1881 census county

Cheshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cheshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

13,220 surnames are listed for Cheshire, covering 591,819 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 10,840 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cheshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Jones	10,840	1.68%	1.48x
2	Smith	7,114	1.10%	0.78x
3	Williams	5,622	0.870%	1.21x
4	Davies	5,612	0.870%	1.71x
5	Taylor	5,047	0.780%	1.22x
6	Johnson	4,153	0.640%	1.92x
7	Jackson	3,911	0.610%	2.17x
8	Roberts	3,616	0.560%	1.49x
9	Hughes	3,610	0.560%	2.00x
10	Wood	3,535	0.550%	1.72x
11	Robinson	3,165	0.490%	1.54x
12	Brown	3,130	0.490%	0.74x
13	Wright	3,050	0.470%	1.47x
14	Walker	2,875	0.450%	1.33x
15	Evans	2,706	0.420%	0.96x
16	Booth	2,641	0.410%	4.15x
17	Shaw	2,628	0.410%	2.22x
18	Clarke	2,376	0.370%	1.82x
19	Harrison	2,327	0.360%	1.63x
20	Edwards	2,293	0.360%	1.28x
21	Cooper	2,233	0.350%	1.42x
22	Bennett	2,230	0.350%	2.10x
23	Burgess	2,168	0.340%	4.84x
24	Hall	2,110	0.330%	1.11x
25	Wilson	2,024	0.310%	0.68x
26	Bailey	2,010	0.310%	2.07x
27	Turner	1,962	0.300%	1.09x
28	Wilkinson	1,879	0.290%	1.91x
29	Thomas	1,851	0.290%	0.70x
30	Green	1,794	0.280%	0.99x
31	Thompson	1,765	0.270%	0.91x
32	Dean	1,726	0.270%	3.86x
33	Morris	1,724	0.270%	1.20x
34	Dutton	1,679	0.260%	11.50x
35	Holland	1,653	0.260%	3.60x
36	Price	1,645	0.260%	1.46x
37	Buckley	1,630	0.250%	4.64x
38	Dodd	1,613	0.250%	6.15x
39	Lewis	1,604	0.250%	0.95x
40	Williamson	1,554	0.240%	2.69x
41	Barlow	1,539	0.240%	4.42x
42	Griffiths	1,479	0.230%	1.40x
43	Lee	1,417	0.220%	1.34x
44	Moore	1,416	0.220%	1.10x
45	Lloyd	1,409	0.220%	1.87x
46	Hill	1,363	0.210%	0.83x
47	Hulme	1,336	0.210%	9.69x
48	Potts	1,333	0.210%	6.19x
49	Owen	1,323	0.210%	1.73x
50	White	1,300	0.200%	0.63x
51	Barber	1,295	0.200%	3.34x
52	Davenport	1,294	0.200%	10.59x
53	Newton	1,272	0.200%	2.57x
54	Dale	1,260	0.200%	4.62x
55	Mason	1,198	0.190%	1.38x
56	Moss	1,194	0.190%	3.00x
57	Warburton	1,174	0.180%	7.38x
58	Pearson	1,170	0.180%	1.56x
59	Lowe	1,165	0.180%	2.41x
60	Leigh	1,131	0.180%	7.62x
61	Ellis	1,121	0.170%	1.20x
62	Parker	1,121	0.170%	0.91x
63	Fletcher	1,114	0.170%	1.51x
64	Howard	1,111	0.170%	1.76x
65	Mellor	1,111	0.170%	4.89x
66	Cooke	1,095	0.170%	3.08x
67	Clayton	1,092	0.170%	3.11x
68	Ward	1,090	0.170%	0.77x
69	Platt	1,066	0.170%	6.24x
70	Hough	1,058	0.160%	9.53x
71	Garner	1,053	0.160%	5.17x
72	Stubbs	1,042	0.160%	6.12x
73	Hewitt	1,038	0.160%	3.30x
74	Holt	1,017	0.160%	2.36x
75	Baker	1,009	0.160%	0.71x
76	Massey	1,008	0.160%	6.11x
77	Bradley	1,007	0.160%	1.94x
78	Carter	998	0.150%	0.92x
79	Dawson	995	0.150%	1.40x
80	Royle	993	0.150%	11.70x
81	Oldham	989	0.150%	8.73x
82	Sutton	971	0.150%	2.36x
83	Simpson	966	0.150%	0.86x
84	Allen	962	0.150%	0.79x
85	Richardson	961	0.150%	0.88x
86	Lomas	960	0.150%	8.06x
87	Ashton	959	0.150%	3.04x
88	Brooks	943	0.150%	1.50x
89	Goodwin	943	0.150%	2.78x
90	Lawton	942	0.150%	5.67x
91	Barker	920	0.140%	1.09x
92	Walton	919	0.140%	2.02x
93	Miller	907	0.140%	0.79x
94	Clark	900	0.140%	0.46x
95	Parry	898	0.140%	1.83x
96	Whittaker	897	0.140%	2.94x
97	Kelly	894	0.140%	1.27x
98	Knowles	891	0.140%	2.59x
99	Riley	891	0.140%	1.75x
100	Harding	887	0.140%	1.90x