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 Humfrey, with 14 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
4001	Humfrey	14	0.000%	3.11x
4002	Ingle	14	0.000%	0.53x
4003	Ithell	14	0.000%	14.45x
4004	Japp	14	0.000%	2.15x
4005	Keeffe	14	0.000%	2.56x
4006	Kettell	14	0.000%	10.84x
4007	Killer	14	0.000%	4.96x
4008	Killey	14	0.000%	1.45x
4009	Lemare	14	0.000%	10.66x
4010	Lilly	14	0.000%	0.36x
4011	Lisle	14	0.000%	0.87x
4012	Litton	14	0.000%	1.85x
4013	Livingston	14	0.000%	0.24x
4014	Logue	14	0.000%	2.88x
4015	Longley	14	0.000%	0.32x
4016	Longstaff	14	0.000%	0.31x
4017	Lowes	14	0.000%	0.37x
4018	Macfarlane	14	0.000%	0.38x
4019	Maley	14	0.000%	1.12x
4020	Manson	14	0.000%	0.19x
4021	Marchbank	14	0.000%	1.54x
4022	Marrs	14	0.000%	2.15x
4023	Maskell	14	0.000%	0.31x
4024	Mates	14	0.000%	4.39x
4025	Matherson	14	0.000%	4.85x
4026	Mccann	14	0.000%	1.64x
4027	Mccormick	14	0.000%	1.99x
4028	Mcintyre	14	0.000%	1.08x
4029	Mcmahon	14	0.000%	1.33x
4030	Mcmanus	14	0.000%	2.47x
4031	Meehan	14	0.000%	1.09x
4032	Merriman	14	0.000%	0.59x
4033	Michal	14	0.000%	20.97x
4034	Millet	14	0.000%	3.28x
4035	Moate	14	0.000%	2.92x
4036	Morrish	14	0.000%	0.55x
4037	Munn	14	0.000%	0.30x
4038	Myles	14	0.000%	0.46x
4039	Neish	14	0.000%	1.07x
4040	Newnes	14	0.000%	4.71x
4041	Oconnell	14	0.000%	0.92x
4042	Okeeffe	14	0.000%	8.34x
4043	Ould	14	0.000%	2.09x
4044	Overton	14	0.000%	0.22x
4045	Oxford	14	0.000%	0.63x
4046	Parrington	14	0.000%	1.64x
4047	Pascoe	14	0.000%	0.19x
4048	Paxton	14	0.000%	0.27x
4049	Peabody	14	0.000%	2.54x
4050	Pelling	14	0.000%	0.83x
4051	Petty	14	0.000%	0.22x
4052	Phillip	14	0.000%	0.43x
4053	Pickton	14	0.000%	4.04x
4054	Piers	14	0.000%	5.86x
4055	Plumbe	14	0.000%	4.52x
4056	Purdy	14	0.000%	0.38x
4057	Ragg	14	0.000%	1.95x
4058	Ralston	14	0.000%	0.65x
4059	Reagan	14	0.000%	5.24x
4060	Rodger	14	0.000%	0.15x
4061	Rooth	14	0.000%	5.91x
4062	Ruffle	14	0.000%	1.39x
4063	Ryalls	14	0.000%	2.88x
4064	Sergent	14	0.000%	2.05x
4065	Sharpes	14	0.000%	10.49x
4066	Shelley	14	0.000%	0.28x
4067	Shilston	14	0.000%	5.16x
4068	Spring	14	0.000%	0.45x
4069	Starkie	14	0.000%	0.68x
4070	Stgeorge	14	0.000%	5.08x
4071	Stonehouse	14	0.000%	0.50x
4072	Surridge	14	0.000%	0.73x
4073	Swales	14	0.000%	0.31x
4074	Swindlehurst	14	0.000%	1.07x
4075	Titley	14	0.000%	0.81x
4076	Tolson	14	0.000%	0.76x
4077	Tompkins	14	0.000%	0.25x
4078	Toogood	14	0.000%	0.47x
4079	Tootill	14	0.000%	1.61x
4080	Tunney	14	0.000%	2.52x
4081	Walworth	14	0.000%	4.39x
4082	Wildblood	14	0.000%	2.92x
4083	Wilmot	14	0.000%	0.33x
4084	Winfindale	14	0.000%	15.13x
4085	Wingate	14	0.000%	0.61x
4086	Winn	14	0.000%	0.22x
4087	Woodley	14	0.000%	0.24x
4088	Wotton	14	0.000%	0.76x
4089	York	14	0.000%	0.16x
4090	Adam	13	0.000%	0.12x
4091	Akers	13	0.000%	0.41x
4092	Altham	13	0.000%	1.62x
4093	Armitstead	13	0.000%	4.57x
4094	Askey	13	0.000%	0.86x
4095	Badley	13	0.000%	1.87x
4096	Badrick	13	0.000%	3.32x
4097	Bantick	13	0.000%	5.39x
4098	Barfoot	13	0.000%	0.65x
4099	Barford	13	0.000%	0.79x
4100	Barkley	13	0.000%	1.54x