112.87
BLIGHT50.6803150.15
DYER50.680317.56
SKELTON50.680346.73
FORD50.68036.98
SCOTT50.68032.69
POOLEY50.680384.32
GARLAND50.680351.33
LAWRENCE50.680310.48
DONEY50.6803344.83
LEE40.54423.33
RUNDLE40.544291.12
WARRICK40.5442357.14
KITT40.5442396.04
HAWKE40.544297.09
DAW40.544278.59
DOWNING40.544231.30
BROWNE40.544229.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAUNDRY0.747359090.9091
HUNKING0.747351428.5714
STEED0.747351271.1864
SCANTLEBURY0.747351238.9381
PANTER0.74735963.8554
ROYSE0.74735869.5652
CONGDON0.74735748.2993
VENNER0.74735620.6897
HAMBLY0.74735541.6667
JANE0.74735518.8679
PAWLEY0.74735430.6220
KITT0.74735396.0396
BEAR0.74735358.9744
WARRICK0.74735357.1429
DONEY0.74735344.8276
FINNEMORE0.74735344.8276
BETTY0.74735333.3333
COOMBE0.74735326.6332
HINGSTON0.74735312.5000
TRETHEWAY0.74735312.5000
SPILLER0.74735239.2344
JAGO0.74735212.7660
HIGMAN0.74735210.5263
HUGO0.74735208.3333
HOSKING0.74735200.3643
PERKIN0.74735176.7677
TUCKETT0.74735169.4915
BUCKINGHAM0.74735153.0612
LITTLETON0.74735151.5152
BLIGHT0.74735150.1502
BREEN0.74735144.2308
CRAGO0.74735142.8571
COMBER0.74735121.4575
HAWKING0.74735120.4819
LAWLEY0.74735112.8668
TRETHEWEY0.74735103.0928
HAWKE0.7473597.0874
PENGELLY0.7473595.5414
FOREMAN0.7473593.6524
DINGLE0.7473593.4579
RUNDLE0.7473591.1162
POOLEY0.7473584.3170
RAWLINGS0.7473583.7209
DAW0.7473578.5855
TOLL0.7473577.5194
BEARE0.7473574.0741
PRIDEAUX0.7473567.1141
GARLAND0.7473551.3347
BEER0.7473551.0204
SOWDEN0.7473548.0769

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 735 people called LAUNDRY in Landrake 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 9090.9091 in Landrake means that 9090.9091% of the people in Landrake on census day were called LAUNDRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAUNDRY 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 LAUNDRY 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 LAUNDRY 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 LAUNDRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Landrake means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAUNDRY in Landrake than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Landrake in 1881

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

BALL (1)  BARNICOAT (7)  BARRETT (2)  BASTARD (3)  BEER (6)  BEAR (7)  BEARE (1)  BENNETT (7)  BENORTHAM (3)  BETTY (3)  BLAKE (16)  BLIGHT (5)  BOADEN (1)  BOLITHA (1)  BRADFORD (1)  BREEN (3)  BROAD (3)  BROWNE (4)  BUCKINGHAM (15)  BULLER (1)  CANNON (2)  CAWKER (1)  CHAPMAN (3)  CHISWELL (8)  CHURCHWARD (2)  CLATWORTHY (9)  CLINICK (1)  CLOAK (5)  COLEMAN (1)  COMBER (3)  CONGDON (11)  COOK (6)  COOMBE (13)  COURDON (1)  COWLEY (1)  COWLING (1)  CRAGO (1)  CROSS (5)  DANIELS (2)  DAWE (1)  DAW (4)  DEACON (2)  DINGLE (3)  DONEY (5)  DOWNING (4)  DYER (5)  ELLIS (2)  FAY (1)  FINCH (1)  FINNEMORE (2)  FORD (5)  FOREMAN (9)  FOWELL (6)  GARLAND (5)  GEAKE (1)  GOODMAN (7)  HAMBLY (13)  HARRIS (2)  HAWKE (4)  HOCKING (2)  HAWKING (1)  HEXT (5)  HICKS (3)  HIGMAN (2)  HINGSTON (3)  HOBBS (3)  HOSKING (11)  HUGO (2)  HUNKING (3)  JAGO (6)  JAMES (13)  JANE (11)  JONES (1)  KITT (4)  KITTOW (1)  LANG (4)  LAUDLEY (1)  LAUNDRY (10)  LAWLEY (5)  LAWRENCE (5)  LEARY (1)  LEE (4)  LILLICRAP (8)  LILLINGTON (5)  LITTLETON (2)  LUCAS (1)  MABYN (1)  MADDEVER (5)  MARKS (1)  MAY (6)  MENHENICK (9)  MILDERN (3)  MILDRON (8)  NASH (2)  NETHERWAY (2)  NETHERWOOD (1)  O'DOGHERTY (8)  OLVER (14)  OLIVER (6)  OUGH (20)  PANTER (24)  PALMER (9)  PARSONS (2)  PAWLEY (9)  PEARCE (2)  PENGELLY (3)  PERKIN (7)  PERKINS (2)  POOLEY (5)  PORTER (2)  PRIDEAUX (1)  RUNDLE (4)  RENTON (1)  RICHARDS (6)  RIDDALLS (6)  RYDER (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (13)  ROWE (6)  RAWLINGS (9)  ROYSE (2)  SALES (1)  SAMMELS (7)  SCANTLEBURY (14)  SCOTT (5)  SCREECH (6)  SKELTON (5)  SLEMEN (5)  SNELL (2)  SPEAR (1)  SPILLER (10)  SQUANCE (1)  STEED (45)  STEDMAN (2)  STEVENS (2)  STEPHENS (1)  SOWDEN (2)  THOMAS (18)  TINKE (1)  TOLL (1)  TRETHEWEY (1)  TRETHEWAY (1)  TUCKER (1)  TUCKETT (2)  VINCENT (1)  VENNER (9)  WALKEY (9)  WARRICK (4)  WENMOTH (4)  WILLIAM (2)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILTON (2)  WRIGHT (1)