Another ten surnames will take us to 50, actually 51 as there is a tie for 50th place. The list is still dominated by surnames derived from given or first names. This is similar to Wales and a symptom of the relatively late adoption of surnames in mid and west Cornwall when compared with England (and with east Cornwall).
| rank | surname | type | number of households |
| 41 | Edwards | personal name | 243 |
| 42 | Gilbert/Gillbard | personal name | 239 |
| 43 | Eddy | personal name | 237 |
| 44 | Rundle | nickname/personal name | 230 |
| 45 | Uren | personal name | 228 |
| 46 | Jeffery | personal name | 224 |
| 47 | Wills | personal name | 223 |
| 48 | Rickard | personal name | 212 |
| 49 | Hodge | personal name | 204 |
| =50 | Reed/Read | multiple | 200 |
| =50 | Reynolds | personal name | 200 |
Uren is a rare example of a first name from Celtic roots rather than the more usual Norman-French.
Maps of all these surnames in the 1500s and 1641 can be found here.
Further details of most will be found in my The Surnames of Cornwall.
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Aha Wills appears at number 47!!
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my sir name is Uglow. Has anyone heard this name?
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It’s in my The Surnames of Cornwall (p.220 of the second edition)
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