Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Michael Penkievel, Cornwall

St Michael Penkievel 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
ALLEN2717.647193.43
COWLING85.2288592.59
COAD63.92161,818.18
HITCHENS53.26801,351.35
POLLETT53.26803,333.33
TOMLINSON53.268070.82
BURGE42.6144360.36
LANGDON42.6144336.13
MITCHELL42.614412.89
BARNS42.6144404.04
MATTHEWS42.614429.96
COX31.960812.94
GRIFFEN31.9608600.00
BURNETT31.960870.92
PRIME21.3072333.33
CLYNE21.3072952.38
TREZISE21.30721,428.57
WRIGHT21.30724.08
BROWN21.30721.98
JOYCE21.307253.19
ROBERTS21.30723.47
WILLIAMS21.30721.82
TILBURY21.3072338.98
ANDREW10.653620.62
ABLE10.6536344.83
PARKES10.653631.95
MARTIN10.65362.65
BISHOP10.65369.35
SCOTT10.65362.58
CLINCH10.6536227.27
MANNING10.653620.58
ALFORD10.653676.92
PHILIPS10.653635.34
LEE10.65364.00
BOURNE10.653633.67
HOLDEN10.653611.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POLLETT0.151533333.3333
COAD0.151531818.1818
TREZISE0.151531428.5714
HITCHENS0.151531351.3514
CLYNE0.15153952.3810
GRIFFEN0.15153600.0000
COWLING0.15153592.5926
BARNS0.15153404.0404
BURGE0.15153360.3604
ABLE0.15153344.8276
TILBURY0.15153338.9831
LANGDON0.15153336.1345
PRIME0.15153333.3333
CLINCH0.15153227.2727
ALLEN0.1515393.4256
ALFORD0.1515376.9231
BURNETT0.1515370.9220
TOMLINSON0.1515370.8215
JOYCE0.1515353.1915
PHILIPS0.1515335.3357
BOURNE0.1515333.6700
PARKES0.1515331.9489
MATTHEWS0.1515329.9625
ANDREW0.1515320.6186
MANNING0.1515320.5761
COX0.1515312.9366
MITCHELL0.1515312.8866
HOLDEN0.1515311.9332
BISHOP0.151539.3545
WRIGHT0.151534.0750
LEE0.151534.0000
ROBERTS0.151533.4746
MARTIN0.151532.6532
SCOTT0.151532.5833
BROWN0.151531.9829
WILLIAMS0.151531.8197

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 153 people called POLLETT in St Michael Penkievel 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 3333.3333 in St Michael Penkievel means that 3333.3333% of the people in St Michael Penkievel on census day were called POLLETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POLLETT 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 POLLETT 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 POLLETT 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 POLLETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in St Michael Penkievel means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POLLETT in St Michael Penkievel than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Michael Penkievel in 1881

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

ABLE (1)  ALFORD (1)  ALLEN (27)  ANDREW (1)  ANNEAR (6)  BARNS (4)  BISHOP (1)  BROWN (2)  BURNETT (3)  BOURNE (1)  BURGE (4)  CLINCH (1)  CLYNE (2)  COAD (6)  COWLING (8)  COX (3)  CRAMB (7)  GREENSLADE (1)  GRIFFEN (3)  HITCHENS (5)  HOLDEN (1)  JOYCE (2)  LANGDON (4)  LEE (1)  LESSUP (1)  MAGGOTS (1)  MANNING (1)  MARTIN (1)  MATTHEWS (4)  MITCHELL (4)  NILE (7)  PARKES (1)  PHILIPS (1)  POLLETT (5)  PRIME (2)  ROBERTS (2)  SCOTT (1)  SOWEL (8)  TILBURY (2)  TOMLINSON (5)  TREGUNNA (2)  TREZISE (2)  TRURAN (2)  WILLIAMS (2)  WRIGHT (2)  YOULTON (2)