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 Dobson, with 384 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
301	Dobson	384	0.060%	1.35x
302	Mather	382	0.060%	2.39x
303	Drinkwater	380	0.060%	5.97x
304	Gleave	377	0.060%	13.88x
305	Sykes	376	0.060%	1.22x
306	Read	375	0.060%	0.90x
307	Bowers	373	0.060%	3.17x
308	Hobson	372	0.060%	2.22x
309	Gerrard	371	0.060%	4.50x
310	Gosling	371	0.060%	3.67x
311	Allman	370	0.060%	12.22x
312	Burton	368	0.060%	0.67x
313	Higginbottom	367	0.060%	8.71x
314	Horton	366	0.060%	1.53x
315	Brookes	364	0.060%	2.40x
316	Whalley	364	0.060%	3.59x
317	Welsh	363	0.060%	1.42x
318	Barrow	362	0.060%	2.65x
319	Bird	362	0.060%	0.73x
320	Goddard	362	0.060%	1.40x
321	Warrington	361	0.060%	6.83x
322	Jepson	360	0.060%	5.71x
323	Wakefield	357	0.060%	3.09x
324	Clegg	355	0.060%	1.62x
325	Oldfield	355	0.060%	3.33x
326	Baxter	352	0.050%	0.92x
327	Renshaw	352	0.050%	5.77x
328	Warren	352	0.050%	0.82x
329	Allcock	350	0.050%	5.03x
330	Parr	350	0.050%	2.17x
331	Matthews	349	0.050%	0.62x
332	Armstrong	348	0.050%	0.71x
333	Cope	347	0.050%	2.38x
334	Lockett	347	0.050%	7.41x
335	Shone	347	0.050%	13.22x
336	Arnold	346	0.050%	1.00x
337	Astbury	346	0.050%	11.47x
338	Blackshaw	346	0.050%	11.57x
339	Leah	346	0.050%	15.14x
340	Parkinson	346	0.050%	1.12x
341	Welch	346	0.050%	1.53x
342	Bancroft	344	0.050%	5.50x
343	Clough	344	0.050%	2.39x
344	Oliver	344	0.050%	0.75x
345	Street	344	0.050%	2.28x
346	Andrews	343	0.050%	0.56x
347	Clare	343	0.050%	3.67x
348	Deakin	343	0.050%	3.85x
349	Gibbons	342	0.050%	1.65x
350	Hickson	342	0.050%	7.68x
351	Walley	342	0.050%	11.26x
352	Hartley	339	0.050%	0.84x
353	Etchells	336	0.050%	13.47x
354	Rogerson	336	0.050%	4.23x
355	Bowker	335	0.050%	5.33x
356	Humphreys	335	0.050%	1.48x
357	Rathbone	335	0.050%	9.35x
358	Alcock	334	0.050%	3.59x
359	Connor	334	0.050%	1.75x
360	Fleet	333	0.050%	7.70x
361	Dickinson	330	0.050%	1.20x
362	Crawford	328	0.050%	1.04x
363	Frost	328	0.050%	0.90x
364	Banks	327	0.050%	0.99x
365	Grundy	325	0.050%	2.46x
366	Hindley	325	0.050%	6.12x
367	Potter	324	0.050%	0.77x
368	Gough	323	0.050%	1.71x
369	Kinsey	323	0.050%	7.65x
370	Cliffe	322	0.050%	7.95x
371	Langley	322	0.050%	2.28x
372	Acton	321	0.050%	8.60x
373	Goodier	321	0.050%	13.92x
374	Gray	320	0.050%	0.35x
375	Higginbotham	319	0.050%	19.16x
376	Savage	319	0.050%	1.29x
377	Jennings	317	0.050%	0.97x
378	Bowyer	316	0.050%	4.49x
379	Maddocks	316	0.050%	8.02x
380	Waring	313	0.050%	3.86x
381	Porter	312	0.050%	0.64x
382	Pugh	312	0.050%	1.27x
383	Butterworth	311	0.050%	1.34x
384	Charlesworth	310	0.050%	3.72x
385	Derbyshire	310	0.050%	4.61x
386	Leach	310	0.050%	1.17x
387	Challinor	309	0.050%	13.60x
388	Kemp	309	0.050%	0.86x
389	Snelson	309	0.050%	21.10x
390	Manley	307	0.050%	4.25x
391	Blease	306	0.050%	23.57x
392	Downs	305	0.050%	2.66x
393	Joynson	305	0.050%	20.41x
394	Higginson	304	0.050%	4.71x
395	Hamilton	303	0.050%	0.63x
396	Hopkins	303	0.050%	0.78x
397	Rose	302	0.050%	0.63x
398	Bower	300	0.050%	2.54x
399	Cawley	300	0.050%	8.78x
400	Doyle	300	0.050%	1.91x