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 Marsdon, with 22 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
3001	Marsdon	22	0.000%	6.39x
3002	Mcguire	22	0.000%	2.41x
3003	Mossley	22	0.000%	9.73x
3004	Newby	22	0.000%	0.34x
3005	Newhouse	22	0.000%	3.16x
3006	Nickels	22	0.000%	3.20x
3007	Nock	22	0.000%	0.77x
3008	Oliphant	22	0.000%	0.88x
3009	Ormsby	22	0.000%	2.80x
3010	Parratt	22	0.000%	1.68x
3011	Pashley	22	0.000%	0.93x
3012	Pettit	22	0.000%	0.43x
3013	Prentice	22	0.000%	0.29x
3014	Pyne	22	0.000%	0.90x
3015	Raven	22	0.000%	0.41x
3016	Rogan	22	0.000%	1.30x
3017	Rook	22	0.000%	0.50x
3018	Rust	22	0.000%	0.65x
3019	Sayers	22	0.000%	0.31x
3020	Settle	22	0.000%	0.99x
3021	Seville	22	0.000%	2.13x
3022	Smithson	22	0.000%	0.36x
3023	Solan	22	0.000%	13.27x
3024	South	22	0.000%	0.36x
3025	Spicer	22	0.000%	0.25x
3026	Stockdale	22	0.000%	0.44x
3027	Stratton	22	0.000%	0.39x
3028	Trainer	22	0.000%	0.83x
3029	Tyrrell	22	0.000%	0.46x
3030	Vaudrey	22	0.000%	18.92x
3031	Verdin	22	0.000%	17.03x
3032	Warwick	22	0.000%	0.25x
3033	Waterson	22	0.000%	0.81x
3034	Weldon	22	0.000%	0.85x
3035	Wensley	22	0.000%	1.91x
3036	Westwell	22	0.000%	1.70x
3037	Whyte	22	0.000%	0.20x
3038	Willoughby	22	0.000%	0.39x
3039	Abbot	21	0.000%	0.69x
3040	Arkle	21	0.000%	2.38x
3041	Asprey	21	0.000%	3.65x
3042	Attwood	21	0.000%	0.33x
3043	Baddaley	21	0.000%	9.38x
3044	Baddiley	21	0.000%	12.19x
3045	Barbour	21	0.000%	0.59x
3046	Baugh	21	0.000%	0.91x
3047	Bawden	21	0.000%	0.65x
3048	Baxendale	21	0.000%	0.64x
3049	Beatty	21	0.000%	2.19x
3050	Beaver	21	0.000%	0.74x
3051	Bignall	21	0.000%	1.96x
3052	Bispham	21	0.000%	5.60x
3053	Boylan	21	0.000%	2.13x
3054	Brand	21	0.000%	0.22x
3055	Bridger	21	0.000%	0.39x
3056	Brodrick	21	0.000%	2.59x
3057	Bryning	21	0.000%	6.10x
3058	Buckle	21	0.000%	0.30x
3059	Bulmer	21	0.000%	0.41x
3060	Butter	21	0.000%	0.68x
3061	Caldicott	21	0.000%	1.64x
3062	Clinton	21	0.000%	0.85x
3063	Collin	21	0.000%	0.63x
3064	Comer	21	0.000%	1.26x
3065	Connolley	21	0.000%	6.17x
3066	Cronshaw	21	0.000%	1.31x
3067	Doig	21	0.000%	0.55x
3068	Donnolly	21	0.000%	3.89x
3069	Dunkley	21	0.000%	0.41x
3070	Durrant	21	0.000%	0.21x
3071	Fearn	21	0.000%	0.44x
3072	Fullerton	21	0.000%	0.77x
3073	Gabriel	21	0.000%	1.23x
3074	Garry	21	0.000%	1.81x
3075	Goldthorp	21	0.000%	2.14x
3076	Gooch	21	0.000%	0.37x
3077	Hartshorn	21	0.000%	0.75x
3078	Hayne	21	0.000%	1.31x
3079	Heighway	21	0.000%	3.69x
3080	Hordern	21	0.000%	6.97x
3081	Hoskins	21	0.000%	0.33x
3082	Hugh	21	0.000%	1.23x
3083	Jack	21	0.000%	0.15x
3084	Joy	21	0.000%	0.39x
3085	Keighley	21	0.000%	0.61x
3086	Livesay	21	0.000%	5.30x
3087	Lock	21	0.000%	0.11x
3088	Lodge	21	0.000%	0.18x
3089	Ludlam	21	0.000%	1.54x
3090	Lupton	21	0.000%	0.45x
3091	Mackin	21	0.000%	2.17x
3092	Mackintosh	21	0.000%	0.49x
3093	Maddison	21	0.000%	0.33x
3094	Mansley	21	0.000%	3.46x
3095	Marks	21	0.000%	0.16x
3096	Marles	21	0.000%	3.64x
3097	Maw	21	0.000%	0.89x
3098	Mcleod	21	0.000%	1.97x
3099	Minor	21	0.000%	4.19x
3100	Moulsdale	21	0.000%	11.21x