Top surnames from the 1881 census in Zennor, Cornwall

Zennor 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
EDDY7712.64372,109.59
THOMAS7412.151129.45
BERRYMAN528.53861,538.46
OSBORN386.2397299.92
NICHOLLS233.776772.30
MICHELL193.1199655.17
HALL172.79159.49
STEVENS162.627325.17
MANN142.298943.64
MATTHEWS142.298926.36
CHRISTOPHER132.1346363.13
EDWARDS132.13467.66
WILLIAMS132.13462.97
BONE121.9704106.29
NEWTON111.806223.57
DANIEL101.642074.35
UREN101.6420432.90
LAWRY91.4778775.86
CHAPPLE91.4778217.92
RICHARDS81.31368.70
DENTON81.313671.49
QUICK71.1494102.64
OLDS71.1494921.05
DAVY71.149493.21
BARBER60.985216.37
HORNER60.985251.77
NICHOLAS50.821042.05
MARTIN50.82103.33
ALLEN40.65683.48
GRENFELL40.6568392.16
HOSKING40.656887.91
DALE40.656815.55
PASCOE40.656857.97
LAWS30.492644.31
TREVORROW20.3284344.83
WHITE20.32841.02
TRELOAR20.3284169.49
DALLY20.3284166.67
HAYES20.32845.28
ROWE20.32845.78
BLIGHT10.164236.23
KING10.16420.75
CRONIN10.164245.66
HOLLIS10.164211.86
CHAPPEL10.164237.31
SEMMENS10.1642129.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EDDY0.616092109.5890
BERRYMAN0.616091538.4615
OLDS0.61609921.0526
LAWRY0.61609775.8621
MICHELL0.61609655.1724
UREN0.61609432.9004
GRENFELL0.61609392.1569
CHRISTOPHER0.61609363.1285
TREVORROW0.61609344.8276
OSBORN0.61609299.9211
CHAPPLE0.61609217.9177
TRELOAR0.61609169.4915
DALLY0.61609166.6667
SEMMENS0.61609129.8701
BONE0.61609106.2888
QUICK0.61609102.6393
DAVY0.6160993.2091
HOSKING0.6160987.9121
DANIEL0.6160974.3494
NICHOLLS0.6160972.3043
DENTON0.6160971.4924
PASCOE0.6160957.9710
HORNER0.6160951.7688
CRONIN0.6160945.6621
LAWS0.6160944.3131
MANN0.6160943.6409
NICHOLAS0.6160942.0521
CHAPPEL0.6160937.3134
BLIGHT0.6160936.2319
THOMAS0.6160929.4457
MATTHEWS0.6160926.3554
STEVENS0.6160925.1691
NEWTON0.6160923.5697
BARBER0.6160916.3666
DALE0.6160915.5461
HOLLIS0.6160911.8624
HALL0.616099.4887
RICHARDS0.616098.6985
EDWARDS0.616097.6592
ROWE0.616095.7820
HAYES0.616095.2812
ALLEN0.616093.4771
MARTIN0.616093.3329
WILLIAMS0.616092.9716
WHITE0.616091.0217
KING0.616090.7534

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 609 people called EDDY in Zennor 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 2109.5890 in Zennor means that 2109.5890% of the people in Zennor on census day were called EDDY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EDDY 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 EDDY 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 EDDY 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 EDDY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Zennor means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EDDY in Zennor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Zennor in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  BARBER (6)  BARYWANATH (5)  BERRYMAN (52)  BLIGHT (1)  BOADEN (1)  BOASE (4)  BONE (12)  BORLASE (1)  CHAPPEL (1)  CHAPPLE (9)  CHELLEW (8)  CHRISTOPHER (13)  CRONIN (1)  DALE (4)  DALLY (2)  DANIEL (10)  DAVY (7)  DENTON (8)  EDDY (77)  EDWARDS (13)  GRIG (2)  GRENFELL (4)  HALL (17)  HAYES (2)  HOCKIN (7)  HOLLIS (1)  HORNER (6)  HOSKING (4)  KING (1)  LAWRY (9)  LAWS (3)  MANN (14)  MARTIN (5)  MATTHEWS (14)  MEDLYN (7)  MICHELL (19)  NANKERVIS (11)  NEWLYN (2)  NEWTON (11)  NICHOLAS (5)  NICHOLLS (23)  OLDS (7)  OSBORN (38)  POLMEAR (7)  PASCOE (4)  PHABEY (4)  QUICK (7)  RICHARDS (8)  ROWE (2)  SEMMENS (1)  SHEDFORD (1)  STEVENS (16)  THOMAS (74)  TRELOAR (2)  TREVENEN (1)  TREVORROW (2)  TRUDGEN (4)  UREN (10)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMS (13)