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 Ferris, with 15 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
3801	Ferris	15	0.000%	0.24x
3802	Figgins	15	0.000%	2.56x
3803	Findley	15	0.000%	0.88x
3804	Flack	15	0.000%	0.33x
3805	Flanaghan	15	0.000%	2.35x
3806	Forest	15	0.000%	0.81x
3807	Forester	15	0.000%	0.81x
3808	Garrard	15	0.000%	0.56x
3809	Gaskin	15	0.000%	0.62x
3810	Gerard	15	0.000%	1.36x
3811	Glass	15	0.000%	0.22x
3812	Glassey	15	0.000%	4.30x
3813	Glazebrook	15	0.000%	1.30x
3814	Goldthorpe	15	0.000%	0.95x
3815	Gooding	15	0.000%	0.27x
3816	Gouldbourne	15	0.000%	14.52x
3817	Haig	15	0.000%	0.59x
3818	Hallett	15	0.000%	0.19x
3819	Hartle	15	0.000%	1.53x
3820	Heard	15	0.000%	0.22x
3821	Hearn	15	0.000%	0.18x
3822	Henaghan	15	0.000%	12.90x
3823	Henney	15	0.000%	1.67x
3824	Hewitson	15	0.000%	0.39x
3825	Higton	15	0.000%	3.06x
3826	Hoey	15	0.000%	1.36x
3827	Homer	15	0.000%	0.31x
3828	Hornbuckle	15	0.000%	3.55x
3829	Houldin	15	0.000%	18.34x
3830	Howden	15	0.000%	0.46x
3831	Hoyles	15	0.000%	1.35x
3832	Hurworth	15	0.000%	3.21x
3833	Hyland	15	0.000%	0.59x
3834	Hyslop	15	0.000%	0.40x
3835	Iles	15	0.000%	0.30x
3836	Ingman	15	0.000%	4.22x
3837	Justin	15	0.000%	5.20x
3838	Keeley	15	0.000%	0.57x
3839	Kelshaw	15	0.000%	2.74x
3840	Kenrick	15	0.000%	2.25x
3841	Kerns	15	0.000%	5.53x
3842	Kilmartin	15	0.000%	3.59x
3843	Kirkman	15	0.000%	0.36x
3844	Laidlaw	15	0.000%	0.26x
3845	Landers	15	0.000%	1.47x
3846	Langden	15	0.000%	8.50x
3847	Lathwood	15	0.000%	7.57x
3848	Laven	15	0.000%	5.24x
3849	Layton	15	0.000%	0.29x
3850	Ledger	15	0.000%	0.34x
3851	Lewes	15	0.000%	0.99x
3852	Maclean	15	0.000%	0.21x
3853	Mallon	15	0.000%	1.41x
3854	Manly	15	0.000%	1.56x
3855	Manners	15	0.000%	0.47x
3856	Marriot	15	0.000%	1.35x
3857	Mcdermot	15	0.000%	3.91x
3858	Merton	15	0.000%	2.05x
3859	Mobey	15	0.000%	5.85x
3860	Moreland	15	0.000%	1.05x
3861	Mosedale	15	0.000%	2.40x
3862	Moulding	15	0.000%	0.97x
3863	Murgatroyd	15	0.000%	0.31x
3864	Newark	15	0.000%	3.55x
3865	Olsen	15	0.000%	1.23x
3866	Onions	15	0.000%	0.42x
3867	Otter	15	0.000%	0.92x
3868	Parkington	15	0.000%	2.12x
3869	Pender	15	0.000%	0.72x
3870	Percivall	15	0.000%	8.82x
3871	Peterson	15	0.000%	0.46x
3872	Pettitt	15	0.000%	0.43x
3873	Picton	15	0.000%	0.68x
3874	Pimblett	15	0.000%	2.39x
3875	Pinkerton	15	0.000%	0.95x
3876	Purslow	15	0.000%	1.52x
3877	Redfearn	15	0.000%	0.79x
3878	Reiley	15	0.000%	4.15x
3879	Ridge	15	0.000%	0.33x
3880	Rumsey	15	0.000%	0.70x
3881	Ruth	15	0.000%	1.96x
3882	Ryland	15	0.000%	0.94x
3883	Sherrat	15	0.000%	7.26x
3884	Shillinglaw	15	0.000%	3.57x
3885	Shilton	15	0.000%	0.75x
3886	Skeen	15	0.000%	2.54x
3887	Smiley	15	0.000%	5.90x
3888	Southall	15	0.000%	0.31x
3889	Sowden	15	0.000%	0.41x
3890	Spain	15	0.000%	0.92x
3891	Spelman	15	0.000%	2.25x
3892	Stanner	15	0.000%	5.32x
3893	Stant	15	0.000%	5.09x
3894	Staples	15	0.000%	0.24x
3895	Starr	15	0.000%	0.47x
3896	Stinchcombe	15	0.000%	2.07x
3897	Stobbs	15	0.000%	0.80x
3898	Stockwell	15	0.000%	0.39x
3899	Stores	15	0.000%	8.30x
3900	Straker	15	0.000%	1.28x