Top surnames from the 1881 census in Colan, Cornwall

Colan 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
HICKS114.5267108.16
OSBORN114.5267217.39
VEALE104.1152952.38
BRENTON104.11522,000.00
OLIVER104.115257.67
LOBB93.7037750.00
LANDRY93.70377,500.00
TABB83.29222,500.00
HOCKING83.2922404.04
BENNETTS72.8807777.78
KINGDON72.8807921.05
RUNDLE72.8807482.76
GILL72.880740.72
SOLOMON72.8807424.24
CURTIS62.469143.51
TREBILCOCK62.46911,621.62
HENWOOD62.4691588.24
TIPPETT62.4691697.67
ROWE62.469143.48
HUGO62.46911,875.00
WILLIAMS62.46913.44
JONES52.05761.82
BREWER41.646162.02
STEPHENS41.646129.67
HAWKE31.2346220.59
SALMON31.234654.15
JOLLEY31.2346234.38
PLUMMER31.234692.31
BETTINSON31.23461,578.95
VIVIAN20.8230176.99
LIBBY20.8230625.00
CARDELL20.82301,538.46
MAY20.823012.93
LEAN20.8230281.69
TREMBATH10.4115232.56
BRAY10.411512.24
CARNE10.4115147.06
HONEY10.411567.11
NORTHEY10.4115172.41
BLACKMORE10.411528.57
HARRISON10.41151.85
CREWS10.4115232.56
JEFFERIES10.411537.17
COCKING10.411584.75
BUNT10.4115232.56
HOBB10.4115666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LANDRY0.242437500.0000
TABB0.242432500.0000
BRENTON0.242432000.0000
HUGO0.242431875.0000
TREBILCOCK0.242431621.6216
BETTINSON0.242431578.9474
CARDELL0.242431538.4615
VEALE0.24243952.3810
KINGDON0.24243921.0526
BENNETTS0.24243777.7778
LOBB0.24243750.0000
TIPPETT0.24243697.6744
HOBB0.24243666.6667
LIBBY0.24243625.0000
HENWOOD0.24243588.2353
RUNDLE0.24243482.7586
SOLOMON0.24243424.2424
HOCKING0.24243404.0404
LEAN0.24243281.6901
JOLLEY0.24243234.3750
BUNT0.24243232.5581
TREMBATH0.24243232.5581
CREWS0.24243232.5581
HAWKE0.24243220.5882
OSBORN0.24243217.3913
VIVIAN0.24243176.9912
NORTHEY0.24243172.4138
CARNE0.24243147.0588
HICKS0.24243108.1613
PLUMMER0.2424392.3077
COCKING0.2424384.7458
HONEY0.2424367.1141
BREWER0.2424362.0155
OLIVER0.2424357.6701
SALMON0.2424354.1516
CURTIS0.2424343.5098
ROWE0.2424343.4783
GILL0.2424340.7213
JEFFERIES0.2424337.1747
STEPHENS0.2424329.6736
BLACKMORE0.2424328.5714
MAY0.2424312.9282
BRAY0.2424312.2399
WILLIAMS0.242433.4372
HARRISON0.242431.8539
JONES0.242431.8168

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 243 people called LANDRY in Colan 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 7500.0000 in Colan means that 7500.0000% of the people in Colan on census day were called LANDRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LANDRY 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 LANDRY 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 LANDRY 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 LANDRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Colan means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LANDRY in Colan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Colan in 1881

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

BENNETTS (7)  BETTINSON (3)  BLACKMORE (1)  BLAMEY (1)  BRENTON (10)  BRAY (1)  BREWER (4)  BUNT (1)  CARNE (1)  COCKING (1)  CARDELL (2)  CREWS (1)  CURTIS (6)  GILL (7)  GUMMOW (7)  HARRISON (1)  HAWKE (3)  HOCKING (8)  HENWOOD (6)  HICKS (11)  HOBB (1)  HOBLYN (2)  HONEY (1)  HUGO (6)  JEFFERIES (1)  JOLLEY (3)  JONES (5)  KINGDON (7)  LANDRY (9)  LEAN (2)  LIBBY (2)  LOBB (9)  MAY (2)  MOYSES (4)  NORTHEY (1)  OLIVER (10)  OSBORN (11)  PARKYN (13)  PLUMMER (3)  RUNDLE (7)  RICKEARD (1)  ROWE (6)  ROUNSEVELL (2)  SALMON (3)  SOLOMON (7)  STEPHENS (4)  TABB (8)  TIPPETT (6)  TREBILCOCK (6)  TREMBATH (1)  VEALE (10)  VIVIAN (2)  WILLIAMS (6)