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 Forbes, with 57 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
1601	Forbes	57	0.010%	0.26x
1602	Garrett	57	0.010%	0.39x
1603	Gates	57	0.010%	0.57x
1604	Goodfellow	57	0.010%	1.00x
1605	Hadley	57	0.010%	0.65x
1606	Hindle	57	0.010%	0.63x
1607	Hine	57	0.010%	1.12x
1608	Hocknell	57	0.010%	18.01x
1609	Humphries	57	0.010%	0.39x
1610	Lear	57	0.010%	1.51x
1611	Ludlow	57	0.010%	1.69x
1612	Micklewright	57	0.010%	6.67x
1613	Moulson	57	0.010%	4.49x
1614	Parnell	57	0.010%	0.91x
1615	Pover	57	0.010%	10.26x
1616	Pyatt	57	0.010%	4.64x
1617	Rigg	57	0.010%	1.05x
1618	Silvester	57	0.010%	1.14x
1619	Stoddard	57	0.010%	5.37x
1620	Tunnicliffe	57	0.010%	2.68x
1621	Brian	56	0.010%	1.86x
1622	Bright	56	0.010%	0.43x
1623	Coward	56	0.010%	0.76x
1624	Crofts	56	0.010%	1.07x
1625	Driver	56	0.010%	0.47x
1626	Falkner	56	0.010%	2.55x
1627	Ingram	56	0.010%	0.28x
1628	Lovett	56	0.010%	0.95x
1629	Maguire	56	0.010%	0.85x
1630	Marland	56	0.010%	2.50x
1631	Monaghan	56	0.010%	1.20x
1632	Rafferty	56	0.010%	1.68x
1633	Royden	56	0.010%	22.04x
1634	Sewell	56	0.010%	0.41x
1635	Sheppard	56	0.010%	0.25x
1636	Silcock	56	0.010%	2.07x
1637	Smedley	56	0.010%	1.06x
1638	Stanyer	56	0.010%	7.83x
1639	Woodfin	56	0.010%	16.46x
1640	Bellfield	55	0.010%	8.60x
1641	Birks	55	0.010%	1.29x
1642	Bown	55	0.010%	1.54x
1643	Brocklebank	55	0.010%	3.50x
1644	Bromfield	55	0.010%	3.64x
1645	Caine	55	0.010%	2.04x
1646	Dobell	55	0.010%	6.67x
1647	Hanlon	55	0.010%	1.85x
1648	Hawley	55	0.010%	0.87x
1649	Ledward	55	0.010%	14.77x
1650	Loftus	55	0.010%	1.56x
1651	Marrow	55	0.010%	5.48x
1652	Matley	55	0.010%	6.48x
1653	Muskett	55	0.010%	5.00x
1654	Oneill	55	0.010%	1.34x
1655	Pitt	55	0.010%	0.40x
1656	Sampson	55	0.010%	0.50x
1657	Saxton	55	0.010%	1.44x
1658	Souter	55	0.010%	1.57x
1659	Thompstone	55	0.010%	20.44x
1660	Youds	55	0.010%	14.19x
1661	Darby	54	0.010%	0.52x
1662	Delaney	54	0.010%	1.30x
1663	Dimelow	54	0.010%	20.90x
1664	Grainger	54	0.010%	0.54x
1665	Grange	54	0.010%	1.46x
1666	Hewett	54	0.010%	0.72x
1667	Horsefield	54	0.010%	4.83x
1668	Liversage	54	0.010%	9.05x
1669	Lockley	54	0.010%	2.21x
1670	Longworth	54	0.010%	1.31x
1671	Smale	54	0.010%	1.27x
1672	Spark	54	0.010%	1.91x
1673	Underwood	54	0.010%	0.31x
1674	Wootton	54	0.010%	0.92x
1675	Brewer	53	0.010%	0.31x
1676	Broderick	53	0.010%	2.48x
1677	Bruce	53	0.010%	0.18x
1678	Coombes	53	0.010%	0.77x
1679	Cordingley	53	0.010%	2.38x
1680	Cowell	53	0.010%	0.57x
1681	Draycott	53	0.010%	2.47x
1682	Duggan	53	0.010%	1.07x
1683	Earle	53	0.010%	1.32x
1684	Franklin	53	0.010%	0.25x
1685	Glynn	53	0.010%	1.86x
1686	Kearns	53	0.010%	2.64x
1687	Livingstone	53	0.010%	0.88x
1688	Magee	53	0.010%	1.87x
1689	Penney	53	0.010%	1.49x
1690	Pilkington	53	0.010%	0.46x
1691	Sharratt	53	0.010%	2.65x
1692	Tobin	53	0.010%	2.05x
1693	Wolstenholme	53	0.010%	1.03x
1694	Allwood	52	0.010%	1.98x
1695	Atkins	52	0.010%	0.22x
1696	Band	52	0.010%	3.54x
1697	Berrisford	52	0.010%	2.64x
1698	Brannan	52	0.010%	1.19x
1699	Comes	52	0.010%	31.36x
1700	Cresswell	52	0.010%	0.76x