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 Stanway, with 236 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
501	Stanway	236	0.040%	13.16x
502	Swift	236	0.040%	1.18x
503	Axon	235	0.040%	14.61x
504	Hargreaves	235	0.040%	0.87x
505	Healey	235	0.040%	2.23x
506	Stokes	235	0.040%	0.86x
507	Winstanley	235	0.040%	3.63x
508	Huxley	234	0.040%	8.06x
509	Wallace	234	0.040%	0.53x
510	Sproston	233	0.040%	18.82x
511	Briscoe	232	0.040%	5.60x
512	Carroll	231	0.040%	1.78x
513	Sherlock	231	0.040%	5.32x
514	Weston	231	0.040%	0.88x
515	Sadler	230	0.040%	1.51x
516	Fitton	229	0.040%	3.16x
517	Stevenson	229	0.040%	0.51x
518	Whitby	229	0.040%	5.83x
519	Pollitt	228	0.040%	4.58x
520	Salisbury	228	0.040%	3.56x
521	Hallam	227	0.040%	1.89x
522	Hankinson	227	0.040%	10.71x
523	Heap	227	0.040%	2.07x
524	Hilditch	227	0.040%	12.19x
525	Hodgson	227	0.040%	0.51x
526	Rodgers	227	0.040%	1.29x
527	Hollinshead	226	0.040%	13.54x
528	Moors	226	0.040%	14.16x
529	Moreton	226	0.040%	4.68x
530	Sandbach	226	0.040%	26.17x
531	Southern	226	0.040%	3.80x
532	Boffey	225	0.030%	24.19x
533	Buxton	225	0.030%	2.32x
534	Cotterill	224	0.030%	3.96x
535	Fairhurst	224	0.030%	4.24x
536	Perrin	223	0.030%	3.38x
537	Thomason	223	0.030%	5.92x
538	Walmsley	222	0.030%	1.66x
539	Broster	221	0.030%	20.73x
540	Cadman	220	0.030%	4.19x
541	Heathcote	220	0.030%	4.23x
542	Warhurst	220	0.030%	12.16x
543	Yearsley	220	0.030%	16.86x
544	Hignett	219	0.030%	16.87x
545	Kettle	218	0.030%	3.86x
546	Manning	218	0.030%	1.06x
547	Nelson	218	0.030%	0.70x
548	Rowley	218	0.030%	1.29x
549	Woodall	218	0.030%	4.20x
550	Bratt	217	0.030%	9.70x
551	Downes	216	0.030%	2.71x
552	Garnett	216	0.030%	2.70x
553	Wilding	216	0.030%	2.85x
554	Bamford	215	0.030%	2.21x
555	Eccles	215	0.030%	2.08x
556	Reece	215	0.030%	3.82x
557	Ross	215	0.030%	0.31x
558	Senior	215	0.030%	1.46x
559	Chesworth	214	0.030%	14.83x
560	Duckworth	214	0.030%	1.72x
561	Kent	214	0.030%	0.79x
562	Thornton	214	0.030%	0.66x
563	Lambert	213	0.030%	0.61x
564	Lindop	213	0.030%	14.17x
565	Swain	213	0.030%	1.71x
566	Boulton	212	0.030%	1.82x
567	Bourne	212	0.030%	1.70x
568	Critchley	212	0.030%	3.69x
569	Parsons	212	0.030%	0.43x
570	Bradburn	211	0.030%	8.21x
571	Douglas	211	0.030%	0.68x
572	Fogg	210	0.030%	5.60x
573	Morley	210	0.030%	0.81x
574	Stott	210	0.030%	1.04x
575	Washington	210	0.030%	6.46x
576	Howell	209	0.030%	0.77x
577	Ollier	209	0.030%	28.72x
578	Shepley	209	0.030%	11.91x
579	Tickle	209	0.030%	7.25x
580	Fowles	208	0.030%	6.58x
581	Hackney	208	0.030%	7.40x
582	Palmer	208	0.030%	0.27x
583	Waterhouse	208	0.030%	2.12x
584	Whittle	208	0.030%	1.48x
585	Wrench	208	0.030%	9.66x
586	Wynne	208	0.030%	3.35x
587	Little	207	0.030%	0.68x
588	Molyneux	207	0.030%	4.20x
589	Croft	206	0.030%	1.35x
590	Howe	205	0.030%	0.81x
591	Nicholls	205	0.030%	0.61x
592	Penny	205	0.030%	1.79x
593	Chatterton	204	0.030%	5.57x
594	Foulkes	204	0.030%	3.40x
595	Knott	204	0.030%	1.60x
596	Quinn	204	0.030%	1.65x
597	Shenton	204	0.030%	4.94x
598	Sidebotham	204	0.030%	15.53x
599	Timperley	204	0.030%	14.20x
600	Rothwell	203	0.030%	1.71x