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 Murry, with 36 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
2201	Murry	36	0.010%	1.06x
2202	Musgrave	36	0.010%	0.92x
2203	Ormston	36	0.010%	3.19x
2204	Peat	36	0.010%	0.70x
2205	Redhead	36	0.010%	1.03x
2206	Risley	36	0.010%	4.46x
2207	Scarratt	36	0.010%	6.28x
2208	Shandley	36	0.010%	14.29x
2209	Walls	36	0.010%	0.46x
2210	Willcock	36	0.010%	1.54x
2211	Wolstencroft	36	0.010%	1.43x
2212	Banister	35	0.010%	1.30x
2213	Beesley	35	0.010%	0.68x
2214	Bott	35	0.010%	0.69x
2215	Charles	35	0.010%	0.26x
2216	Cochrane	35	0.010%	0.35x
2217	Constantine	35	0.010%	1.87x
2218	Corfield	35	0.010%	0.96x
2219	Denning	35	0.010%	1.41x
2220	Earp	35	0.010%	1.49x
2221	Ellwood	35	0.010%	0.98x
2222	Good	35	0.010%	0.44x
2223	Hardcastle	35	0.010%	0.61x
2224	Hattersley	35	0.010%	1.90x
2225	Holgate	35	0.010%	0.65x
2226	Hoult	35	0.010%	2.10x
2227	Lacy	35	0.010%	0.83x
2228	Lovell	35	0.010%	0.26x
2229	Mansfield	35	0.010%	0.29x
2230	Merril	35	0.010%	26.66x
2231	Ohara	35	0.010%	0.94x
2232	Pixton	35	0.010%	8.29x
2233	Rhoden	35	0.010%	7.56x
2234	Sandiford	35	0.010%	2.03x
2235	Sergeant	35	0.010%	1.14x
2236	Sheffield	35	0.010%	1.03x
2237	Shirley	35	0.010%	0.66x
2238	Sowerbutts	35	0.010%	4.62x
2239	Symonds	35	0.010%	0.45x
2240	Wagstaffe	35	0.010%	3.83x
2241	Wharam	35	0.010%	7.89x
2242	Willott	35	0.010%	7.04x
2243	Woodruff	35	0.010%	1.15x
2244	Batho	34	0.010%	5.09x
2245	Batten	34	0.010%	0.57x
2246	Boot	34	0.010%	1.12x
2247	Bowman	34	0.010%	0.20x
2248	Catterall	34	0.010%	0.83x
2249	Chisholm	34	0.010%	0.36x
2250	Churchill	34	0.010%	0.44x
2251	Cleary	34	0.010%	1.28x
2252	Clubb	34	0.010%	3.02x
2253	Crabb	34	0.010%	0.51x
2254	Croxton	34	0.010%	5.39x
2255	Dennett	34	0.010%	1.22x
2256	Devenport	34	0.010%	2.83x
2257	Dunbar	34	0.010%	0.46x
2258	Edgeley	34	0.010%	7.82x
2259	Edgley	34	0.010%	3.32x
2260	Edmonds	34	0.010%	0.28x
2261	Evens	34	0.010%	2.01x
2262	Fitzsimmons	34	0.010%	2.15x
2263	German	34	0.010%	1.13x
2264	Granger	34	0.010%	0.52x
2265	Horn	34	0.010%	0.23x
2266	Irvine	34	0.010%	0.24x
2267	Jacobs	34	0.010%	0.22x
2268	Jacques	34	0.010%	0.62x
2269	Jeffrey	34	0.010%	0.29x
2270	Makinson	34	0.010%	1.84x
2271	Midwinter	34	0.010%	3.54x
2272	Neale	34	0.010%	0.22x
2273	Neary	34	0.010%	2.43x
2274	Oneil	34	0.010%	0.53x
2275	Ormrod	34	0.010%	1.64x
2276	Osbourne	34	0.010%	1.43x
2277	Quilliam	34	0.010%	4.21x
2278	Ralph	34	0.010%	0.35x
2279	Ramsbottom	34	0.010%	0.78x
2280	Reay	34	0.010%	0.61x
2281	Sheard	34	0.010%	0.58x
2282	Short	34	0.010%	0.14x
2283	Skitt	34	0.010%	4.00x
2284	Spragg	34	0.010%	1.87x
2285	Storer	34	0.010%	0.84x
2286	Tennant	34	0.010%	0.49x
2287	Traynor	34	0.010%	2.23x
2288	Wray	34	0.010%	0.39x
2289	Batchelor	33	0.010%	0.30x
2290	Bateson	33	0.010%	0.82x
2291	Bean	33	0.010%	0.40x
2292	Beddow	33	0.010%	1.87x
2293	Bertenshaw	33	0.010%	9.23x
2294	Blade	33	0.010%	8.07x
2295	Blinston	33	0.010%	10.02x
2296	Bolderston	33	0.010%	23.58x
2297	Brelsford	33	0.010%	5.87x
2298	Budge	33	0.010%	1.00x
2299	Burt	33	0.010%	0.22x
2300	Bywater	33	0.010%	1.02x