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 Chorley, with 29 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
2501	Chorley	29	0.000%	1.33x
2502	Coghlan	29	0.000%	2.44x
2503	Devaney	29	0.000%	3.60x
2504	Donaldson	29	0.000%	0.16x
2505	Ewing	29	0.000%	0.49x
2506	Garforth	29	0.000%	1.61x
2507	Goodison	29	0.000%	2.20x
2508	Gorse	29	0.000%	3.21x
2509	Hackett	29	0.000%	0.38x
2510	Hannon	29	0.000%	2.90x
2511	Hollingsworth	29	0.000%	0.68x
2512	Houldsworth	29	0.000%	2.26x
2513	Hurd	29	0.000%	1.00x
2514	Jefferson	29	0.000%	0.41x
2515	Lidgett	29	0.000%	5.30x
2516	Mairs	29	0.000%	13.08x
2517	Minns	29	0.000%	1.02x
2518	Nicol	29	0.000%	0.22x
2519	Nunnerley	29	0.000%	9.76x
2520	Powis	29	0.000%	1.18x
2521	Prosser	29	0.000%	0.29x
2522	Redford	29	0.000%	0.83x
2523	Ridyard	29	0.000%	3.10x
2524	Saul	29	0.000%	0.88x
2525	Sayer	29	0.000%	0.34x
2526	Shackleton	29	0.000%	0.40x
2527	Simcoe	29	0.000%	7.97x
2528	Staley	29	0.000%	1.37x
2529	Swinnerton	29	0.000%	3.11x
2530	Thursfield	29	0.000%	3.17x
2531	Tongue	29	0.000%	1.34x
2532	Wellings	29	0.000%	1.31x
2533	Wibberley	29	0.000%	3.10x
2534	Wignall	29	0.000%	0.88x
2535	Yeoman	29	0.000%	0.71x
2536	Amer	28	0.000%	4.42x
2537	Backhouse	28	0.000%	0.58x
2538	Badger	28	0.000%	0.75x
2539	Baggaley	28	0.000%	2.24x
2540	Bartlett	28	0.000%	0.10x
2541	Bickerstaff	28	0.000%	2.07x
2542	Bimson	28	0.000%	7.39x
2543	Blakeman	28	0.000%	1.48x
2544	Bowcock	28	0.000%	3.37x
2545	Boyson	28	0.000%	7.39x
2546	Bretherton	28	0.000%	1.69x
2547	Brimelow	28	0.000%	5.42x
2548	Briscall	28	0.000%	15.86x
2549	Buckly	28	0.000%	3.55x
2550	Callender	28	0.000%	2.14x
2551	Chandler	28	0.000%	0.14x
2552	Commins	28	0.000%	4.33x
2553	Coope	28	0.000%	2.19x
2554	Coyle	28	0.000%	0.64x
2555	Cusick	28	0.000%	3.77x
2556	Dempster	28	0.000%	0.62x
2557	Dennerley	28	0.000%	18.06x
2558	Dennison	28	0.000%	0.56x
2559	Dod	28	0.000%	7.22x
2560	Durkin	28	0.000%	0.99x
2561	Everett	28	0.000%	0.24x
2562	Fair	28	0.000%	1.24x
2563	Fawkner	28	0.000%	27.10x
2564	Fearnley	28	0.000%	0.71x
2565	Frazer	28	0.000%	0.56x
2566	Furniss	28	0.000%	0.98x
2567	Gemmell	28	0.000%	0.72x
2568	Gent	28	0.000%	0.51x
2569	Goat	28	0.000%	11.82x
2570	Godley	28	0.000%	1.38x
2571	Goldsmith	28	0.000%	0.28x
2572	Grimsditch	28	0.000%	21.33x
2573	Harden	28	0.000%	1.10x
2574	Harker	28	0.000%	0.41x
2575	Harries	28	0.000%	0.23x
2576	Holcroft	28	0.000%	2.01x
2577	Hulmes	28	0.000%	3.34x
2578	Jamieson	28	0.000%	0.16x
2579	Jarman	28	0.000%	0.46x
2580	Jessop	28	0.000%	0.37x
2581	Kewley	28	0.000%	1.53x
2582	Lathem	28	0.000%	13.27x
2583	Lawrenson	28	0.000%	1.54x
2584	Loundes	28	0.000%	10.08x
2585	Love	28	0.000%	0.18x
2586	Low	28	0.000%	0.20x
2587	Lunn	28	0.000%	0.34x
2588	Lycett	28	0.000%	2.11x
2589	Mackenzie	28	0.000%	0.16x
2590	Mckeown	28	0.000%	8.67x
2591	Milton	28	0.000%	0.32x
2592	Minton	28	0.000%	1.28x
2593	Molyneaux	28	0.000%	2.43x
2594	Mylett	28	0.000%	18.85x
2595	Ostle	28	0.000%	5.49x
2596	Ovens	28	0.000%	1.70x
2597	Peet	28	0.000%	0.82x
2598	Rawlings	28	0.000%	0.30x
2599	Reddington	28	0.000%	3.53x
2600	Rolands	28	0.000%	9.63x