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 Keeling, with 69 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
1401	Keeling	69	0.010%	1.23x
1402	Lake	69	0.010%	0.48x
1403	Leese	69	0.010%	2.44x
1404	Mulliner	69	0.010%	7.56x
1405	Rycroft	69	0.010%	3.73x
1406	Turnbull	69	0.010%	0.25x
1407	Wareham	69	0.010%	1.91x
1408	Wise	69	0.010%	0.51x
1409	Abram	68	0.010%	2.94x
1410	Birchenall	68	0.010%	28.98x
1411	Broadhead	68	0.010%	1.44x
1412	Cartledge	68	0.010%	2.09x
1413	Gardener	68	0.010%	0.59x
1414	Halfpenny	68	0.010%	4.73x
1415	Kerfoot	68	0.010%	5.34x
1416	Langford	68	0.010%	0.67x
1417	Livesey	68	0.010%	1.08x
1418	Melia	68	0.010%	4.39x
1419	Mullineux	68	0.010%	10.32x
1420	Spilsbury	68	0.010%	5.42x
1421	Tilley	68	0.010%	0.80x
1422	William	68	0.010%	1.23x
1423	Bolland	67	0.010%	3.13x
1424	Collinson	67	0.010%	0.89x
1425	Hales	67	0.010%	0.72x
1426	Horan	67	0.010%	3.54x
1427	Hussey	67	0.010%	1.03x
1428	Lyne	67	0.010%	2.37x
1429	Markland	67	0.010%	4.64x
1430	Nugent	67	0.010%	1.96x
1431	Pooley	67	0.010%	1.29x
1432	Shingler	67	0.010%	4.82x
1433	Stoneley	67	0.010%	18.20x
1434	Summers	67	0.010%	0.37x
1435	Tew	67	0.010%	2.37x
1436	Blagg	66	0.010%	5.64x
1437	Davison	66	0.010%	0.29x
1438	Flannery	66	0.010%	5.15x
1439	Giles	66	0.010%	0.27x
1440	Godfrey	66	0.010%	0.35x
1441	Halliwell	66	0.010%	0.92x
1442	Jameson	66	0.010%	0.92x
1443	Lawley	66	0.010%	1.70x
1444	Maloney	66	0.010%	1.24x
1445	Phipps	66	0.010%	0.69x
1446	Pinnington	66	0.010%	6.17x
1447	Poynton	66	0.010%	6.14x
1448	Probin	66	0.010%	17.52x
1449	Thomasson	66	0.010%	5.63x
1450	Worral	66	0.010%	12.07x
1451	Allison	65	0.010%	0.35x
1452	Braithwaite	65	0.010%	0.87x
1453	Brannon	65	0.010%	3.62x
1454	Bunn	65	0.010%	1.03x
1455	Cassidy	65	0.010%	0.82x
1456	Cotgreave	65	0.010%	32.81x
1457	Court	65	0.010%	0.79x
1458	Cummings	65	0.010%	0.65x
1459	Elsby	65	0.010%	16.68x
1460	Grime	65	0.010%	1.92x
1461	Guy	65	0.010%	0.46x
1462	Haley	65	0.010%	0.85x
1463	Hinchcliffe	65	0.010%	1.65x
1464	Nevitt	65	0.010%	7.80x
1465	Patten	65	0.010%	1.61x
1466	Selby	65	0.010%	0.84x
1467	Tyson	65	0.010%	0.77x
1468	Whitehouse	65	0.010%	0.39x
1469	Aspey	64	0.010%	7.70x
1470	Bickley	64	0.010%	2.39x
1471	Billinge	64	0.010%	8.64x
1472	Browne	64	0.010%	0.54x
1473	Coffey	64	0.010%	3.25x
1474	Cowan	64	0.010%	0.49x
1475	Crawley	64	0.010%	0.76x
1476	Hodges	64	0.010%	0.34x
1477	Hollins	64	0.010%	1.89x
1478	Kaye	64	0.010%	0.66x
1479	Meachin	64	0.010%	16.60x
1480	Mooney	64	0.010%	0.85x
1481	Pickup	64	0.010%	0.77x
1482	Roycroft	64	0.010%	19.05x
1483	Sefton	64	0.010%	3.02x
1484	Wildgoose	64	0.010%	3.71x
1485	Albiston	63	0.010%	11.85x
1486	Ashurst	63	0.010%	2.76x
1487	Beattie	63	0.010%	0.46x
1488	Cummins	63	0.010%	1.14x
1489	Gore	63	0.010%	0.87x
1490	Hampton	63	0.010%	0.62x
1491	Heapy	63	0.010%	13.18x
1492	Keen	63	0.010%	0.49x
1493	Manion	63	0.010%	6.90x
1494	Plevin	63	0.010%	23.41x
1495	Proffitt	63	0.010%	9.82x
1496	Tierney	63	0.010%	2.37x
1497	Wilkins	63	0.010%	0.22x
1498	Worsencroft	63	0.010%	35.25x
1499	Berrington	62	0.010%	5.31x
1500	Calvert	62	0.010%	0.47x