Top surnames from the 1881 census in Trevalga, Cornwall

Trevalga 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
STEPHENS2114.8936268.54
BROWN1712.056718.29
ELFORD139.21993,023.26
BONEY85.673816,000.00
HILL85.673822.28
BAILEY85.673837.66
NORTHCOTT85.67381,250.00
CHAPMAN74.964534.95
ROBERTS64.255311.31
ARNOLD53.546165.79
KENDALL53.5461164.47
COWLING53.5461403.23
NICHOLLS42.836954.35
BATE42.8369167.36
TAYLOR32.12773.33
JEWELL21.4184135.14
BROCK21.4184121.95
WHITTY10.7092526.32
EVERETT10.709239.53
CORY10.7092196.08
HARD10.7092384.62
TINNEY10.7092666.67
COLLINS10.70924.94
IRONS10.7092129.87
WILLS10.709223.70
FRENCH10.709214.53
KELLOW10.7092400.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BONEY0.1414116000.0000
ELFORD0.141413023.2558
NORTHCOTT0.141411250.0000
TINNEY0.14141666.6667
WHITTY0.14141526.3158
COWLING0.14141403.2258
KELLOW0.14141400.0000
HARD0.14141384.6154
STEPHENS0.14141268.5422
CORY0.14141196.0784
BATE0.14141167.3640
KENDALL0.14141164.4737
JEWELL0.14141135.1351
IRONS0.14141129.8701
BROCK0.14141121.9512
ARNOLD0.1414165.7895
NICHOLLS0.1414154.3478
EVERETT0.1414139.5257
BAILEY0.1414137.6648
CHAPMAN0.1414134.9476
WILLS0.1414123.6967
HILL0.1414122.2779
BROWN0.1414118.2894
FRENCH0.1414114.5349
ROBERTS0.1414111.3101
COLLINS0.141414.9432
TAYLOR0.141413.3270

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 141 people called BONEY in Trevalga 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 16000.0000 in Trevalga means that 16000.0000% of the people in Trevalga on census day were called BONEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BONEY 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 BONEY 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 BONEY 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 BONEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Trevalga means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BONEY in Trevalga than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Trevalga in 1881

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

ARNOLD (5)  BAILEY (8)  BATE (4)  BROCK (2)  BROWN (17)  BONEY (8)  CHAPMAN (7)  COLLINS (1)  KERNICK (3)  CORY (1)  COWLING (5)  ELFORD (13)  EVERETT (1)  FRENCH (1)  GRIFITHS (1)  HARD (1)  HILL (8)  IRONS (1)  JEWELL (2)  KENDALL (5)  KELLOW (1)  NICHOLLS (4)  NORTHCOTT (8)  ROBERTS (6)  SLOGGATT (1)  STEPHENS (21)  TAYLOR (3)  TINNEY (1)  WILLS (1)  WHITTY (1)