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 Pennington, with 300 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
401	Pennington	300	0.050%	3.14x
402	Thornley	299	0.050%	4.18x
403	Crompton	298	0.050%	2.75x
404	Travis	298	0.050%	3.94x
405	Day	297	0.050%	0.49x
406	Henshaw	297	0.050%	5.40x
407	Jordan	297	0.050%	1.04x
408	Weaver	297	0.050%	1.77x
409	Needham	295	0.050%	2.15x
410	Orme	295	0.050%	5.48x
411	Ravenscroft	295	0.050%	13.46x
412	Gresty	292	0.050%	18.50x
413	Kennedy	291	0.050%	0.75x
414	Hopley	290	0.050%	14.43x
415	Kenyon	290	0.050%	2.15x
416	Stewart	290	0.050%	0.29x
417	Holden	289	0.040%	0.82x
418	Lunt	289	0.040%	6.96x
419	Moran	288	0.040%	2.44x
420	West	288	0.040%	0.46x
421	Arrowsmith	287	0.040%	5.74x
422	Boden	287	0.040%	5.49x
423	Done	287	0.040%	12.91x
424	Greaves	286	0.040%	1.51x
425	Nicholson	286	0.040%	0.62x
426	Gordon	285	0.040%	0.70x
427	Moulton	284	0.040%	8.88x
428	Russell	284	0.040%	0.36x
429	Ryan	284	0.040%	1.42x
430	Austin	283	0.040%	0.90x
431	Dooley	279	0.040%	7.02x
432	Hilton	279	0.040%	1.26x
433	Hitchen	279	0.040%	6.35x
434	Birchenough	278	0.040%	25.36x
435	Glover	278	0.040%	1.01x
436	Venables	277	0.040%	6.12x
437	Cornes	276	0.040%	19.54x
438	Wrigley	276	0.040%	3.38x
439	Ryder	275	0.040%	2.46x
440	Gilbert	273	0.040%	0.74x
441	Kelsall	273	0.040%	8.41x
442	Shepherd	272	0.040%	0.58x
443	Bellis	271	0.040%	7.40x
444	Shallcross	271	0.040%	23.88x
445	Shatwell	270	0.040%	30.66x
446	Wharton	269	0.040%	2.98x
447	Rowlands	267	0.040%	1.66x
448	Brierley	266	0.040%	2.32x
449	Hale	266	0.040%	1.15x
450	Ankers	265	0.040%	16.47x
451	Rowbottom	265	0.040%	6.89x
452	Thorley	265	0.040%	6.32x
453	Vaughan	265	0.040%	1.20x
454	Hart	264	0.040%	0.48x
455	Lawson	264	0.040%	0.69x
456	Minshull	264	0.040%	19.13x
457	Smallwood	263	0.040%	4.42x
458	Worsley	263	0.040%	4.67x
459	Partington	262	0.040%	2.86x
460	Thorpe	259	0.040%	1.02x
461	Dickenson	258	0.040%	2.64x
462	Cash	257	0.040%	6.01x
463	Bond	256	0.040%	0.75x
464	Byrne	254	0.040%	2.82x
465	Hankey	254	0.040%	16.57x
466	Hardman	254	0.040%	1.96x
467	Dunning	253	0.040%	4.62x
468	Gallimore	253	0.040%	12.38x
469	Reid	253	0.040%	0.37x
470	Shore	252	0.040%	3.63x
471	Stringer	252	0.040%	1.96x
472	Worth	252	0.040%	4.35x
473	Armitage	251	0.040%	1.53x
474	Guest	251	0.040%	1.82x
475	Norton	251	0.040%	1.17x
476	Bickerton	250	0.040%	9.25x
477	Sheldon	249	0.040%	2.54x
478	Farrington	248	0.040%	4.48x
479	Ollerenshaw	248	0.040%	16.27x
480	Henderson	247	0.040%	0.35x
481	Newall	247	0.040%	6.68x
482	Rimmer	247	0.040%	2.40x
483	Scragg	247	0.040%	11.80x
484	Antrobus	246	0.040%	19.14x
485	Birtles	246	0.040%	11.00x
486	Clowes	246	0.040%	6.86x
487	Noden	246	0.040%	22.01x
488	Ingham	245	0.040%	1.53x
489	Johnston	244	0.040%	0.47x
490	Birchall	243	0.040%	3.84x
491	Cottrell	243	0.040%	4.23x
492	Upton	242	0.040%	1.97x
493	Fryer	241	0.040%	2.01x
494	Harper	241	0.040%	0.58x
495	Willis	241	0.040%	0.70x
496	Grant	239	0.040%	0.37x
497	Sant	238	0.040%	18.48x
498	Chorlton	236	0.040%	11.26x
499	Kennerley	236	0.040%	25.61x
500	Nuttall	236	0.040%	1.45x