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 Devonport, with 86 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
1201	Devonport	86	0.010%	4.86x
1202	Egan	86	0.010%	1.61x
1203	Furness	86	0.010%	1.67x
1204	Gledhill	86	0.010%	0.90x
1205	Hinton	86	0.010%	0.99x
1206	Ollerhead	86	0.010%	22.19x
1207	Perkin	86	0.010%	2.48x
1208	Povall	86	0.010%	25.77x
1209	Barry	85	0.010%	0.73x
1210	Ellam	85	0.010%	5.24x
1211	Foy	85	0.010%	1.60x
1212	Hickey	85	0.010%	2.12x
1213	Malkin	85	0.010%	4.02x
1214	Roebuck	85	0.010%	1.95x
1215	Sands	85	0.010%	1.18x
1216	Albinson	84	0.010%	21.79x
1217	Baldwin	84	0.010%	0.31x
1218	Coyne	84	0.010%	2.46x
1219	Lister	84	0.010%	0.46x
1220	Noble	84	0.010%	0.31x
1221	Ramsden	84	0.010%	0.71x
1222	Simon	84	0.010%	1.98x
1223	Sims	84	0.010%	0.43x
1224	Skerratt	84	0.010%	14.39x
1225	Stansfield	84	0.010%	0.84x
1226	Tilston	84	0.010%	10.29x
1227	Tushingham	84	0.010%	29.33x
1228	Almond	83	0.010%	1.04x
1229	Baddeley	83	0.010%	5.81x
1230	Bruckshaw	83	0.010%	14.83x
1231	Calderbank	83	0.010%	5.69x
1232	Cannon	83	0.010%	0.71x
1233	Cheers	83	0.010%	21.30x
1234	Doherty	83	0.010%	1.58x
1235	Duffield	83	0.010%	1.48x
1236	Finch	83	0.010%	0.39x
1237	Holloway	83	0.010%	0.42x
1238	Horsfall	83	0.010%	1.28x
1239	Hulley	83	0.010%	5.53x
1240	Pendlebury	83	0.010%	2.01x
1241	Quigley	83	0.010%	2.51x
1242	Weir	83	0.010%	0.49x
1243	Wheeler	83	0.010%	0.21x
1244	Wilcock	83	0.010%	0.91x
1245	Ash	82	0.010%	0.77x
1246	Bennet	82	0.010%	0.92x
1247	Connell	82	0.010%	0.73x
1248	Fellows	82	0.010%	0.94x
1249	Forsyth	82	0.010%	0.60x
1250	Heginbotham	82	0.010%	22.14x
1251	Lindley	82	0.010%	1.29x
1252	Mycock	82	0.010%	3.73x
1253	Painter	82	0.010%	0.93x
1254	Pate	82	0.010%	3.07x
1255	Roe	82	0.010%	0.65x
1256	Toole	82	0.010%	2.35x
1257	Woolrich	82	0.010%	12.49x
1258	Arthur	81	0.010%	0.58x
1259	Callaghan	81	0.010%	1.11x
1260	Gaunt	81	0.010%	1.28x
1261	Lacey	81	0.010%	0.68x
1262	Leighton	81	0.010%	1.17x
1263	Sellars	81	0.010%	2.03x
1264	Sharpe	81	0.010%	0.43x
1265	Wylde	81	0.010%	6.10x
1266	Cartlidge	80	0.010%	4.31x
1267	Gidman	80	0.010%	15.61x
1268	Hitchin	80	0.010%	5.13x
1269	Leyland	80	0.010%	2.03x
1270	Longson	80	0.010%	11.06x
1271	Marriott	80	0.010%	0.55x
1272	Priest	80	0.010%	0.95x
1273	Steen	80	0.010%	6.36x
1274	Timmins	80	0.010%	1.54x
1275	Tunstall	80	0.010%	2.34x
1276	Baron	79	0.010%	1.18x
1277	Berisford	79	0.010%	13.79x
1278	Blundell	79	0.010%	1.04x
1279	Crump	79	0.010%	1.13x
1280	Hallmark	79	0.010%	18.72x
1281	Highfield	79	0.010%	4.39x
1282	Jolley	79	0.010%	2.32x
1283	Morrell	79	0.010%	1.30x
1284	Procter	79	0.010%	0.94x
1285	Roach	79	0.010%	0.83x
1286	Stuart	79	0.010%	0.51x
1287	Wilks	79	0.010%	0.78x
1288	Blower	78	0.010%	2.05x
1289	Cocker	78	0.010%	1.47x
1290	Didsbury	78	0.010%	25.88x
1291	Dunkerley	78	0.010%	3.49x
1292	Halliday	78	0.010%	0.59x
1293	Irving	78	0.010%	0.54x
1294	Logan	78	0.010%	0.51x
1295	Shannon	78	0.010%	1.56x
1296	Stopford	78	0.010%	5.70x
1297	Talbot	78	0.010%	0.49x
1298	Whelan	78	0.010%	1.79x
1299	Armfield	77	0.010%	8.68x
1300	Dillon	77	0.010%	1.21x