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 Fulton, with 48 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
1801	Fulton	48	0.010%	0.59x
1802	Hagan	48	0.010%	1.49x
1803	Halton	48	0.010%	1.95x
1804	Joule	48	0.010%	8.38x
1805	Kean	48	0.010%	1.10x
1806	Kinsella	48	0.010%	5.00x
1807	Latchford	48	0.010%	4.79x
1808	Meek	48	0.010%	0.64x
1809	Mullin	48	0.010%	1.66x
1810	Pattison	48	0.010%	0.47x
1811	Pegg	48	0.010%	0.76x
1812	Seaton	48	0.010%	0.88x
1813	Staton	48	0.010%	3.85x
1814	Walford	48	0.010%	1.21x
1815	Weatherby	48	0.010%	5.23x
1816	Woollam	48	0.010%	9.10x
1817	Allmark	47	0.010%	7.35x
1818	Badcock	47	0.010%	1.27x
1819	Bamforth	47	0.010%	1.63x
1820	Barnshaw	47	0.010%	20.59x
1821	Bason	47	0.010%	4.95x
1822	Beach	47	0.010%	0.77x
1823	Bettley	47	0.010%	13.73x
1824	Biddulph	47	0.010%	3.25x
1825	Blane	47	0.010%	3.78x
1826	Conner	47	0.010%	0.94x
1827	Drew	47	0.010%	0.28x
1828	Frances	47	0.010%	1.16x
1829	Gillibrand	47	0.010%	3.59x
1830	Gratrix	47	0.010%	6.08x
1831	Hallsworth	47	0.010%	3.86x
1832	Hickman	47	0.010%	0.43x
1833	Hurley	47	0.010%	0.62x
1834	Kenney	47	0.010%	1.32x
1835	Kidd	47	0.010%	0.36x
1836	Ohare	47	0.010%	2.97x
1837	Orton	47	0.010%	0.78x
1838	Palfreyman	47	0.010%	3.37x
1839	Peck	47	0.010%	0.43x
1840	Prichard	47	0.010%	0.79x
1841	Probert	47	0.010%	0.92x
1842	Quayle	47	0.010%	1.10x
1843	Roden	47	0.010%	1.56x
1844	Ryle	47	0.010%	7.85x
1845	Standing	47	0.010%	1.14x
1846	Stringfellow	47	0.010%	2.80x
1847	Tittle	47	0.010%	13.23x
1848	Tracey	47	0.010%	1.15x
1849	Trafford	47	0.010%	1.82x
1850	Tweedle	47	0.010%	15.93x
1851	Twigg	47	0.010%	1.04x
1852	Vare	47	0.010%	16.79x
1853	Waterworth	47	0.010%	1.68x
1854	Withers	47	0.010%	0.44x
1855	Woodhall	47	0.010%	1.81x
1856	Bradford	46	0.010%	0.37x
1857	Brandreth	46	0.010%	7.19x
1858	Bunnell	46	0.010%	19.08x
1859	Butters	46	0.010%	1.45x
1860	Christie	46	0.010%	0.22x
1861	Church	46	0.010%	0.33x
1862	Cobb	46	0.010%	0.50x
1863	Collis	46	0.010%	0.69x
1864	Dilworth	46	0.010%	2.48x
1865	Graves	46	0.010%	0.47x
1866	Hardie	46	0.010%	0.55x
1867	Heyes	46	0.010%	0.92x
1868	Holroyd	46	0.010%	0.64x
1869	Kavanagh	46	0.010%	1.85x
1870	Kirkland	46	0.010%	0.80x
1871	Knapper	46	0.010%	6.12x
1872	Leeson	46	0.010%	1.23x
1873	Main	46	0.010%	0.44x
1874	Milnes	46	0.010%	0.81x
1875	Moffatt	46	0.010%	1.11x
1876	Mounfield	46	0.010%	25.44x
1877	Preece	46	0.010%	0.44x
1878	Randle	46	0.010%	0.85x
1879	Sherwood	46	0.010%	0.56x
1880	Westwood	46	0.010%	0.43x
1881	Woodfine	46	0.010%	8.00x
1882	Yardley	46	0.010%	1.12x
1883	Betley	45	0.010%	13.66x
1884	Biggs	45	0.010%	0.37x
1885	Blakemore	45	0.010%	1.64x
1886	Broomfield	45	0.010%	1.04x
1887	Broomhall	45	0.010%	5.16x
1888	Brotherton	45	0.010%	1.37x
1889	Charmley	45	0.010%	29.86x
1890	Clancy	45	0.010%	2.39x
1891	Curbishley	45	0.010%	27.50x
1892	Deane	45	0.010%	0.84x
1893	Devlin	45	0.010%	0.85x
1894	England	45	0.010%	0.34x
1895	Gaffney	45	0.010%	2.06x
1896	Gavin	45	0.010%	1.41x
1897	Greenhough	45	0.010%	3.09x
1898	Guthrie	45	0.010%	0.55x
1899	Hickton	45	0.010%	7.52x
1900	Hitchmough	45	0.010%	8.20x