Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Breward, Cornwall

St Breward 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
HAWKEN395.36452,063.49
COLMAN324.4017472.67
GREENAWAY263.5763570.18
GILL202.751038.88
ROBERTS192.61356.95
BEST172.338486.78
PHILP172.3384343.43
BURNARD131.78821,065.57
BROAD121.6506129.87
ROGERS121.650612.71
WICKETT111.51311,375.00
HARRIS111.51315.95
JENKIN101.3755174.22
POTE101.37553,030.30
BURDEN101.3755107.53
NICHOLLS91.238023.70
DENNIS91.238041.84
FORD91.238012.71
WILLIAMS91.23801.72
KINGDON81.1004352.42
SPARGO81.1004592.59
POWELL81.10048.82
HOOPER81.100425.98
STEPHENS81.100419.83
POOLEY81.1004136.29
DONEY70.9629489.51
HAMBLY70.9629295.36
PARR70.962938.55
PUTTON70.96298,750.00
COLE70.962910.57
WORTH70.9629107.20
MOYSE70.9629406.98
PEARSE70.962990.56
CHAPMAN60.82535.81
MARTIN60.82533.35
SPARE60.8253983.61
WINN60.825384.99
HILL60.82533.24
PEARCE50.68787.49
BILLING50.6878123.46
ARTHUR50.687831.57
EDE50.6878125.94
REYNOLDS40.55026.35
DAVEY40.550213.38
ELFORD40.5502181.00
PETT40.5502200.00
COURTS40.5502547.95
SANDERS40.550212.14
CLOKE30.4127211.27
JAMES30.41272.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PUTTON0.737278750.0000
POTE0.737273030.3030
HAWKEN0.737272063.4921
WICKETT0.737271375.0000
RUNDALL0.737271176.4706
BURNARD0.737271065.5738
SPARE0.73727983.6066
TOM0.73727769.2308
SPARGO0.73727592.5926
GREENAWAY0.73727570.1754
COURTS0.73727547.9452
DONEY0.73727489.5105
COLMAN0.73727472.6736
MOYSE0.73727406.9767
SALTERN0.73727400.0000
KINGDON0.73727352.4229
PHILP0.73727343.4343
HAMBLY0.73727295.3586
BUNT0.73727232.5581
CLOKE0.73727211.2676
PETT0.73727200.0000
ELFORD0.73727180.9955
JENKIN0.73727174.2160
POOLEY0.73727136.2862
BROAD0.73727129.8701
EDE0.73727125.9446
TINNEY0.73727125.0000
BILLING0.73727123.4568
BURDEN0.73727107.5269
WORTH0.73727107.1975
PEARSE0.7372790.5563
BEST0.7372786.7790
WINN0.7372784.9858
JASPER0.7372784.3882
PROUT0.7372783.1025
KELLOW0.7372778.7402
JOSE0.7372775.7576
ODGERS0.7372775.1880
KINSMAN0.7372768.0272
WARNE0.7372756.4972
AMEY0.7372749.2611
WOOLCOCK0.7372748.7805
SOUTHWOOD0.7372747.3934
LEAN0.7372747.3934
DENNIS0.7372741.8410
RICKARD0.7372740.3226
GILL0.7372738.8802
PARR0.7372738.5463
DAWE0.7372731.5956
ARTHUR0.7372731.5657

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 727 people called PUTTON in St Breward 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 8750.0000 in St Breward means that 8750.0000% of the people in St Breward on census day were called PUTTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PUTTON 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 PUTTON 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 PUTTON 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 PUTTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in St Breward means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PUTTON in St Breward than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Breward in 1881

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

ARTHUR (5)  BURNARD (13)  BASTARD (5)  BATTEN (1)  BEST (17)  BESWETHERICK (1)  BILLING (5)  BONE (2)  BURDEN (10)  BRAY (1)  BROAD (12)  BUNT (3)  COLWILL (7)  CHAMPIAN (1)  CHAPMAN (6)  CLAMPIT (1)  CLARK (1)  CLIFFE (1)  CLOKE (3)  COLE (7)  COLMAN (32)  COLLINS (2)  CORNOW (2)  COTTELL (2)  COURTS (4)  COWLARD (1)  CROWLE (14)  DAMERAL (4)  DAVEY (4)  DAWE (2)  DENNIS (9)  DONEY (7)  AMEY (1)  EDE (5)  ELFORD (4)  EYRE (2)  FORD (9)  FRENCH (2)  GEAKE (2)  GILL (20)  GOVETT (2)  GREENAWAY (26)  HAMBLY (7)  HARRIS (11)  HAWKEN (39)  HEARD (1)  HILL (6)  HOOPER (8)  HOSKEN (39)  JAMES (3)  JASPAR (5)  JASPER (2)  JENKIN (10)  JOSE (1)  KENDALL (3)  KELLOW (1)  KINGDON (8)  KINSMAN (1)  LANDER (1)  LEAN (1)  MEAGOR (1)  MANICOM (3)  MANNUELL (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MARTIN (6)  MASTERS (2)  MILLER (2)  MITCHELL (1)  MOYSE (7)  NANKIVEL (11)  NICHOLLS (9)  NOTTLE (4)  OKE (3)  ODGERS (1)  OSWALD (1)  PARR (7)  PARSONS (2)  PASCOE (2)  PEARSE (7)  PEARCE (5)  PETHICK (14)  PETT (4)  PHILP (17)  POLKINGHORNE (10)  POLARD (1)  POOLEY (8)  POTE (10)  POWELL (8)  PROUT (3)  PUTTON (7)  RUNDALL (2)  RUNNALLS (25)  RESCORL (2)  REYNOLDS (4)  RICKARD (2)  ROBERTS (19)  ROGERS (12)  SALTERN (1)  SANDERS (4)  SCOTT (1)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHWOOD (1)  SPARE (6)  SPARGO (8)  STEPHENS (8)  STONE (1)  TENNANT (1)  TOM (3)  THOMAS (1)  TINNEY (1)  TREGEMBO (12)  TREVAINS (4)  WADGE (3)  WARNE (3)  WICKETT (11)  WOOLCOCK (1)  WILLCOCKS (1)  WILLIAMS (9)  WILLN (2)  WINN (6)  WORTH (7)