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 Nisbet, with 19 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
3301	Nisbet	19	0.000%	0.28x
3302	Northcott	19	0.000%	0.65x
3303	Nunn	19	0.000%	0.17x
3304	Obrian	19	0.000%	0.90x
3305	Offland	19	0.000%	20.53x
3306	Ormerod	19	0.000%	0.37x
3307	Pickersgill	19	0.000%	0.56x
3308	Powel	19	0.000%	1.15x
3309	Ravenhill	19	0.000%	1.81x
3310	Rosser	19	0.000%	0.40x
3311	Rosson	19	0.000%	4.67x
3312	Rostron	19	0.000%	0.49x
3313	Samuels	19	0.000%	0.70x
3314	Sandland	19	0.000%	2.84x
3315	Sharrocks	19	0.000%	2.51x
3316	Siddon	19	0.000%	5.88x
3317	Skelland	19	0.000%	8.02x
3318	Slator	19	0.000%	3.99x
3319	Stleger	19	0.000%	12.26x
3320	Sunderland	19	0.000%	0.26x
3321	Tanner	19	0.000%	0.13x
3322	Thornicroft	19	0.000%	5.96x
3323	Tomlin	19	0.000%	0.33x
3324	Tonks	19	0.000%	0.56x
3325	Townson	19	0.000%	0.70x
3326	Twyford	19	0.000%	2.09x
3327	Tym	19	0.000%	7.54x
3328	Usher	19	0.000%	0.27x
3329	Varden	19	0.000%	5.69x
3330	Varey	19	0.000%	1.92x
3331	Vaux	19	0.000%	2.16x
3332	Wait	19	0.000%	0.58x
3333	Walch	19	0.000%	1.92x
3334	Wetton	19	0.000%	1.37x
3335	Allinson	18	0.000%	0.64x
3336	Ashford	18	0.000%	0.28x
3337	Atwell	18	0.000%	1.32x
3338	Ballantine	18	0.000%	0.91x
3339	Beadle	18	0.000%	0.40x
3340	Beardsell	18	0.000%	2.78x
3341	Bently	18	0.000%	1.08x
3342	Bilton	18	0.000%	0.66x
3343	Bircumshaw	18	0.000%	6.01x
3344	Birley	18	0.000%	1.83x
3345	Boddington	18	0.000%	1.00x
3346	Burdett	18	0.000%	0.40x
3347	Byers	18	0.000%	0.54x
3348	Calligan	18	0.000%	1.40x
3349	Carrol	18	0.000%	0.62x
3350	Cass	18	0.000%	0.39x
3351	Cauldwell	18	0.000%	3.96x
3352	Challenor	18	0.000%	2.83x
3353	Chase	18	0.000%	0.50x
3354	Cobbett	18	0.000%	1.44x
3355	Coleclough	18	0.000%	5.39x
3356	Collett	18	0.000%	0.22x
3357	Conley	18	0.000%	0.77x
3358	Copnall	18	0.000%	12.30x
3359	Cotgrave	18	0.000%	13.94x
3360	Cottingham	18	0.000%	1.05x
3361	Coulter	18	0.000%	0.56x
3362	Cowman	18	0.000%	3.33x
3363	Dinwoodie	18	0.000%	2.60x
3364	Dorman	18	0.000%	0.87x
3365	Doubleday	18	0.000%	1.33x
3366	Doxey	18	0.000%	1.73x
3367	Eagan	18	0.000%	2.41x
3368	Early	18	0.000%	0.75x
3369	Easthope	18	0.000%	2.37x
3370	Ezard	18	0.000%	3.94x
3371	Fearon	18	0.000%	1.11x
3372	Fennah	18	0.000%	11.15x
3373	Ferneyhough	18	0.000%	3.82x
3374	Fernihough	18	0.000%	5.81x
3375	Foxall	18	0.000%	0.99x
3376	Franks	18	0.000%	0.22x
3377	Gittens	18	0.000%	1.79x
3378	Gracey	18	0.000%	3.62x
3379	Hares	18	0.000%	1.32x
3380	Harter	18	0.000%	5.13x
3381	Haycock	18	0.000%	0.50x
3382	Hayton	18	0.000%	0.57x
3383	Healing	18	0.000%	3.41x
3384	Hepworth	18	0.000%	0.24x
3385	Herald	18	0.000%	3.32x
3386	Herriman	18	0.000%	7.21x
3387	Hitchcock	18	0.000%	0.24x
3388	Holder	18	0.000%	0.21x
3389	Hooson	18	0.000%	1.43x
3390	Horsefall	18	0.000%	5.65x
3391	Horsley	18	0.000%	0.30x
3392	Houlding	18	0.000%	2.57x
3393	Jebb	18	0.000%	2.25x
3394	Joughin	18	0.000%	3.28x
3395	Kerry	18	0.000%	0.41x
3396	Legg	18	0.000%	0.17x
3397	Lievesley	18	0.000%	7.46x
3398	Linfoot	18	0.000%	1.70x
3399	Llewellyn	18	0.000%	0.19x
3400	Lowery	18	0.000%	0.86x