Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gorran, Cornwall

Gorran 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
BILLING394.1981754.35
GROSE394.19811,466.17
PILL293.12161,657.14
OLIVER212.260531.69
MICHELL202.1529452.49
BURLEIGH192.04521,610.17
HILL192.04528.03
DALLY192.04521,032.61
VARCOE161.72231,025.64
PEARCE161.722318.75
BALL161.722320.85
ROBINS151.614676.18
GUY141.507068.83
ROWE131.399424.64
BEER131.399487.42
SPEAR121.2917274.60
GOLLY121.29176,000.00
PARNELL111.1841122.49
RICKARD111.1841173.50
CHENOWETH101.07642,439.02
POMEROY101.0764387.60
NICHOLLS101.076420.61
KITTO101.0764694.44
WILLS101.076436.01
MICHAEL90.9688180.36
HALEY90.968881.30
DINGLE80.8611197.04
LEAN80.8611296.30
RICHARDS80.86115.70
FORWARD80.8611307.69
LIDDICOAT80.8611975.61
NOTT80.8611122.14
MITCHELL70.75353.71
KENDALL70.753535.00
ROUSE70.753552.55
PATTEN70.7535120.07
CHESTERFIELD70.7535813.95
BURN70.753556.00
PERRYMAN70.7535208.96
EDWARDS70.75352.70
COOMBE70.7535139.17
BEARD60.645924.54
HARVEY60.64596.05
FRANCIS60.645910.84
FISHER60.64595.52
TEAGUE60.6459114.29
STEPHENS60.645911.64
HARRIS60.64592.54
SPILLER50.538294.70
MARTYN50.5382134.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOLLY0.939296000.0000
CHENOWETH0.939292439.0244
MINGO0.939291923.0769
PILL0.939291657.1429
BURLEIGH0.939291610.1695
BIBLE0.939291538.4615
GROSE0.939291466.1654
SHEAR0.939291086.9565
DALLY0.939291032.6087
VARCOE0.939291025.6410
LIDDICOAT0.93929975.6098
CHESTERFIELD0.93929813.9535
BILLING0.93929754.3520
KITTO0.93929694.4444
MICHELL0.93929452.4887
POMEROY0.93929387.5969
TREWIN0.93929314.9606
FORWARD0.93929307.6923
LEAN0.93929296.2963
SPEAR0.93929274.5995
HUGO0.93929245.9016
SPEARS0.93929226.2443
LAWRY0.93929225.9887
LANDRY0.93929212.7660
PERRYMAN0.93929208.9552
DINGLE0.93929197.0443
MICHAEL0.93929180.3607
RICKARD0.93929173.5016
SORRELL0.93929144.4043
COOMBE0.93929139.1650
MARTYN0.93929134.4086
PARNELL0.93929122.4944
NOTT0.93929122.1374
WESCOTT0.93929121.9512
PATTEN0.93929120.0686
HUDDY0.93929114.9425
TEAGUE0.93929114.2857
TREMAYNE0.93929104.1667
SPILLER0.9392994.6970
BEER0.9392987.4243
JORY0.9392984.0336
HALEY0.9392981.3008
ROBINS0.9392976.1808
GUY0.9392968.8299
HAWKEY0.9392966.6667
TERRELL0.9392964.1026
BURN0.9392956.0000
GLASSON0.9392953.1915
ROUSE0.9392952.5526
GLANVILLE0.9392952.3560

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 929 people called GOLLY in Gorran 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 6000.0000 in Gorran means that 6000.0000% of the people in Gorran on census day were called GOLLY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOLLY 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 GOLLY 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 GOLLY 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 GOLLY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.93 in Gorran means that you are 0.93 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOLLY in Gorran than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gorran in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDREW (5)  ANNEER (3)  ANNISS (1)  ARBIN (7)  BALL (16)  BAMPFIELD (2)  BARRON (3)  BASSETT (5)  BEARD (6)  BEER (13)  BIBLE (2)  BILLING (39)  BLIGHT (1)  BREWER (1)  BUNNEY (9)  BURLEIGH (19)  BURN (7)  BURNS (4)  CARVETH (5)  CHENOWETH (10)  CHESTERFIELD (7)  CLYMO (2)  COOMB (8)  COOMBE (7)  COOM (1)  COUCH (1)  COCK (4)  COCKS (1)  CRADDOCK (2)  COURTIS (1)  DADDA (12)  DALLY (19)  DAVIS (1)  DINGLE (8)  EDWARDS (7)  EVLING (2)  FISHER (6)  FITZGERALD (2)  FOREWARD (FORWARD) (3)  FORWARD (8)  FRANCIS (6)  FURZE (2)  GILES (1)  GLANVILLE (2)  GLASSON (1)  GLEDDEN (2)  GOLLY (12)  GOLLEY (2)  GREEN (4)  GROSE (39)  GUY (14)  HAMBLY (1)  HANCOCK (1)  HANNAH (1)  HENNAH (9)  HARPER (1)  HARRIS (6)  HARVEY (6)  HAWKEY (1)  HOCKING (1)  HALEY (9)  HERRING (1)  HILL (19)  HOOPER (2)  HUDDY (1)  HUGO (3)  HURREL (3)  JENKINS (2)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNS (2)  JORY (1)  KENDALL (7)  KEY (2)  KERKIN (27)  KITTO (10)  NOTT (8)  LANDRY (1)  LEAN (8)  LANYON (5)  LAWRY (4)  LIDDICOTT (2)  LIDDYCOAT (22)  LIDDICOAT (8)  LIDYCOAT (6)  LOBB (1)  MANNEL (1)  MARTYN (5)  MAY (4)  LELEAN (1)  MILLER (2)  MINGO (5)  MINGOE (1)  MICHELL (20)  MICHAEL (9)  MITCHELL (7)  MOODY (1)  NICHOLLS (10)  OLIVER (21)  PARKES (1)  PARNELL (11)  PARNALL (4)  PATTEN (7)  PEARCE (16)  PERRYMAN (7)  PILL (29)  POMEROY (10)  POUND (1)  RUNNALLS (1)  RAVETTA (1)  RICHARDS (8)  RICKARD (11)  ROBINS (15)  ROWE (13)  ROUSE (7)  ROUTER (2)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCORBORIO (1)  SEWEL (1)  SHEAR (5)  SMITH (5)  SMITHEREM (1)  SOLOMON (1)  SORRELL (4)  SPEARS (5)  SPEAR (12)  SPILLER (5)  STEPHENS (6)  SWAN (3)  SWAIN (1)  TEAGUE (6)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (2)  TIMSON (1)  TRENEER (4)  TREGILGAS (4)  TREGUNNA (13)  TRELEASE (1)  TREMAYNE (1)  TRENERRY (1)  TREWIN (4)  TROUNCE (2)  TERRELL (1)  VARCOE (16)  VERCOE (6)  VIVIAN (2)  WADE (4)  WALES (3)  WELLINGTON (1)  WESCOTT (1)  WHETTER (22)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILLS (10)  YOULTEN (5)  YOULTON (3) 

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