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 Fern, with 31 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
2401	Fern	31	0.000%	1.54x
2402	Formston	31	0.000%	31.29x
2403	Gilman	31	0.000%	1.61x
2404	Goolden	31	0.000%	16.18x
2405	Haines	31	0.000%	0.21x
2406	Hegginbotham	31	0.000%	36.92x
2407	Holdcroft	31	0.000%	2.12x
2408	Inman	31	0.000%	0.71x
2409	Kilshaw	31	0.000%	3.62x
2410	Lamont	31	0.000%	0.54x
2411	Laughton	31	0.000%	0.99x
2412	Leatham	31	0.000%	3.67x
2413	Lindon	31	0.000%	2.86x
2414	Looney	31	0.000%	3.04x
2415	Nall	31	0.000%	4.09x
2416	Oxley	31	0.000%	0.34x
2417	Pendleton	31	0.000%	1.30x
2418	Pickin	31	0.000%	2.59x
2419	Prest	31	0.000%	1.55x
2420	Pym	31	0.000%	1.94x
2421	Royds	31	0.000%	2.94x
2422	Sugden	31	0.000%	0.42x
2423	Tempest	31	0.000%	1.03x
2424	Whaley	31	0.000%	1.43x
2425	Willcox	31	0.000%	0.89x
2426	Wilshaw	31	0.000%	1.90x
2427	Yeomans	31	0.000%	0.58x
2428	Addison	30	0.000%	0.34x
2429	Alsop	30	0.000%	1.04x
2430	Avison	30	0.000%	3.22x
2431	Bain	30	0.000%	0.19x
2432	Barrington	30	0.000%	1.43x
2433	Bedford	30	0.000%	0.20x
2434	Boddy	30	0.000%	0.84x
2435	Bollington	30	0.000%	8.76x
2436	Brentnall	30	0.000%	2.53x
2437	Brodie	30	0.000%	0.35x
2438	Browning	30	0.000%	0.23x
2439	Burne	30	0.000%	3.04x
2440	Clifford	30	0.000%	0.23x
2441	Coathup	30	0.000%	42.25x
2442	Cooney	30	0.000%	1.12x
2443	Corkill	30	0.000%	1.84x
2444	Corlett	30	0.000%	0.82x
2445	Corrie	30	0.000%	2.05x
2446	Cowling	30	0.000%	0.53x
2447	Crooks	30	0.000%	0.60x
2448	Daine	30	0.000%	14.51x
2449	Errington	30	0.000%	0.83x
2450	Farnsworth	30	0.000%	1.12x
2451	Fell	30	0.000%	0.33x
2452	Finlay	30	0.000%	0.45x
2453	Finnigan	30	0.000%	1.19x
2454	Fothergill	30	0.000%	0.81x
2455	Friend	30	0.000%	0.41x
2456	Fry	30	0.000%	0.15x
2457	Gilfoyle	30	0.000%	15.31x
2458	Gilligan	30	0.000%	1.82x
2459	Grubb	30	0.000%	0.75x
2460	Hattrick	30	0.000%	20.49x
2461	Hodskinson	30	0.000%	17.42x
2462	Kenwright	30	0.000%	6.97x
2463	Lydiate	30	0.000%	8.50x
2464	Marples	30	0.000%	1.75x
2465	Martindale	30	0.000%	0.81x
2466	Mears	30	0.000%	0.49x
2467	Morrissey	30	0.000%	7.22x
2468	Mould	30	0.000%	0.54x
2469	Mousley	30	0.000%	3.43x
2470	Nichol	30	0.000%	0.43x
2471	Ogle	30	0.000%	1.46x
2472	Oultram	30	0.000%	15.14x
2473	Pierson	30	0.000%	2.19x
2474	Pringle	30	0.000%	0.30x
2475	Quick	30	0.000%	0.42x
2476	Rawcliffe	30	0.000%	1.16x
2477	Seaman	30	0.000%	0.60x
2478	Seller	30	0.000%	3.07x
2479	Shea	30	0.000%	0.69x
2480	Simons	30	0.000%	0.35x
2481	Skellon	30	0.000%	19.09x
2482	Tate	30	0.000%	0.24x
2483	Walter	30	0.000%	0.30x
2484	Willerton	30	0.000%	3.82x
2485	Woodruffe	30	0.000%	4.07x
2486	Adkinson	29	0.000%	8.11x
2487	Alderson	29	0.000%	0.32x
2488	Avery	29	0.000%	0.27x
2489	Aveyard	29	0.000%	3.93x
2490	Beecroft	29	0.000%	1.07x
2491	Blades	29	0.000%	0.79x
2492	Bunce	29	0.000%	0.60x
2493	Byram	29	0.000%	6.24x
2494	Callister	29	0.000%	2.23x
2495	Cannell	29	0.000%	1.04x
2496	Carline	29	0.000%	2.51x
2497	Carswell	29	0.000%	1.23x
2498	Carty	29	0.000%	1.92x
2499	Chalmers	29	0.000%	0.19x
2500	Chidlow	29	0.000%	4.12x