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 Lalley, with 39 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
2101	Lalley	39	0.010%	6.99x
2102	Locket	39	0.010%	5.31x
2103	Mallalieu	39	0.010%	7.94x
2104	Mortimer	39	0.010%	0.29x
2105	Myatt	39	0.010%	1.27x
2106	Normansell	39	0.010%	20.58x
2107	Osbaldiston	39	0.010%	20.35x
2108	Pennell	39	0.010%	2.09x
2109	Pike	39	0.010%	0.21x
2110	Quine	39	0.010%	2.84x
2111	Raby	39	0.010%	1.26x
2112	Seymour	39	0.010%	0.30x
2113	Sharman	39	0.010%	0.44x
2114	Trevor	39	0.010%	1.95x
2115	Tyler	39	0.010%	0.20x
2116	Whitton	39	0.010%	0.99x
2117	Barns	38	0.010%	0.91x
2118	Billingham	38	0.010%	0.97x
2119	Blakeley	38	0.010%	1.42x
2120	Bold	38	0.010%	2.13x
2121	Bowdon	38	0.010%	5.88x
2122	Bratherton	38	0.010%	19.18x
2123	Butt	38	0.010%	0.46x
2124	Byrnes	38	0.010%	3.32x
2125	Carpenter	38	0.010%	0.17x
2126	Cleaver	38	0.010%	0.70x
2127	Coppenhall	38	0.010%	45.25x
2128	Dandy	38	0.010%	3.19x
2129	Dowling	38	0.010%	0.53x
2130	Evison	38	0.010%	1.86x
2131	Garland	38	0.010%	0.44x
2132	Griffies	38	0.010%	21.01x
2133	Groucott	38	0.010%	16.81x
2134	Head	38	0.010%	0.24x
2135	Hinchliffe	38	0.010%	0.68x
2136	Hollingshead	38	0.010%	5.06x
2137	Houlden	38	0.010%	3.01x
2138	Howcroft	38	0.010%	1.86x
2139	Hubbard	38	0.010%	0.24x
2140	Hynes	38	0.010%	2.44x
2141	Keefe	38	0.010%	1.37x
2142	Lounds	38	0.010%	7.81x
2143	Meadowcroft	38	0.010%	1.62x
2144	Medcalf	38	0.010%	1.51x
2145	Phoenix	38	0.010%	4.42x
2146	Pidgeon	38	0.010%	1.77x
2147	Ridings	38	0.010%	2.65x
2148	Rock	38	0.010%	1.04x
2149	Roughsedge	38	0.010%	7.57x
2150	Sale	38	0.010%	0.89x
2151	Shields	38	0.010%	0.38x
2152	Snell	38	0.010%	0.31x
2153	Sorton	38	0.010%	15.90x
2154	Tench	38	0.010%	4.08x
2155	Bryant	37	0.010%	0.13x
2156	Burnell	37	0.010%	0.96x
2157	Carlisle	37	0.010%	1.09x
2158	Cave	37	0.010%	0.40x
2159	Dwyer	37	0.010%	1.02x
2160	Gadd	37	0.010%	0.86x
2161	Hardley	37	0.010%	15.48x
2162	Herod	37	0.010%	5.81x
2163	Jeffreys	37	0.010%	0.96x
2164	Maddox	37	0.010%	1.13x
2165	Massie	37	0.010%	1.79x
2166	Mathison	37	0.010%	2.12x
2167	Maynard	37	0.010%	0.37x
2168	Newell	37	0.010%	0.36x
2169	Paton	37	0.010%	0.26x
2170	Paul	37	0.010%	0.23x
2171	Pickston	37	0.010%	13.22x
2172	Rawson	37	0.010%	0.53x
2173	Riding	37	0.010%	0.85x
2174	Sigley	37	0.010%	6.69x
2175	Stanhope	37	0.010%	2.39x
2176	Stock	37	0.010%	0.46x
2177	Tottey	37	0.010%	23.87x
2178	Vincent	37	0.010%	0.18x
2179	Vost	37	0.010%	12.92x
2180	Wallis	37	0.010%	0.17x
2181	Westhead	37	0.010%	2.47x
2182	Blything	36	0.010%	14.93x
2183	Bragg	36	0.010%	0.68x
2184	Bridgehouse	36	0.010%	19.67x
2185	Cahill	36	0.010%	1.21x
2186	Cairns	36	0.010%	0.26x
2187	Dain	36	0.010%	6.19x
2188	Delany	36	0.010%	3.39x
2189	Dobie	36	0.010%	1.67x
2190	Fay	36	0.010%	1.34x
2191	Garvey	36	0.010%	1.56x
2192	Glenn	36	0.010%	1.78x
2193	Hawthorn	36	0.010%	0.96x
2194	Hitchins	36	0.010%	2.71x
2195	Ibbotson	36	0.010%	0.81x
2196	Jenks	36	0.010%	1.64x
2197	Knox	36	0.010%	0.33x
2198	Lilley	36	0.010%	0.40x
2199	Maurice	36	0.010%	5.01x
2200	Monk	36	0.010%	0.27x