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 Mowbray, with 21 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
3101	Mowbray	21	0.000%	0.78x
3102	Noyes	21	0.000%	1.41x
3103	Overend	21	0.000%	1.09x
3104	Pell	21	0.000%	0.58x
3105	Pendergast	21	0.000%	2.46x
3106	Penn	21	0.000%	0.36x
3107	Pigott	21	0.000%	0.85x
3108	Pitts	21	0.000%	0.32x
3109	Prestwick	21	0.000%	10.27x
3110	Rawlins	21	0.000%	0.56x
3111	Rowan	21	0.000%	0.51x
3112	Royles	21	0.000%	5.64x
3113	Sexton	21	0.000%	0.38x
3114	Siddell	21	0.000%	5.36x
3115	Slade	21	0.000%	0.16x
3116	Spokes	21	0.000%	2.51x
3117	Stapleton	21	0.000%	0.32x
3118	Stenton	21	0.000%	1.78x
3119	Stretton	21	0.000%	0.72x
3120	Strother	21	0.000%	3.93x
3121	Symons	21	0.000%	0.24x
3122	Teague	21	0.000%	0.58x
3123	Trayner	21	0.000%	3.41x
3124	Varley	21	0.000%	0.24x
3125	Vaughn	21	0.000%	1.09x
3126	Waddell	21	0.000%	0.37x
3127	Walshaw	21	0.000%	1.22x
3128	Westcott	21	0.000%	0.49x
3129	Wightman	21	0.000%	0.50x
3130	Airey	20	0.000%	0.41x
3131	Astall	20	0.000%	11.47x
3132	Austen	20	0.000%	0.40x
3133	Baillie	20	0.000%	0.30x
3134	Baths	20	0.000%	9.29x
3135	Beaman	20	0.000%	1.63x
3136	Beamer	20	0.000%	12.56x
3137	Blacker	20	0.000%	0.95x
3138	Bleasdale	20	0.000%	1.01x
3139	Bowland	20	0.000%	4.71x
3140	Bramley	20	0.000%	0.34x
3141	Brogan	20	0.000%	0.92x
3142	Brogden	20	0.000%	0.94x
3143	Bush	20	0.000%	0.13x
3144	Caffrey	20	0.000%	2.59x
3145	Carver	20	0.000%	0.34x
3146	Chappel	20	0.000%	0.70x
3147	Cheadle	20	0.000%	1.33x
3148	Christy	20	0.000%	1.47x
3149	Cleator	20	0.000%	3.23x
3150	Close	20	0.000%	0.36x
3151	Cockram	20	0.000%	0.92x
3152	Colquitt	20	0.000%	14.51x
3153	Corless	20	0.000%	1.10x
3154	Craddock	20	0.000%	0.37x
3155	Crumbie	20	0.000%	6.19x
3156	Crutchley	20	0.000%	1.14x
3157	Dane	20	0.000%	1.41x
3158	Deacon	20	0.000%	0.18x
3159	Deeley	20	0.000%	0.91x
3160	Douglass	20	0.000%	0.49x
3161	Durr	20	0.000%	11.76x
3162	Easton	20	0.000%	0.20x
3163	Eaves	20	0.000%	0.57x
3164	Ennis	20	0.000%	1.14x
3165	Eves	20	0.000%	0.74x
3166	Fantom	20	0.000%	6.45x
3167	Fellowes	20	0.000%	1.88x
3168	Fenwick	20	0.000%	0.24x
3169	Findlay	20	0.000%	0.15x
3170	Fuller	20	0.000%	0.08x
3171	Fury	20	0.000%	3.44x
3172	Gerrity	20	0.000%	8.37x
3173	Gibb	20	0.000%	0.18x
3174	Gillham	20	0.000%	1.15x
3175	Glennon	20	0.000%	4.20x
3176	Goostrey	20	0.000%	29.04x
3177	Hardacre	20	0.000%	1.31x
3178	Hiles	20	0.000%	1.37x
3179	Hillman	20	0.000%	0.36x
3180	Hobbs	20	0.000%	0.09x
3181	Holliwell	20	0.000%	6.83x
3182	Horley	20	0.000%	1.32x
3183	Horobin	20	0.000%	1.61x
3184	Hosker	20	0.000%	3.32x
3185	Ingles	20	0.000%	1.02x
3186	Jolliffe	20	0.000%	0.69x
3187	Kevan	20	0.000%	3.64x
3188	Kinsman	20	0.000%	1.54x
3189	Ledson	20	0.000%	5.37x
3190	Luke	20	0.000%	0.32x
3191	Lydon	20	0.000%	3.69x
3192	Lynes	20	0.000%	1.20x
3193	Mackie	20	0.000%	0.15x
3194	Margerison	20	0.000%	1.67x
3195	Margerson	20	0.000%	8.85x
3196	Maude	20	0.000%	0.82x
3197	Mawson	20	0.000%	0.38x
3198	Midcalf	20	0.000%	9.11x
3199	Ormond	20	0.000%	1.46x
3200	Ottley	20	0.000%	2.58x