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 Dodgson, with 23 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
2901	Dodgson	23	0.000%	0.73x
2902	Donald	23	0.000%	0.18x
2903	Furmston	23	0.000%	13.52x
2904	Gartland	23	0.000%	3.83x
2905	Gilmore	23	0.000%	0.61x
2906	Gilroy	23	0.000%	0.88x
2907	Greatorex	23	0.000%	1.16x
2908	Grosvenor	23	0.000%	1.60x
2909	Harbridge	23	0.000%	4.40x
2910	Hare	23	0.000%	0.23x
2911	Hawthorne	23	0.000%	1.53x
2912	Headen	23	0.000%	9.05x
2913	Hidderley	23	0.000%	23.75x
2914	Higgs	23	0.000%	0.20x
2915	Hodgkiss	23	0.000%	0.95x
2916	Houlbrook	23	0.000%	23.75x
2917	Lavin	23	0.000%	2.03x
2918	Lightburn	23	0.000%	6.76x
2919	Lyall	23	0.000%	0.52x
2920	Macleod	23	0.000%	0.25x
2921	Malcolm	23	0.000%	0.27x
2922	Manwaring	23	0.000%	2.26x
2923	Massy	23	0.000%	6.00x
2924	Mayman	23	0.000%	4.41x
2925	Mitchel	23	0.000%	0.36x
2926	Mitford	23	0.000%	5.51x
2927	Mulholland	23	0.000%	0.96x
2928	Naughton	23	0.000%	1.78x
2929	Netherwood	23	0.000%	3.09x
2930	Newbrook	23	0.000%	5.77x
2931	Oakden	23	0.000%	1.95x
2932	Parkey	23	0.000%	24.28x
2933	Pickavance	23	0.000%	4.75x
2934	Priestley	23	0.000%	0.21x
2935	Rowarth	23	0.000%	7.63x
2936	Severn	23	0.000%	1.17x
2937	Sheehan	23	0.000%	1.46x
2938	Shipton	23	0.000%	0.86x
2939	Slattery	23	0.000%	2.07x
2940	Southworth	23	0.000%	0.70x
2941	Storrs	23	0.000%	5.59x
2942	Thornycroft	23	0.000%	13.87x
2943	Tracy	23	0.000%	1.29x
2944	Turtle	23	0.000%	1.83x
2945	Wadeson	23	0.000%	4.08x
2946	Webber	23	0.000%	0.12x
2947	Weetman	23	0.000%	4.02x
2948	Wingfield	23	0.000%	0.77x
2949	Winpenny	23	0.000%	6.51x
2950	Woodbine	23	0.000%	3.65x
2951	Wren	23	0.000%	0.33x
2952	Anthony	22	0.000%	0.29x
2953	Appleby	22	0.000%	0.21x
2954	Aspden	22	0.000%	0.78x
2955	Bacon	22	0.000%	0.14x
2956	Bakewell	22	0.000%	1.21x
2957	Bassett	22	0.000%	0.22x
2958	Batley	22	0.000%	0.79x
2959	Belton	22	0.000%	0.63x
2960	Betteley	22	0.000%	8.73x
2961	Bosley	22	0.000%	1.45x
2962	Brownridge	22	0.000%	4.38x
2963	Bryans	22	0.000%	4.80x
2964	Cambridge	22	0.000%	1.11x
2965	Charleston	22	0.000%	4.96x
2966	Chatfield	22	0.000%	0.71x
2967	Chatham	22	0.000%	2.16x
2968	Chell	22	0.000%	1.53x
2969	Cockrill	22	0.000%	4.17x
2970	Combes	22	0.000%	1.61x
2971	Corn	22	0.000%	4.60x
2972	Cottom	22	0.000%	1.98x
2973	Crew	22	0.000%	0.54x
2974	Croston	22	0.000%	1.80x
2975	Dobbin	22	0.000%	2.17x
2976	Dobbs	22	0.000%	0.51x
2977	Dugan	22	0.000%	1.75x
2978	Emerson	22	0.000%	0.49x
2979	English	22	0.000%	0.18x
2980	Everard	22	0.000%	1.12x
2981	Fielden	22	0.000%	0.59x
2982	Finchett	22	0.000%	10.22x
2983	Flitcroft	22	0.000%	1.76x
2984	Forde	22	0.000%	4.31x
2985	Fortune	22	0.000%	0.65x
2986	Foulks	22	0.000%	3.39x
2987	Gale	22	0.000%	0.11x
2988	Gillies	22	0.000%	0.24x
2989	Gornall	22	0.000%	1.19x
2990	Hailwood	22	0.000%	5.46x
2991	Hannah	22	0.000%	0.26x
2992	Hannan	22	0.000%	1.07x
2993	Holdsworth	22	0.000%	0.20x
2994	Howitt	22	0.000%	0.92x
2995	Hyatt	22	0.000%	1.04x
2996	John	22	0.000%	0.09x
2997	Laurie	22	0.000%	0.40x
2998	Leadbeater	22	0.000%	0.83x
2999	Lofthouse	22	0.000%	0.46x
3000	Lynn	22	0.000%	0.39x