Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lezant, Cornwall

Lezant 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
GREGORY243.247646.29
GOODMAN212.841797.40
JASPER202.7064829.88
RUNDLE192.5710430.84
HODGE192.5710101.99
SARGENT192.5710166.96
BUDGE152.0298397.88
PALMER141.894516.07
SANDERCOCK121.6238909.09
KENNARD121.6238333.33
ROWE121.623828.59
BATH111.4885198.56
HATCH111.4885173.23
EVANS101.35323.10
PAYNTER101.3532483.09
DINGLE91.2179278.64
SYMONS91.217988.58
HARRIS91.21794.79
VENNER81.0825547.95
DAWE81.0825124.42
NORTHCOTT81.0825238.81
SMITH81.08250.77
ROBERTS70.94722.52
BATTIN70.94722,000.00
HOCKING70.9472116.09
BROWN70.94721.44
BRAWN70.9472522.39
BENNETT70.94725.76
PEARSE60.811976.34
ROWSE60.8119348.84
WHITFORD60.8119259.74
THOMAS60.81191.97
ELLERY60.8119298.51
CLIFTON60.811957.42
BROAD50.676653.25
GIDLEY50.6766387.60
DAVEY50.676616.46
WILLS50.676622.63
BATE50.676639.94
BRENDON50.67661,785.71
CORNISH50.676646.90
HUSBAND50.6766116.01
MARTIN50.67662.75
SUTTON50.676610.63
VENTON50.6766724.64
GARTRELL50.67661,351.35
HICKS40.541312.93
STEED40.5413112.36
JORDON40.5413120.48
WORTH40.541360.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BATTIN0.747392000.0000
BRENDON0.747391785.7143
NELDER0.747391481.4815
GARTRELL0.747391351.3514
SANDERCOCK0.74739909.0909
WICKETTS0.74739833.3333
JASPER0.74739829.8755
VENTON0.74739724.6377
VENNER0.74739547.9452
ROCKEY0.74739526.3158
BRAWN0.74739522.3881
PAYNTER0.74739483.0918
RUNDLE0.74739430.8390
BUDGE0.74739397.8780
GIDLEY0.74739387.5969
TOCK0.74739370.3704
JILES0.74739370.3704
ROWSE0.74739348.8372
KENNARD0.74739333.3333
ELLERY0.74739298.5075
BATTON0.74739285.7143
GERRY0.74739281.6901
DINGLE0.74739278.6378
WHITFORD0.74739259.7403
NORTHCOTT0.74739238.8060
TREDINNICK0.74739238.0952
MULLIS0.74739211.2676
BATH0.74739198.5560
DOIDGE0.74739189.5735
REDSTONE0.74739178.5714
HATCH0.74739173.2283
WILLMAN0.74739172.4138
SARGENT0.74739166.9596
HAMBLEY0.74739156.2500
BLUETT0.74739147.0588
TYLOR0.74739135.1351
DAWE0.74739124.4168
JORDON0.74739120.4819
HOCKING0.74739116.0862
HUSBAND0.74739116.0093
DYMOND0.74739115.8301
STEED0.74739112.3596
TREMAIN0.74739106.3830
HOCKADAY0.74739105.2632
HODGE0.74739101.9860
GOODMAN0.7473997.4026
WESTERN0.7473996.4630
SYMONS0.7473988.5827
SLEEMAN0.7473983.6820
PEARSE0.7473976.3359

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 739 people called BATTIN in Lezant 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 2000.0000 in Lezant means that 2000.0000% of the people in Lezant on census day were called BATTIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BATTIN 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 BATTIN 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 BATTIN 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 BATTIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Lezant means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BATTIN in Lezant than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lezant in 1881

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

BAILEY (1)  BARBER (2)  BASTARD (7)  BATE (5)  BATH (11)  BATTIN (7)  BATTON (1)  BENNETT (7)  BURCH (2)  BLAKE (4)  BLUETT (1)  BRAWN (7)  BRENDON (5)  BROAD (5)  BROWN (7)  BUCKLER (1)  BUDGE (15)  BUNT (1)  BORROWS (2)  COLWILL (14)  COLWALL (1)  CAUNTER (4)  CAWSE (5)  CLIFTON (6)  COLLIER (3)  CONGDON (1)  COOMBE (1)  CORNISH (5)  CREBER (1)  COURTIS (1)  DAINTY (3)  DAVY (2)  DAVEY (5)  DAWE (8)  DINGLE (9)  DOIDGE (4)  DOWN (4)  DOWNING (1)  DYMOND (3)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLERY (6)  EVANS (10)  FOLLY (10)  FRY (2)  FUGE (4)  GARTRELL (5)  GEAKE (6)  GEAST (1)  GERRY (4)  GIDDLEY (1)  GIDLEY (5)  JILES (1)  GLIDDON (1)  GOODMAN (21)  JORDON (4)  GREENWOOD (3)  GREGORY (24)  GRIFFIN (3)  GUEST (1)  HAM (1)  HAMBLEY (1)  HANNAFORD (1)  HARRIS (9)  HART (2)  HARVEY (1)  HATCH (11)  HOCKING (7)  HEARD (2)  HENSLAY (1)  HICKS (4)  HOARE (2)  HOBBS (1)  HOCKADAY (1)  HOCKEN (7)  HODGE (19)  HONEY (2)  HUSBAND (5)  JASPER (20)  JOLL (5)  JOHNS (1)  KENNARD (12)  KITTOW (7)  LANCELLAS (5)  LANE (1)  LARK (1)  LEE (2)  LEWIS (1)  LITTLEJOHN (2)  MADDEVER (4)  MADDIVER (6)  MAYNE (2)  MARTIN (5)  MITCHELL (3)  MOWLEM (1)  MULLIS (3)  NELDER (4)  NORTHCOTT (8)  OLVER (5)  OSBORNE (3)  PAYNTER (10)  PALMER (14)  PEARCE (4)  PEARSE (6)  PEARN (5)  PENELRICK (1)  PERCY (1)  PETHICK (12)  POOLEY (1)  POOLY (1)  POPPLESTONE (1)  RADDALL (9)  RUNDLE (19)  RYELL (4)  REDSTONE (1)  REED (1)  RICHARDS (4)  RICKARD (1)  RYDER (1)  ROBERTS (7)  ROCKEY (2)  ROWE (12)  ROWSE (6)  RYALL (3)  SAMBELL (2)  SANDERCOCK (12)  SARGENT (19)  SANDERS (3)  SCOVERN (1)  SCOWN (1)  SHICKEY (1)  SYMONS (9)  SLEEMAN (2)  SMITH (8)  SPEAR (2)  SPRY (1)  STACEY (2)  STAFFORD (1)  STEED (4)  SUTTON (5)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (6)  TICKELL (8)  TICKLE (1)  TOCK (1)  TRATHEN (2)  TREDINNICK (1)  TREISE (2)  TREGONNING (1)  TREMAIN (1)  TYLOR (1)  UREN (1)  VENTON (5)  VENNER (8)  VINGOL (1)  WALLIS (1)  WATTS (2)  WEEKS (2)  WESTERN (3)  WESTLAKE (1)  WHITFORD (6)  WICKETTS (1)  WILLMAN (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLS (5)  WILTON (2)  WOOD (1)  WADLAND (6)  WORTH (4)  WRIGHT (1)