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 Adshead, with 536 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
201	Adshead	536	0.080%	19.10x
202	Davis	535	0.080%	0.38x
203	Dixon	532	0.080%	0.75x
204	Hyde	532	0.080%	2.68x
205	King	531	0.080%	0.38x
206	Owens	529	0.080%	1.65x
207	Stockton	518	0.080%	13.23x
208	Cheetham	515	0.080%	5.16x
209	Ridgway	514	0.080%	8.69x
210	Sumner	514	0.080%	4.92x
211	Steele	513	0.080%	2.97x
212	Walsh	511	0.080%	1.49x
213	Beech	507	0.080%	5.32x
214	Hooley	498	0.080%	16.10x
215	Wilde	498	0.080%	5.30x
216	Bardsley	496	0.080%	10.15x
217	Billington	493	0.080%	7.04x
218	Marsland	491	0.080%	13.07x
219	Mottram	487	0.080%	13.94x
220	Hammond	486	0.080%	1.32x
221	Millington	486	0.080%	4.98x
222	Hurst	484	0.080%	2.10x
223	Kay	483	0.070%	1.44x
224	Graham	482	0.070%	0.65x
225	Hudson	482	0.070%	0.91x
226	Tomkinson	482	0.070%	11.45x
227	Bentley	475	0.070%	1.74x
228	Norbury	475	0.070%	14.57x
229	Ellison	474	0.070%	3.48x
230	Anderson	473	0.070%	0.37x
231	Andrew	473	0.070%	2.31x
232	Berry	471	0.070%	0.92x
233	Vickers	471	0.070%	2.84x
234	Yarwood	471	0.070%	17.96x
235	Beswick	470	0.070%	7.46x
236	Fisher	469	0.070%	0.62x
237	Pemberton	468	0.070%	5.71x
238	Carr	467	0.070%	1.00x
239	Hassall	467	0.070%	11.60x
240	Capper	465	0.070%	13.71x
241	Hope	460	0.070%	2.10x
242	Morton	460	0.070%	1.33x
243	Pickering	459	0.070%	1.97x
244	Brereton	458	0.070%	17.07x
245	Pickford	458	0.070%	8.72x
246	Rowbotham	457	0.070%	14.45x
247	Ainsworth	450	0.070%	3.52x
248	Chapman	448	0.070%	0.49x
249	Reynolds	448	0.070%	0.80x
250	Beard	444	0.070%	2.62x
251	Broadbent	442	0.070%	3.20x
252	Ashley	440	0.070%	4.08x
253	Hodkinson	440	0.070%	9.67x
254	Ashworth	439	0.070%	1.71x
255	Gill	436	0.070%	0.96x
256	Hallworth	436	0.070%	26.06x
257	Gaskell	433	0.070%	6.55x
258	Bate	432	0.070%	3.95x
259	Ratcliffe	432	0.070%	2.43x
260	Rhodes	429	0.070%	1.43x
261	Chesters	426	0.070%	22.82x
262	Marsh	424	0.070%	0.92x
263	Barratt	423	0.070%	3.23x
264	Harvey	422	0.070%	0.61x
265	Woods	422	0.070%	1.04x
266	Daniels	421	0.070%	2.08x
267	Dunn	420	0.070%	0.78x
268	Sidebottom	420	0.070%	11.35x
269	Bates	419	0.070%	1.02x
270	Bracegirdle	419	0.070%	25.64x
271	Webster	419	0.070%	0.75x
272	Slack	417	0.060%	4.10x
273	Hague	416	0.060%	4.10x
274	Collier	415	0.060%	1.93x
275	Ogden	413	0.060%	2.27x
276	Pownall	413	0.060%	14.84x
277	Cookson	412	0.060%	5.42x
278	Richards	406	0.060%	0.42x
279	Egerton	404	0.060%	12.75x
280	Ardern	403	0.060%	29.61x
281	Bullock	402	0.060%	1.92x
282	Cox	401	0.060%	0.41x
283	Stanley	401	0.060%	1.62x
284	Birch	398	0.060%	1.51x
285	Woodcock	398	0.060%	2.16x
286	Beckett	395	0.060%	3.07x
287	Holmes	395	0.060%	0.50x
288	Wardle	395	0.060%	3.17x
289	Butler	394	0.060%	0.63x
290	Campbell	394	0.060%	0.36x
291	Kirkham	393	0.060%	4.37x
292	Rutter	393	0.060%	4.00x
293	Garside	391	0.060%	4.20x
294	Hopwood	390	0.060%	5.31x
295	Sherratt	390	0.060%	10.53x
296	Burke	389	0.060%	2.05x
297	Jenkins	389	0.060%	0.51x
298	Greenwood	388	0.060%	0.77x
299	Howarth	387	0.060%	1.25x
300	Foden	385	0.060%	13.58x