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 Lumley, with 18 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
3401	Lumley	18	0.000%	0.46x
3402	Mackay	18	0.000%	0.08x
3403	Mander	18	0.000%	0.84x
3404	Markham	18	0.000%	0.23x
3405	Marler	18	0.000%	2.40x
3406	Marquis	18	0.000%	1.61x
3407	Masterson	18	0.000%	1.33x
3408	Mate	18	0.000%	4.54x
3409	Mawdsley	18	0.000%	0.88x
3410	Mayall	18	0.000%	0.92x
3411	Mccormack	18	0.000%	2.68x
3412	Mcgee	18	0.000%	2.56x
3413	Mclean	18	0.000%	1.09x
3414	Meech	18	0.000%	1.35x
3415	Middlehurst	18	0.000%	2.05x
3416	Molineaux	18	0.000%	5.16x
3417	Mullany	18	0.000%	3.41x
3418	Mulrooney	18	0.000%	4.75x
3419	Murphey	18	0.000%	1.34x
3420	Musker	18	0.000%	3.03x
3421	Nevill	18	0.000%	0.76x
3422	Newsome	18	0.000%	0.39x
3423	Niven	18	0.000%	0.40x
3424	Oswald	18	0.000%	0.61x
3425	Paine	18	0.000%	0.20x
3426	Parish	18	0.000%	0.18x
3427	Penrose	18	0.000%	0.73x
3428	Phythian	18	0.000%	2.80x
3429	Plumbley	18	0.000%	2.87x
3430	Pontefract	18	0.000%	4.10x
3431	Pyke	18	0.000%	0.81x
3432	Pyott	18	0.000%	6.19x
3433	Randall	18	0.000%	0.09x
3434	Rawsthorne	18	0.000%	2.18x
3435	Silver	18	0.000%	0.49x
3436	Sinker	18	0.000%	8.99x
3437	Speight	18	0.000%	0.34x
3438	Spellman	18	0.000%	2.38x
3439	Steer	18	0.000%	0.24x
3440	Stephen	18	0.000%	0.16x
3441	Sweatman	18	0.000%	2.48x
3442	Swindell	18	0.000%	1.16x
3443	Taffe	18	0.000%	7.81x
3444	Taggart	18	0.000%	0.74x
3445	Tirrell	18	0.000%	3.75x
3446	Totterdell	18	0.000%	4.20x
3447	Trainor	18	0.000%	2.26x
3448	Varty	18	0.000%	1.94x
3449	Waites	18	0.000%	1.11x
3450	Walthall	18	0.000%	10.32x
3451	Warring	18	0.000%	5.39x
3452	Wass	18	0.000%	0.51x
3453	Wheldon	18	0.000%	1.67x
3454	Whiteford	18	0.000%	1.05x
3455	Whitelegge	18	0.000%	10.72x
3456	Wickstead	18	0.000%	3.67x
3457	Wilkie	18	0.000%	0.20x
3458	Ackers	17	0.000%	1.48x
3459	Audley	17	0.000%	2.78x
3460	Bayliss	17	0.000%	0.21x
3461	Benison	17	0.000%	5.23x
3462	Benton	17	0.000%	0.25x
3463	Best	17	0.000%	0.10x
3464	Bevis	17	0.000%	0.76x
3465	Billings	17	0.000%	0.55x
3466	Binks	17	0.000%	0.45x
3467	Bleakley	17	0.000%	1.25x
3468	Bloomfield	17	0.000%	0.21x
3469	Blyth	17	0.000%	0.17x
3470	Boaz	17	0.000%	9.18x
3471	Bowerbank	17	0.000%	3.01x
3472	Bowley	17	0.000%	0.48x
3473	Boyes	17	0.000%	0.25x
3474	Brannen	17	0.000%	2.25x
3475	Bridgman	17	0.000%	0.77x
3476	Byford	17	0.000%	0.58x
3477	Calland	17	0.000%	1.67x
3478	Callow	17	0.000%	0.43x
3479	Caveney	17	0.000%	4.93x
3480	Condon	17	0.000%	0.95x
3481	Conlon	17	0.000%	1.21x
3482	Connors	17	0.000%	1.62x
3483	Crampton	17	0.000%	0.54x
3484	Culbert	17	0.000%	3.46x
3485	Dew	17	0.000%	0.45x
3486	Dix	17	0.000%	0.27x
3487	Docker	17	0.000%	1.34x
3488	Doodson	17	0.000%	2.93x
3489	Doswell	17	0.000%	3.45x
3490	Dransfield	17	0.000%	0.75x
3491	Drysdale	17	0.000%	0.31x
3492	Duck	17	0.000%	0.49x
3493	Ducker	17	0.000%	1.12x
3494	Duff	17	0.000%	0.15x
3495	Duke	17	0.000%	0.23x
3496	Dukes	17	0.000%	0.71x
3497	Dye	17	0.000%	0.40x
3498	Eastham	17	0.000%	0.52x
3499	Eley	17	0.000%	0.43x
3500	Fare	17	0.000%	3.95x