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 Sayle, with 28 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
2601	Sayle	28	0.000%	2.15x
2602	Scully	28	0.000%	1.41x
2603	Slate	28	0.000%	4.94x
2604	Standring	28	0.000%	1.49x
2605	Stonely	28	0.000%	10.00x
2606	Summer	28	0.000%	1.89x
2607	Tetley	28	0.000%	1.08x
2608	Timperly	28	0.000%	12.88x
2609	Topping	28	0.000%	0.63x
2610	Turpin	28	0.000%	0.81x
2611	Whiteside	28	0.000%	0.55x
2612	Wilton	28	0.000%	0.45x
2613	Arstall	27	0.000%	7.84x
2614	Aspin	27	0.000%	1.04x
2615	Ault	27	0.000%	1.81x
2616	Banton	27	0.000%	2.79x
2617	Bellington	27	0.000%	11.94x
2618	Blood	27	0.000%	1.05x
2619	Blunt	27	0.000%	0.52x
2620	Bosworth	27	0.000%	0.71x
2621	Bowles	27	0.000%	0.26x
2622	Burghall	27	0.000%	17.42x
2623	Burk	27	0.000%	1.16x
2624	Burrell	27	0.000%	0.32x
2625	Burston	27	0.000%	2.10x
2626	Cambell	27	0.000%	1.52x
2627	Caulfield	27	0.000%	2.42x
2628	Clifton	27	0.000%	0.30x
2629	Coop	27	0.000%	1.28x
2630	Corke	27	0.000%	1.38x
2631	Cotterell	27	0.000%	0.99x
2632	Creighton	27	0.000%	1.06x
2633	Critchlow	27	0.000%	1.61x
2634	Cubbins	27	0.000%	18.17x
2635	Cumberbirch	27	0.000%	19.29x
2636	Cumming	27	0.000%	0.22x
2637	Cunniff	27	0.000%	13.48x
2638	Dagnall	27	0.000%	1.93x
2639	Dearnley	27	0.000%	2.33x
2640	Dewsbury	27	0.000%	2.73x
2641	Dickins	27	0.000%	1.14x
2642	Erlam	27	0.000%	11.72x
2643	Fleetwood	27	0.000%	1.20x
2644	Giblin	27	0.000%	2.16x
2645	Gilchrist	27	0.000%	0.29x
2646	Hampshire	27	0.000%	0.74x
2647	Hargraves	27	0.000%	1.20x
2648	Harkness	27	0.000%	0.75x
2649	Harman	27	0.000%	0.28x
2650	Hooper	27	0.000%	0.10x
2651	Hughson	27	0.000%	2.29x
2652	Jacks	27	0.000%	1.84x
2653	Leadbetter	27	0.000%	0.81x
2654	Lindsey	27	0.000%	0.82x
2655	Mault	27	0.000%	14.41x
2656	Mead	27	0.000%	0.18x
2657	Orford	27	0.000%	1.68x
2658	Ousey	27	0.000%	7.89x
2659	Over	27	0.000%	1.78x
2660	Pattinson	27	0.000%	0.47x
2661	Pears	27	0.000%	0.91x
2662	Pickard	27	0.000%	0.30x
2663	Prestwich	27	0.000%	3.08x
2664	Pridding	27	0.000%	21.25x
2665	Rankin	27	0.000%	0.28x
2666	Ready	27	0.000%	1.67x
2667	Rudge	27	0.000%	0.53x
2668	Samuel	27	0.000%	0.35x
2669	Sargent	27	0.000%	0.27x
2670	Stubs	27	0.000%	6.57x
2671	Thorneycroft	27	0.000%	3.63x
2672	Vere	27	0.000%	5.31x
2673	Welsby	27	0.000%	1.63x
2674	Winchester	27	0.000%	1.10x
2675	Winward	27	0.000%	3.96x
2676	Woodrow	27	0.000%	0.68x
2677	Ambrose	26	0.000%	0.46x
2678	Appleyard	26	0.000%	0.44x
2679	Barnsley	26	0.000%	1.03x
2680	Bassnett	26	0.000%	10.23x
2681	Biggins	26	0.000%	1.67x
2682	Birmingham	26	0.000%	1.62x
2683	Booker	26	0.000%	0.34x
2684	Braidwood	26	0.000%	2.81x
2685	Bromiley	26	0.000%	3.10x
2686	Brownson	26	0.000%	4.30x
2687	Bryson	26	0.000%	0.53x
2688	Buckingham	26	0.000%	0.30x
2689	Careless	26	0.000%	1.61x
2690	Champion	26	0.000%	0.39x
2691	Chantry	26	0.000%	2.81x
2692	Charnley	26	0.000%	0.87x
2693	Cherry	26	0.000%	0.39x
2694	Child	26	0.000%	0.24x
2695	Cowen	26	0.000%	0.73x
2696	Daintith	26	0.000%	14.21x
2697	Davie	26	0.000%	0.44x
2698	Derwent	26	0.000%	8.39x
2699	Dickin	26	0.000%	3.35x
2700	Dodds	26	0.000%	0.19x