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 Rice, with 112 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
1001	Rice	112	0.020%	0.56x
1002	Myers	111	0.020%	0.66x
1003	Perkins	111	0.020%	0.38x
1004	Pickstock	111	0.020%	18.15x
1005	Wharmby	111	0.020%	8.84x
1006	Woodhead	111	0.020%	0.92x
1007	Brownhill	110	0.020%	4.87x
1008	Denton	110	0.020%	0.93x
1009	Fitzgerald	110	0.020%	0.98x
1010	Forrester	110	0.020%	1.27x
1011	Hayward	110	0.020%	0.40x
1012	Osborne	110	0.020%	0.36x
1013	Smart	110	0.020%	0.37x
1014	Stone	110	0.020%	0.24x
1015	Bethell	109	0.020%	4.58x
1016	Donnelly	109	0.020%	1.34x
1017	Fraser	109	0.020%	0.19x
1018	Freeman	109	0.020%	0.26x
1019	Maxwell	109	0.020%	0.71x
1020	Morrey	109	0.020%	8.96x
1021	Tasker	109	0.020%	1.59x
1022	Todd	109	0.020%	0.33x
1023	Broady	108	0.020%	19.52x
1024	Foley	108	0.020%	1.33x
1025	Hirst	108	0.020%	0.51x
1026	Lockwood	108	0.020%	0.76x
1027	Mayer	108	0.020%	2.91x
1028	Pool	108	0.020%	1.45x
1029	Spence	108	0.020%	0.51x
1030	Ashcroft	107	0.020%	1.24x
1031	Crabtree	107	0.020%	0.82x
1032	Crowder	107	0.020%	4.18x
1033	Flood	107	0.020%	1.89x
1034	Mannion	107	0.020%	6.39x
1035	Naden	107	0.020%	11.48x
1036	Pace	107	0.020%	3.73x
1037	Simmons	107	0.020%	0.41x
1038	Sutherland	107	0.020%	0.33x
1039	Basnett	106	0.020%	13.16x
1040	Grantham	106	0.020%	2.67x
1041	Grindley	106	0.020%	5.90x
1042	Herbert	106	0.020%	0.44x
1043	Turton	106	0.020%	1.46x
1044	Anderton	105	0.020%	1.37x
1045	Bunting	105	0.020%	1.46x
1046	Connolly	105	0.020%	1.40x
1047	Newport	105	0.020%	3.20x
1048	Wilcox	105	0.020%	0.86x
1049	Dugdale	104	0.020%	2.34x
1050	Evanson	104	0.020%	14.12x
1051	Gallagher	104	0.020%	1.06x
1052	Sherwin	104	0.020%	3.00x
1053	Simms	104	0.020%	1.42x
1054	Tapley	104	0.020%	8.38x
1055	Bagnall	103	0.020%	1.86x
1056	Bushell	103	0.020%	1.65x
1057	Clews	103	0.020%	3.52x
1058	Dewhurst	103	0.020%	1.35x
1059	Furber	103	0.020%	6.25x
1060	Mainwaring	103	0.020%	4.13x
1061	Parsonage	103	0.020%	6.30x
1062	Pleavin	103	0.020%	39.21x
1063	Whiteley	103	0.020%	0.89x
1064	Flanagan	102	0.020%	2.02x
1065	Forshaw	102	0.020%	2.35x
1066	Grimes	102	0.020%	1.37x
1067	Mountford	102	0.020%	1.78x
1068	Stelfox	102	0.020%	21.05x
1069	Tinker	102	0.020%	3.13x
1070	Carney	101	0.020%	1.73x
1071	Moston	101	0.020%	15.33x
1072	Plumb	101	0.020%	1.94x
1073	Postles	101	0.020%	33.03x
1074	Wilbraham	101	0.020%	10.59x
1075	Bagshaw	100	0.020%	1.94x
1076	Beresford	100	0.020%	2.11x
1077	Bithell	100	0.020%	10.78x
1078	Patterson	100	0.020%	0.44x
1079	Regan	100	0.020%	1.51x
1080	Stonier	100	0.020%	8.75x
1081	Wooley	100	0.020%	2.42x
1082	Bossons	99	0.020%	25.68x
1083	Boston	99	0.020%	3.35x
1084	Chester	99	0.020%	1.25x
1085	Crook	99	0.020%	0.53x
1086	Farmer	99	0.020%	0.49x
1087	Heald	99	0.020%	2.47x
1088	Banner	98	0.020%	2.78x
1089	Cheshire	98	0.020%	1.97x
1090	Colley	98	0.020%	1.20x
1091	Costello	98	0.020%	2.49x
1092	Drabble	98	0.020%	4.56x
1093	Emery	98	0.020%	0.70x
1094	Kenny	98	0.020%	1.27x
1095	Longshaw	98	0.020%	8.70x
1096	Tudor	98	0.020%	2.26x
1097	Waters	98	0.020%	0.38x
1098	Witter	98	0.020%	14.87x
1099	Brazendale	97	0.020%	21.15x
1100	Daley	97	0.020%	1.28x