Top surnames from the 1881 census in Warleggan, Cornwall

Warleggan 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
WHERRY167.01758,421.05
WILLIAMS125.26327.33
LOBB125.26321,061.95
AXFORD114.82461,964.29
CRAPP104.38604,545.45
WELSH93.947499.67
MOSS83.508856.94
COPPIN73.0702972.22
LITTLE62.631655.66
LANDER62.6316384.62
RIDDLE62.6316317.46
WEARY52.19308,333.33
CHAPMAN41.754412.35
MUTTON41.7544470.59
FRANCES31.3158208.33
SKINNER31.315825.93
THOMAS31.31583.19
BLEWETT20.8772327.87
KNIGHT20.87727.12
RAWLING20.8772240.96
MANNING20.877227.59
STEPHENS20.877215.81
BICKHAM20.87721,428.57
LANGDON20.8772112.99
RUSH20.877281.63
KEAST20.8772298.51
PIKE20.877230.17
JANE20.8772303.03
BOWDEN20.877230.40
HANCOCK20.877219.29
SNELL20.877246.30
COGAN20.8772434.78
MITCHELL20.87724.32
TAPER10.43865,000.00
YEO10.438683.33
COURTS10.4386434.78
JARMIN10.4386769.23
HIGMAN10.4386333.33
WATTS10.43865.23
BRYANT10.438610.27
HARRIS10.43861.73
DAWE10.438650.51
WELLINGTON10.438693.46
BURNARD10.4386263.16
HICKS10.438610.48
BENNET10.438631.75
JORY10.4386344.83
PEARCE10.43864.78
HORE10.4386128.21
BUNT10.4386250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHERRY0.232288421.0526
WEARY0.232288333.3333
TAPER0.232285000.0000
CRAPP0.232284545.4545
AXFORD0.232281964.2857
BICKHAM0.232281428.5714
LOBB0.232281061.9469
COPPIN0.23228972.2222
JARMIN0.23228769.2308
MUTTON0.23228470.5882
COGAN0.23228434.7826
COURTS0.23228434.7826
LANDER0.23228384.6154
JORY0.23228344.8276
HIGMAN0.23228333.3333
BLEWETT0.23228327.8689
RIDDLE0.23228317.4603
JANE0.23228303.0303
KEAST0.23228298.5075
BURNARD0.23228263.1579
BUNT0.23228250.0000
RAWLING0.23228240.9639
FRANCES0.23228208.3333
HORE0.23228128.2051
LANGDON0.23228112.9944
WELSH0.2322899.6678
WELLINGTON0.2322893.4579
YEO0.2322883.3333
RUSH0.2322881.6327
MOSS0.2322856.9395
LITTLE0.2322855.6586
DAWE0.2322850.5051
SNELL0.2322846.2963
HERRING0.2322842.7350
BENNET0.2322831.7460
BOWDEN0.2322830.3951
PIKE0.2322830.1659
MANNING0.2322827.5862
SKINNER0.2322825.9291
HANCOCK0.2322819.2864
STEPHENS0.2322815.8103
CHAPMAN0.2322812.3533
HICKS0.2322810.4822
BRYANT0.2322810.2669
WILLIAMS0.232287.3269
KNIGHT0.232287.1174
WATTS0.232285.2301
PEARCE0.232284.7755
MITCHELL0.232284.3243
THOMAS0.232283.1884

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 228 people called WHERRY in Warleggan 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 8421.0526 in Warleggan means that 8421.0526% of the people in Warleggan on census day were called WHERRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHERRY 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 WHERRY 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 WHERRY 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 WHERRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Warleggan means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHERRY in Warleggan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Warleggan in 1881

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

AXFORD (11)  BURNARD (1)  BENNET (1)  BICKHAM (2)  BLEWETT (2)  BONNAY (1)  BOWDEN (2)  BRIMACOMBE (2)  BRYANT (1)  BUNT (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  COGAN (2)  COPPIN (7)  COURTS (1)  COWLS (6)  CRAPP (10)  CUDLIP (1)  DAWE (1)  FRANCES (3)  FUGE (2)  HANCOCK (2)  HARRIS (1)  HERRING (1)  HICKS (1)  HIGMAN (1)  HORE (1)  JANE (2)  JARMIN (1)  JORY (1)  KEAST (2)  KNIGHT (2)  LAMERTON (1)  LANDER (6)  LANGDON (2)  LANXON (1)  LITTLE (6)  LOBB (12)  MANNING (2)  MENHENIOT (2)  MENHENICK (1)  MITCHELL (2)  MUTTON (4)  MOSS (8)  POLMEER (3)  PEARCE (1)  PIKE (2)  POMERY (2)  RUNNALLS (17)  REMFRY (3)  RENNALS (5)  RIDDLE (6)  RAWLING (2)  RUSH (2)  SKINNER (3)  SNELL (2)  STANTAN (1)  STEPHENS (2)  TAPER (1)  THOMAS (3)  THORNY (1)  VENNARD (4)  WATTS (1)  WEARY (5)  WELSH (9)  WELLINGTON (1)  WHERRY (16)  WILLIAMS (12)  YEO (1)