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 Ives, with 45 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
1901	Ives	45	0.010%	0.60x
1902	Kearney	45	0.010%	1.50x
1903	Keating	45	0.010%	1.41x
1904	Ledder	45	0.010%	22.71x
1905	Linaker	45	0.010%	8.07x
1906	Male	45	0.010%	1.17x
1907	Quin	45	0.010%	0.65x
1908	Ratcliff	45	0.010%	1.08x
1909	Rollinson	45	0.010%	1.29x
1910	Rowles	45	0.010%	1.58x
1911	Rush	45	0.010%	0.65x
1912	Smalley	45	0.010%	0.77x
1913	Sparrow	45	0.010%	0.55x
1914	Temple	45	0.010%	0.53x
1915	Truman	45	0.010%	1.12x
1916	Tucker	45	0.010%	0.13x
1917	Winfield	45	0.010%	0.84x
1918	Adderley	44	0.010%	4.09x
1919	Aitken	44	0.010%	0.26x
1920	Bamber	44	0.010%	0.88x
1921	Bould	44	0.010%	2.81x
1922	Brierly	44	0.010%	3.25x
1923	Catlow	44	0.010%	1.65x
1924	Clewes	44	0.010%	4.69x
1925	Dempsey	44	0.010%	1.09x
1926	Dicken	44	0.010%	2.42x
1927	Doughty	44	0.010%	0.54x
1928	Dove	44	0.010%	0.60x
1929	Edmunds	44	0.010%	0.52x
1930	Eyre	44	0.010%	0.57x
1931	Fishwick	44	0.010%	1.37x
1932	Fitchett	44	0.010%	2.81x
1933	Flaherty	44	0.010%	2.22x
1934	Flemming	44	0.010%	1.70x
1935	Gaskill	44	0.010%	3.83x
1936	Gillett	44	0.010%	0.65x
1937	Gunning	44	0.010%	1.87x
1938	Heys	44	0.010%	0.93x
1939	Lawless	44	0.010%	1.90x
1940	Maxfield	44	0.010%	2.58x
1941	Mee	44	0.010%	0.90x
1942	Metcalfe	44	0.010%	0.30x
1943	Murrey	44	0.010%	2.52x
1944	Neil	44	0.010%	0.52x
1945	Odonnell	44	0.010%	1.06x
1946	Orr	44	0.010%	0.40x
1947	Partridge	44	0.010%	0.26x
1948	Piercy	44	0.010%	1.90x
1949	Rae	44	0.010%	0.30x
1950	Richmond	44	0.010%	0.31x
1951	Rylance	44	0.010%	4.58x
1952	Shard	44	0.010%	15.96x
1953	Sloan	44	0.010%	0.72x
1954	Spooner	44	0.010%	0.47x
1955	Stanfield	44	0.010%	2.43x
1956	Wallwork	44	0.010%	1.17x
1957	Winnington	44	0.010%	28.38x
1958	Wycherley	44	0.010%	5.96x
1959	Wylie	44	0.010%	0.59x
1960	Battersby	43	0.010%	0.94x
1961	Beeston	43	0.010%	1.58x
1962	Brittain	43	0.010%	0.86x
1963	Buchanan	43	0.010%	0.26x
1964	Carless	43	0.010%	2.51x
1965	Carruthers	43	0.010%	0.50x
1966	Clulow	43	0.010%	6.68x
1967	Coburn	43	0.010%	3.52x
1968	Espley	43	0.010%	8.12x
1969	Gater	43	0.010%	2.60x
1970	Greatbanks	43	0.010%	20.59x
1971	Hastings	43	0.010%	0.52x
1972	Hemmings	43	0.010%	0.78x
1973	Hetherington	43	0.010%	0.53x
1974	Hinds	43	0.010%	0.97x
1975	Hitchens	43	0.010%	2.76x
1976	Irlam	43	0.010%	4.71x
1977	Jardine	43	0.010%	0.72x
1978	Jolly	43	0.010%	0.47x
1979	Kehoe	43	0.010%	4.50x
1980	Laycock	43	0.010%	0.49x
1981	Milner	43	0.010%	0.29x
1982	Moor	43	0.010%	0.48x
1983	Osbaldeston	43	0.010%	9.20x
1984	Park	43	0.010%	0.22x
1985	Snow	43	0.010%	0.49x
1986	Somerville	43	0.010%	0.80x
1987	Swanwick	43	0.010%	4.91x
1988	Tighe	43	0.010%	2.88x
1989	Addy	42	0.010%	1.53x
1990	Borrows	42	0.010%	4.51x
1991	Bottoms	42	0.010%	3.70x
1992	Bowes	42	0.010%	0.71x
1993	Brandon	42	0.010%	1.28x
1994	Butcher	42	0.010%	0.15x
1995	Cock	42	0.010%	0.59x
1996	Collinge	42	0.010%	0.97x
1997	Corrigan	42	0.010%	1.45x
1998	Courtney	42	0.010%	0.91x
1999	Dawes	42	0.010%	0.48x
2000	Driscoll	42	0.010%	0.59x