Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grade, Cornwall

Grade 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
RICHARDS217.191847.62
BRAY217.1918213.85
JANE206.84932,380.95
STEVENS144.794545.93
HOCKING134.4521546.22
JOHNS103.4247132.63
WILLIAMS93.08224.29
POLLARD72.397365.73
IVEY72.3973853.66
ARTHUR62.054894.34
STEWART62.054813.13
HARRIS62.05488.09
BASHER51.71233,333.33
SAUNDERS51.712318.67
TAYLOR41.36992.14
HOSKING41.3699183.49
BOWDEN41.369947.45
JENKIN41.3699173.91
DREW41.369951.88
COLLINS41.36999.55
STEPHENS41.369924.69
MERCER41.369952.22
HARTLEY41.369921.86
MITCHELL41.36996.75
SMITH41.36990.97
ROWE31.027418.09
GEORGE31.027417.51
ALLEN31.02745.44
COX31.02746.78
LORY31.02742,142.86
WILLEY31.0274114.07
JACKSON31.02743.68
BOULDEN31.02741,034.48
TOZER31.0274171.43
COAD31.0274483.87
RAVEN20.684981.63
MUNDY20.684992.17
CLARK20.68492.28
HALLS20.684986.58
TRIPP20.6849139.86
RANDLE20.684981.63
HOSKIN20.6849152.67
CARTER20.68494.08
WESTCOTT20.6849103.63
GILBERT20.684912.03
VINCENT10.342510.98
MILLER10.34251.91
ROBERTS10.34250.91
ATKINS10.34259.13
SYMONS10.342524.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BASHER0.292923333.3333
JANE0.292922380.9524
LORY0.292922142.8571
BOULDEN0.292921034.4828
IVEY0.29292853.6585
HOCKING0.29292546.2185
COAD0.29292483.8710
LAITY0.29292222.2222
BRAY0.29292213.8493
HOSKING0.29292183.4862
JENKIN0.29292173.9130
TOZER0.29292171.4286
HOSKIN0.29292152.6718
TRIPP0.29292139.8601
JOHNS0.29292132.6260
LUGG0.29292114.9425
WILLEY0.29292114.0684
WESTCOTT0.29292103.6269
ARTHUR0.2929294.3396
MUNDY0.2929292.1659
HALLS0.2929286.5801
RAVEN0.2929281.6327
RANDLE0.2929281.6327
POLLARD0.2929265.7277
MERCER0.2929252.2193
DREW0.2929251.8807
RICHARDS0.2929247.6190
BOWDEN0.2929247.4496
STEVENS0.2929245.9318
JEFFRIES0.2929227.3224
SYMONS0.2929224.9377
STEPHENS0.2929224.6914
HARTLEY0.2929221.8579
SAMPSON0.2929220.0803
SAUNDERS0.2929218.6706
ROWE0.2929218.0941
GEORGE0.2929217.5131
STEWART0.2929213.1320
GILBERT0.2929212.0265
VINCENT0.2929210.9769
COLLINS0.292929.5465
ATKINS0.292929.1324
HARRIS0.292928.0852
HOOPER0.292928.0841
COX0.292926.7797
MITCHELL0.292926.7533
CURTIS0.292926.0350
ALLEN0.292925.4387
WILLIAMS0.292924.2906
CARTER0.292924.0800

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 292 people called BASHER in Grade 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 3333.3333 in Grade means that 3333.3333% of the people in Grade on census day were called BASHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BASHER 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 BASHER 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 BASHER 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 BASHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Grade means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BASHER in Grade than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Grade in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  ARTHUR (6)  ATKINS (1)  BASHAR (2)  BASHER (5)  BOULDEN (3)  BOWDEN (4)  BRAY (21)  BOWCHER (4)  CARTER (2)  CLARK (2)  COAD (3)  COLLINS (4)  COCK (6)  COX (3)  CURTIS (1)  DREW (4)  EXELBY (7)  FURZE (1)  GEORGE (3)  GILBERT (2)  GRIBLE (1)  HALLS (2)  HARRIS (6)  HARTLEY (4)  HOCKING (13)  HOOPER (1)  HOSKIN (2)  HOSKING (4)  IVEY (7)  JACKSON (3)  JANE (20)  JEFFRIES (1)  JENKIN (4)  JOHNS (10)  LAITY (1)  LAMPRO (3)  LORY (3)  LUGG (1)  MEDLYN (6)  MERCER (4)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (4)  MORGAN (1)  MUNDY (2)  PENALUNA (1)  PENGILLY (2)  POLLARD (7)  RANDLE (2)  RAVEN (2)  RICHARDS (21)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWE (3)  SAMPSON (1)  SAUNDERS (5)  SECOOMB (1)  SYMONS (1)  SMITH (4)  STEPHENS (4)  STEVENS (14)  STEWART (6)  TAYLOR (4)  TOZER (3)  TRIPP (2)  TROUNCE (1)  VINCENT (1)  WEARNE (1)  WESTCOTT (2)  WILLIAMS (9)  WILLEY (3) 

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