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 Ellams, with 97 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
1101	Ellams	97	0.020%	16.56x
1102	Field	97	0.020%	0.30x
1103	Hanley	97	0.020%	1.83x
1104	Miles	97	0.020%	0.25x
1105	Oulton	97	0.020%	16.75x
1106	Rees	97	0.020%	0.17x
1107	Rooney	97	0.020%	1.69x
1108	Roper	97	0.020%	0.72x
1109	Bannister	96	0.010%	0.86x
1110	Bedson	96	0.010%	12.59x
1111	Brundrett	96	0.010%	14.57x
1112	Challoner	96	0.010%	6.08x
1113	Coates	96	0.010%	0.40x
1114	Dennis	96	0.010%	0.50x
1115	Duckers	96	0.010%	13.93x
1116	Gannon	96	0.010%	3.44x
1117	Kendall	96	0.010%	0.69x
1118	Oxton	96	0.010%	26.23x
1119	Stead	96	0.010%	0.73x
1120	Townley	96	0.010%	2.36x
1121	Wagstaff	96	0.010%	1.20x
1122	Warham	96	0.010%	15.48x
1123	Archer	95	0.010%	0.36x
1124	Bramwell	95	0.010%	2.61x
1125	Copeland	95	0.010%	1.56x
1126	Crewe	95	0.010%	5.63x
1127	Daly	95	0.010%	1.49x
1128	Denson	95	0.010%	12.71x
1129	Dyer	95	0.010%	0.38x
1130	Gibbs	95	0.010%	0.30x
1131	Gorton	95	0.010%	2.37x
1132	Groom	95	0.010%	1.05x
1133	Malpas	95	0.010%	5.24x
1134	Podmore	95	0.010%	4.12x
1135	Swan	95	0.010%	0.57x
1136	Eardley	94	0.010%	3.88x
1137	Furnival	94	0.010%	8.27x
1138	Hamlett	94	0.010%	12.30x
1139	Hood	94	0.010%	0.53x
1140	Parkin	94	0.010%	0.54x
1141	Tatton	94	0.010%	5.60x
1142	Topham	94	0.010%	2.00x
1143	Trickett	94	0.010%	3.36x
1144	Earl	93	0.010%	1.10x
1145	Ellson	93	0.010%	8.66x
1146	Fernley	93	0.010%	10.41x
1147	Grady	93	0.010%	2.19x
1148	Linney	93	0.010%	4.58x
1149	Obrien	93	0.010%	0.98x
1150	Broom	92	0.010%	1.16x
1151	Coppack	92	0.010%	20.15x
1152	Currie	92	0.010%	0.51x
1153	Curtis	92	0.010%	0.25x
1154	Hind	92	0.010%	1.13x
1155	Molloy	92	0.010%	2.61x
1156	Swaine	92	0.010%	3.25x
1157	Threadgold	92	0.010%	8.41x
1158	Ashmore	91	0.010%	1.89x
1159	Chrimes	91	0.010%	19.84x
1160	Condliffe	91	0.010%	26.92x
1161	Sharpley	91	0.010%	11.03x
1162	Tetlow	91	0.010%	3.58x
1163	Castle	90	0.010%	0.70x
1164	Doran	90	0.010%	1.68x
1165	Gregg	90	0.010%	1.98x
1166	Hallowell	90	0.010%	19.26x
1167	Handford	90	0.010%	3.75x
1168	Kirkpatrick	90	0.010%	1.62x
1169	Langton	90	0.010%	1.76x
1170	Nadin	90	0.010%	5.15x
1171	Pulford	90	0.010%	5.42x
1172	Shufflebottom	90	0.010%	7.71x
1173	Twiss	90	0.010%	10.19x
1174	Brassey	89	0.010%	22.22x
1175	Christian	89	0.010%	1.39x
1176	Conroy	89	0.010%	1.86x
1177	Ferns	89	0.010%	6.41x
1178	French	89	0.010%	0.28x
1179	Gregson	89	0.010%	1.00x
1180	Watkinson	89	0.010%	1.18x
1181	Eyres	88	0.010%	4.47x
1182	Hay	88	0.010%	0.37x
1183	Hutton	88	0.010%	0.46x
1184	Jellicoe	88	0.010%	21.18x
1185	Macdonald	88	0.010%	0.34x
1186	Millett	88	0.010%	3.44x
1187	Piggott	88	0.010%	1.88x
1188	Wheelton	88	0.010%	26.71x
1189	Wilkes	88	0.010%	0.79x
1190	Brett	87	0.010%	0.71x
1191	Chamberlain	87	0.010%	0.50x
1192	Elson	87	0.010%	2.15x
1193	Frodsham	87	0.010%	10.86x
1194	Maybury	87	0.010%	6.58x
1195	Meadows	87	0.010%	0.96x
1196	Moody	87	0.010%	0.52x
1197	Nightingale	87	0.010%	0.80x
1198	Swindley	87	0.010%	19.42x
1199	Bland	86	0.010%	0.64x
1200	Bredbury	86	0.010%	31.70x