Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mawnan, Cornwall

Mawnan 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
PASCOE315.9387524.53
WILLIAMS214.02305.60
HARVEY203.831435.89
TONKIN183.4483711.46
HALL183.448311.72
DOWNING173.2567187.22
ROWE112.107337.10
PETERS101.915754.62
ROGERS91.724113.28
CHINN91.7241508.47
BRAY91.724151.28
HILL91.72416.77
REYNOLDS91.724119.90
BLEE81.53262,758.62
PENTECOST81.53261,509.43
JAMES81.53267.80
THOMAS81.53263.71
KAY81.532629.50
MATTHEWS71.341015.37
JENKIN71.3410169.90
LAITY71.3410875.00
RICHARDS71.34108.88
HARRIS71.34105.28
EVA71.3410642.20
OWEN71.341011.30
CHAPPELL71.341079.55
LUGG61.1494384.62
MAY61.149418.06
WILLS61.149438.44
NICHOLLS61.149422.01
SPRY50.9579324.68
GUY50.957943.74
EDDY50.9579159.74
NORTHCOTT50.9579210.97
PHILLIPS50.95795.35
GILES50.957925.14
EDWARDS40.76632.75
CRAZE40.7663666.67
DAVEY40.766318.64
LOBB40.7663155.04
KENDALL40.766335.59
TOY40.7663208.33
WEBSTER40.76638.81
TREZISE40.7663833.33
VICKERY30.574779.16
MITCHELL30.57472.83
JOHN20.383110.59
ODGERS20.3831208.33
BULL20.38319.06
TREMAYNE20.3831370.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLEE0.525222758.6207
PENTECOST0.525221509.4340
LAITY0.52522875.0000
RAIL0.52522833.3333
TREZISE0.52522833.3333
TONKIN0.52522711.4625
CRAZE0.52522666.6667
EVA0.52522642.2018
PASCOE0.52522524.5347
CHINN0.52522508.4746
TIPPET0.52522425.5319
LUGG0.52522384.6154
TREMAYNE0.52522370.3704
SPRY0.52522324.6753
MEDLIN0.52522277.7778
JEWEL0.52522256.4103
GEACH0.52522227.2727
JOSE0.52522212.7660
NORTHCOTT0.52522210.9705
ODGERS0.52522208.3333
TOY0.52522208.3333
DOWNING0.52522187.2247
JENKIN0.52522169.9029
MEDLAND0.52522169.4915
LASKEY0.52522161.2903
EDDY0.52522159.7444
LOBB0.52522155.0388
PELLOW0.52522112.3596
LOWER0.52522101.0101
CHAPPELL0.5252279.5455
VICKERY0.5252279.1557
JOB0.5252263.2911
MURTON0.5252256.4972
PETERS0.5252254.6150
BENNETTS0.5252251.5464
BRAY0.5252251.2821
LOWRY0.5252247.3934
GUY0.5252243.7445
WILLS0.5252238.4369
ROWE0.5252237.0995
HARVEY0.5252235.8873
MICHAEL0.5252235.5872
KENDALL0.5252235.5872
TRUSCOTT0.5252235.2113
DUNSTAN0.5252233.6700
KAY0.5252229.4985
GILES0.5252225.1383
NICHOLLS0.5252222.0103
MORSE0.5252220.8768
REYNOLDS0.5252219.9027

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 522 people called BLEE in Mawnan 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 2758.6207 in Mawnan means that 2758.6207% of the people in Mawnan on census day were called BLEE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLEE 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 BLEE 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 BLEE 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 BLEE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Mawnan means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLEE in Mawnan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mawnan in 1881

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

BARCLAY (1)  BENNETTS (1)  BEST (2)  BLEE (8)  BOSWORRICK (1)  BRAY (9)  BULL (2)  CHAPPELL (7)  CHEFFERS (6)  CHINN (9)  COMBELLACK (4)  COCK (7)  CRAZE (4)  CURTIS (1)  DAVEY (4)  DOWNING (17)  DUNSTAN (1)  EDDY (5)  EDWARDS (4)  EVA (7)  GEACH (2)  GILES (5)  GILL (1)  GUY (5)  HALL (18)  HARRIS (7)  HARVEY (20)  HENDRA (1)  HEYSED (1)  HILL (9)  INGLEHEART (4)  JAMES (8)  JENKIN (7)  JEWEL (1)  JOB (1)  JOHN (2)  JOHNS (1)  JOSE (2)  KAY (8)  KEMPTHORNE (6)  KENDALL (4)  KENOMER (1)  LAITY (7)  LASKEY (1)  LOWRY (1)  LOBB (4)  LOWER (1)  LUGG (6)  LEGGO (1)  MURTON (1)  MATTHEWS (7)  MAY (6)  MEDLAND (2)  MEDLIN (1)  MITCHELL (3)  MICHAEL (1)  MORCUMB (1)  MORSE (1)  MURPHY (1)  NICHOLLS (6)  NORTHCOTT (5)  ODGERS (2)  OULD (25)  OWEN (7)  PARKYN (1)  PASCOE (31)  PEARSON (1)  PELLOW (1)  PENTECOST (8)  PETERS (10)  PHILLIPS (5)  PHILLPOTS (1)  RAPSEY (1)  RASHLEIGH (9)  RAIL (1)  RETALLACK (8)  REYNOLDS (9)  RICHARDS (7)  ROGERS (9)  ROWE (11)  SHELTON (1)  SKEWES (9)  SPILLAR (2)  SPRY (5)  THOMAS (8)  TIPPET (2)  TONKIN (18)  TOY (4)  TRENEER (1)  TREGEAR (1)  TREMAYNE (2)  TREWEEK (2)  TREZISE (4)  TRESISE (2)  TRIEVNER (1)  TRUSCOTT (1)  VICKERY (3)  WEST (2)  WEBSTER (4)  WILLIAMS (21)  WILLS (6)  WILLMET (6)