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 Cowsill, with 62 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
1501	Cowsill	62	0.010%	14.18x
1502	Crawshaw	62	0.010%	1.24x
1503	Ellor	62	0.010%	16.00x
1504	Finn	62	0.010%	1.05x
1505	Galloway	62	0.010%	0.56x
1506	Gamble	62	0.010%	0.67x
1507	Highton	62	0.010%	4.25x
1508	Holding	62	0.010%	1.08x
1509	Tait	62	0.010%	0.33x
1510	Valentine	62	0.010%	0.75x
1511	Watt	62	0.010%	0.25x
1512	Wheatley	62	0.010%	0.47x
1513	Woodworth	62	0.010%	6.36x
1514	Wynn	62	0.010%	1.11x
1515	Bagley	61	0.010%	1.28x
1516	Buck	61	0.010%	0.44x
1517	Caldecott	61	0.010%	14.16x
1518	Corns	61	0.010%	3.38x
1519	Elkin	61	0.010%	4.64x
1520	Garratt	61	0.010%	0.93x
1521	Hardwick	61	0.010%	0.62x
1522	Holbrook	61	0.010%	1.31x
1523	Keenan	61	0.010%	1.12x
1524	Kilroy	61	0.010%	5.57x
1525	Moffat	61	0.010%	0.52x
1526	Patrick	61	0.010%	0.47x
1527	Rourke	61	0.010%	1.92x
1528	Sankey	61	0.010%	2.28x
1529	Saville	61	0.010%	1.04x
1530	Skelton	61	0.010%	0.65x
1531	Bartley	60	0.010%	1.94x
1532	Bebington	60	0.010%	19.49x
1533	Bishop	60	0.010%	0.13x
1534	Cocks	60	0.010%	1.40x
1535	Fenton	60	0.010%	0.47x
1536	Fildes	60	0.010%	3.88x
1537	Grayson	60	0.010%	1.25x
1538	Hamblett	60	0.010%	6.02x
1539	Hammersley	60	0.010%	2.96x
1540	Haworth	60	0.010%	0.44x
1541	Leathwood	60	0.010%	30.29x
1542	Lindsay	60	0.010%	0.29x
1543	Reddish	60	0.010%	4.85x
1544	Waller	60	0.010%	0.37x
1545	Whitmore	60	0.010%	1.06x
1546	Bainbridge	59	0.010%	0.65x
1547	Baines	59	0.010%	0.48x
1548	Brammall	59	0.010%	12.51x
1549	Breeze	59	0.010%	1.48x
1550	Brock	59	0.010%	0.79x
1551	Chadderton	59	0.010%	3.77x
1552	Chandley	59	0.010%	15.39x
1553	Clays	59	0.010%	25.37x
1554	Corcoran	59	0.010%	1.90x
1555	Corfe	59	0.010%	12.51x
1556	Curran	59	0.010%	1.09x
1557	Dick	59	0.010%	0.41x
1558	Downham	59	0.010%	3.21x
1559	Dyke	59	0.010%	0.92x
1560	Floyd	59	0.010%	0.96x
1561	Goff	59	0.010%	1.42x
1562	Hallas	59	0.010%	2.45x
1563	Holme	59	0.010%	1.97x
1564	Layland	59	0.010%	4.69x
1565	Mace	59	0.010%	1.04x
1566	Mathers	59	0.010%	1.54x
1567	Millar	59	0.010%	0.25x
1568	Milligan	59	0.010%	0.78x
1569	Peover	59	0.010%	31.49x
1570	Pickles	59	0.010%	0.45x
1571	Proudman	59	0.010%	9.61x
1572	Radford	59	0.010%	0.48x
1573	Redmond	59	0.010%	2.50x
1574	Rider	59	0.010%	0.94x
1575	Stonehewer	59	0.010%	15.93x
1576	Sudlow	59	0.010%	10.92x
1577	Tattersall	59	0.010%	0.66x
1578	Thorniley	59	0.010%	22.10x
1579	Woodier	59	0.010%	17.91x
1580	Balshaw	58	0.010%	4.35x
1581	Brook	58	0.010%	0.23x
1582	Dearnaley	58	0.010%	21.72x
1583	Eyes	58	0.010%	27.49x
1584	Fahey	58	0.010%	7.65x
1585	Fallon	58	0.010%	2.43x
1586	Heesom	58	0.010%	20.56x
1587	Hegginbottom	58	0.010%	26.67x
1588	Heron	58	0.010%	0.94x
1589	Huntington	58	0.010%	3.10x
1590	Leeming	58	0.010%	1.45x
1591	Nowell	58	0.010%	1.92x
1592	Saddler	58	0.010%	3.00x
1593	Sellers	58	0.010%	1.17x
1594	Tarbuck	58	0.010%	5.40x
1595	Thatcher	58	0.010%	0.98x
1596	Tinsley	58	0.010%	1.48x
1597	Twemlow	58	0.010%	13.40x
1598	Whyatt	58	0.010%	3.61x
1599	Cottam	57	0.010%	1.45x
1600	Duffey	57	0.010%	2.46x