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 Crighton, with 52 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
1701	Crighton	52	0.010%	2.03x
1702	Edmondson	52	0.010%	0.70x
1703	Ellerton	52	0.010%	4.46x
1704	Fagan	52	0.010%	1.69x
1705	Farrar	52	0.010%	0.60x
1706	Fawcett	52	0.010%	0.42x
1707	Halpin	52	0.010%	4.51x
1708	Inglefield	52	0.010%	15.19x
1709	Newns	52	0.010%	7.00x
1710	Ormson	52	0.010%	28.09x
1711	Peach	52	0.010%	0.75x
1712	Peak	52	0.010%	1.93x
1713	Rustage	52	0.010%	27.14x
1714	Sleigh	52	0.010%	3.62x
1715	Wiggins	52	0.010%	0.75x
1716	Alman	51	0.010%	17.94x
1717	Ambler	51	0.010%	0.90x
1718	Askew	51	0.010%	0.70x
1719	Barnard	51	0.010%	0.32x
1720	Bingham	51	0.010%	0.54x
1721	Brookshaw	51	0.010%	11.44x
1722	Burnett	51	0.010%	0.29x
1723	Connelly	51	0.010%	0.85x
1724	Edward	51	0.010%	0.85x
1725	Hewson	51	0.010%	0.97x
1726	Judge	51	0.010%	0.73x
1727	Larkin	51	0.010%	0.88x
1728	Lawler	51	0.010%	1.76x
1729	Madden	51	0.010%	0.91x
1730	Midgley	51	0.010%	0.59x
1731	Routledge	51	0.010%	0.93x
1732	Scanlon	51	0.010%	3.34x
1733	Shuker	51	0.010%	4.24x
1734	Smethurst	51	0.010%	1.03x
1735	Strange	51	0.010%	0.74x
1736	Such	51	0.010%	3.65x
1737	Wooliscroft	51	0.010%	9.63x
1738	Wroe	51	0.010%	1.92x
1739	Allsop	50	0.010%	0.76x
1740	Ashby	50	0.010%	0.46x
1741	Barclay	50	0.010%	0.38x
1742	Bather	50	0.010%	7.79x
1743	Bellhouse	50	0.010%	7.23x
1744	Bewley	50	0.010%	2.91x
1745	Blackburne	50	0.010%	11.27x
1746	Burslem	50	0.010%	10.27x
1747	Callan	50	0.010%	2.41x
1748	Collings	50	0.010%	0.65x
1749	Coops	50	0.010%	19.68x
1750	Golding	50	0.010%	0.44x
1751	Hazelhurst	50	0.010%	10.10x
1752	Holliday	50	0.010%	0.59x
1753	Kendal	50	0.010%	1.99x
1754	Keogh	50	0.010%	3.39x
1755	Lang	50	0.010%	0.35x
1756	Lockitt	50	0.010%	27.01x
1757	Mulligan	50	0.010%	1.39x
1758	Munro	50	0.010%	0.17x
1759	Norcross	50	0.010%	7.21x
1760	Oaks	50	0.010%	4.31x
1761	Pinder	50	0.010%	0.64x
1762	Radley	50	0.010%	1.35x
1763	Rainford	50	0.010%	2.68x
1764	Sproson	50	0.010%	13.42x
1765	Swinton	50	0.010%	3.76x
1766	Tatler	50	0.010%	10.65x
1767	Trelfa	50	0.010%	25.80x
1768	Walkden	50	0.010%	1.72x
1769	Asbury	49	0.010%	3.24x
1770	Benyon	49	0.010%	6.08x
1771	Bosson	49	0.010%	9.36x
1772	Britton	49	0.010%	0.43x
1773	Brookfield	49	0.010%	2.64x
1774	Byron	49	0.010%	2.08x
1775	Casson	49	0.010%	1.28x
1776	Elliot	49	0.010%	0.30x
1777	Feeney	49	0.010%	2.24x
1778	Gartside	49	0.010%	1.83x
1779	Gillam	49	0.010%	1.97x
1780	Gleaves	49	0.010%	5.07x
1781	Gradwell	49	0.010%	3.28x
1782	Herd	49	0.010%	1.03x
1783	Lund	49	0.010%	0.70x
1784	Mosley	49	0.010%	0.81x
1785	Mullen	49	0.010%	0.79x
1786	Mullins	49	0.010%	0.79x
1787	Ridley	49	0.010%	0.39x
1788	Riseley	49	0.010%	8.99x
1789	Waddington	49	0.010%	0.47x
1790	Waite	49	0.010%	0.37x
1791	Wigley	49	0.010%	1.20x
1792	Astley	48	0.010%	1.12x
1793	Binns	48	0.010%	0.45x
1794	Breen	48	0.010%	2.63x
1795	Brockley	48	0.010%	10.27x
1796	Curley	48	0.010%	2.14x
1797	Curry	48	0.010%	0.52x
1798	Dodson	48	0.010%	0.96x
1799	Farrand	48	0.010%	3.71x
1800	Flinn	48	0.010%	1.23x