Top surnames from the 1881 census in Otterham, Cornwall

Otterham 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
SMITH95.52153.91
COWLING84.9080559.44
PERKIN84.9080909.09
MEDLAND74.29451,891.89
FOLLEY74.29452,000.00
EVANS63.68108.42
PAUL53.0675122.55
TUCKER53.067555.43
HOSKIN53.0675684.93
MOYSE53.06751,315.79
MARSHALL53.067518.29
TILLEY53.0675233.64
HAWKEN42.4540952.38
HALL31.84056.26
MARTIN31.84057.47
BATH31.8405245.90
KINSMAN21.2270606.06
ELLIOTT21.227014.46
PAULING21.22701,428.57
CORY10.6135169.49
BAKER10.61352.80
FULFORD10.6135185.19
SANDERS10.613513.53
HILL10.61352.41
BONNEY10.6135243.90
GLOVER10.613514.39
FRY10.613519.16
KELLOW10.6135344.83
SANDERCOCK10.6135344.83
HOLMAN10.613543.29
COTTON10.613525.71
GILBERT10.613510.78
LEAN10.6135212.77
JONES10.61350.54
DOIDGE10.6135212.77
ROGERS10.61354.73
HODGE10.613524.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOLLEY0.161632000.0000
MEDLAND0.161631891.8919
PAULING0.161631428.5714
MOYSE0.161631315.7895
HAWKEN0.16163952.3810
PERKIN0.16163909.0909
HOSKIN0.16163684.9315
KINSMAN0.16163606.0606
COWLING0.16163559.4406
KELLOW0.16163344.8276
SANDERCOCK0.16163344.8276
BATH0.16163245.9016
BONNEY0.16163243.9024
TILLEY0.16163233.6449
DOIDGE0.16163212.7660
LEAN0.16163212.7660
FULFORD0.16163185.1852
CORY0.16163169.4915
PAUL0.16163122.5490
TUCKER0.1616355.4324
HOLMAN0.1616343.2900
COTTON0.1616325.7069
HODGE0.1616324.3309
FRY0.1616319.1571
MARSHALL0.1616318.2882
ELLIOTT0.1616314.4613
GLOVER0.1616314.3885
SANDERS0.1616313.5318
GILBERT0.1616310.7759
EVANS0.161638.4234
MARTIN0.161637.4720
HALL0.161636.2565
ROGERS0.161634.7259
SMITH0.161633.9105
BAKER0.161632.7996
HILL0.161632.4085
JONES0.161630.5417

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 163 people called FOLLEY in Otterham 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 2000.0000 in Otterham means that 2000.0000% of the people in Otterham on census day were called FOLLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOLLEY 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 FOLLEY 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 FOLLEY 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 FOLLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Otterham means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOLLEY in Otterham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Otterham in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BATH (3)  BESCUMB (3)  BONNEY (1)  CORY (1)  COTTON (1)  COWLING (8)  DAYMAN (1)  DOIDGE (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  EVANS (6)  FOLLEY (7)  FRY (1)  FUGE (1)  FULFORD (1)  GILBERT (1)  GLOVER (1)  HALL (3)  HAWKEN (4)  HILL (1)  HOCKIN (3)  HODGE (1)  HOLMAN (1)  HOSKIN (5)  JONES (1)  JOCE (9)  KELLOW (1)  KINSMAN (2)  LEAN (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MARTIN (3)  MEDLAND (7)  MOYSE (5)  NOTTLE (8)  PARNALL (3)  PAUL (5)  PAULING (2)  PERKIN (8)  PLEWES (1)  ROATLEY (19)  ROGERS (1)  SANDERCOCK (1)  SANDERS (1)  SMEETH (2)  SMITH (9)  STADDON (1)  TILLEY (5)  TUCKER (5)