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 Bavington, with 13 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
4101	Bavington	13	0.000%	8.75x
4102	Beaton	13	0.000%	0.18x
4103	Beecham	13	0.000%	0.75x
4104	Beever	13	0.000%	1.22x
4105	Belshaw	13	0.000%	1.06x
4106	Bigland	13	0.000%	2.56x
4107	Bills	13	0.000%	0.76x
4108	Bithel	13	0.000%	4.16x
4109	Boult	13	0.000%	1.22x
4110	Brammer	13	0.000%	0.84x
4111	Brannigan	13	0.000%	2.02x
4112	Bratton	13	0.000%	1.61x
4113	Brew	13	0.000%	0.80x
4114	Brick	13	0.000%	1.48x
4115	Briddon	13	0.000%	1.82x
4116	Brigham	13	0.000%	0.96x
4117	Brinsley	13	0.000%	4.22x
4118	Browse	13	0.000%	2.86x
4119	Burdekin	13	0.000%	2.49x
4120	Burkill	13	0.000%	2.28x
4121	Burr	13	0.000%	0.25x
4122	Button	13	0.000%	0.17x
4123	Cantwell	13	0.000%	1.75x
4124	Carns	13	0.000%	5.75x
4125	Chapell	13	0.000%	2.53x
4126	Chatwin	13	0.000%	0.89x
4127	Christopherson	13	0.000%	2.74x
4128	Climo	13	0.000%	3.68x
4129	Clinch	13	0.000%	0.70x
4130	Cobbe	13	0.000%	5.75x
4131	Coldrick	13	0.000%	2.43x
4132	Colgan	13	0.000%	2.41x
4133	Compton	13	0.000%	0.21x
4134	Copland	13	0.000%	0.36x
4135	Corbridge	13	0.000%	2.06x
4136	Corley	13	0.000%	1.32x
4137	Corris	13	0.000%	2.21x
4138	Cromer	13	0.000%	5.07x
4139	Croughton	13	0.000%	7.02x
4140	Crowton	13	0.000%	17.26x
4141	Cumberland	13	0.000%	0.80x
4142	Curphey	13	0.000%	1.68x
4143	Curwen	13	0.000%	0.95x
4144	Daintree	13	0.000%	6.56x
4145	Darley	13	0.000%	0.47x
4146	Deakins	13	0.000%	1.95x
4147	Derry	13	0.000%	0.46x
4148	Doolan	13	0.000%	1.03x
4149	Dore	13	0.000%	0.38x
4150	Down	13	0.000%	0.17x
4151	Dryland	13	0.000%	3.80x
4152	Dunsford	13	0.000%	1.35x
4153	Durham	13	0.000%	0.23x
4154	Durie	13	0.000%	1.20x
4155	Ellaby	13	0.000%	5.81x
4156	Fairbank	13	0.000%	0.90x
4157	Farraday	13	0.000%	4.44x
4158	Fegan	13	0.000%	1.72x
4159	Fields	13	0.000%	0.42x
4160	Fountain	13	0.000%	0.29x
4161	Fowkes	13	0.000%	0.68x
4162	Foxcroft	13	0.000%	1.36x
4163	Frame	13	0.000%	0.32x
4164	Fyfe	13	0.000%	0.22x
4165	Gallie	13	0.000%	1.55x
4166	Gamlin	13	0.000%	2.24x
4167	Geddes	13	0.000%	0.17x
4168	Gerrad	13	0.000%	9.59x
4169	Ghent	13	0.000%	4.14x
4170	Gladwell	13	0.000%	0.73x
4171	Goodchild	13	0.000%	0.21x
4172	Goody	13	0.000%	0.70x
4173	Gott	13	0.000%	0.47x
4174	Greeney	13	0.000%	15.10x
4175	Hadden	13	0.000%	0.45x
4176	Hands	13	0.000%	0.20x
4177	Hanlow	13	0.000%	9.59x
4178	Harcourt	13	0.000%	0.91x
4179	Hargreave	13	0.000%	1.58x
4180	Harney	13	0.000%	3.43x
4181	Hartell	13	0.000%	3.37x
4182	Haye	13	0.000%	3.53x
4183	Hedgcock	13	0.000%	2.86x
4184	Helling	13	0.000%	5.20x
4185	Hennessy	13	0.000%	1.02x
4186	High	13	0.000%	0.45x
4187	Hiscocks	13	0.000%	1.57x
4188	Hodgin	13	0.000%	4.68x
4189	Hollier	13	0.000%	1.02x
4190	Hopper	13	0.000%	0.14x
4191	Horabin	13	0.000%	6.10x
4192	Hougton	13	0.000%	17.76x
4193	Hutchins	13	0.000%	0.20x
4194	Hutchison	13	0.000%	0.12x
4195	Ions	13	0.000%	3.68x
4196	Irish	13	0.000%	0.69x
4197	Jay	13	0.000%	0.23x
4198	Jeffery	13	0.000%	0.09x
4199	Jowett	13	0.000%	0.19x
4200	Jubb	13	0.000%	0.40x