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 Bibby, with 202 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
601	Bibby	202	0.030%	2.90x
602	Wade	202	0.030%	0.78x
603	Lane	201	0.030%	0.45x
604	Meredith	201	0.030%	1.54x
605	Boardman	200	0.030%	1.93x
606	Hollingworth	200	0.030%	3.84x
607	Bateman	199	0.030%	1.19x
608	Blackburn	199	0.030%	0.82x
609	Gatley	198	0.030%	17.85x
610	Lynch	198	0.030%	1.16x
611	Gould	197	0.030%	0.85x
612	Ackerley	196	0.030%	20.92x
613	Brindley	196	0.030%	3.98x
614	Proctor	196	0.030%	1.24x
615	Rawlinson	196	0.030%	2.55x
616	Siddall	196	0.030%	4.15x
617	Leather	195	0.030%	4.43x
618	Lord	195	0.030%	0.66x
619	Meakin	195	0.030%	3.88x
620	Brooke	194	0.030%	2.02x
621	Goulden	194	0.030%	8.53x
622	Whitlow	194	0.030%	24.62x
623	Lancaster	193	0.030%	1.20x
624	Rushton	193	0.030%	1.45x
625	Shawcross	193	0.030%	9.03x
626	Speed	193	0.030%	3.73x
627	Kershaw	192	0.030%	0.92x
628	Trueman	192	0.030%	4.33x
629	Unwin	192	0.030%	3.00x
630	Fidler	191	0.030%	4.63x
631	Mathews	191	0.030%	0.80x
632	Beeley	190	0.030%	14.09x
633	Chappell	190	0.030%	1.75x
634	Davidson	190	0.030%	0.35x
635	Ferguson	190	0.030%	0.42x
636	Lovatt	190	0.030%	4.25x
637	Grimshaw	189	0.030%	1.75x
638	Saunders	189	0.030%	0.32x
639	Crowther	188	0.030%	0.98x
640	Frith	188	0.030%	2.92x
641	Gibbon	188	0.030%	2.88x
642	Dudley	187	0.030%	1.93x
643	Grice	187	0.030%	2.81x
644	Gandy	186	0.030%	7.16x
645	Naylor	186	0.030%	0.77x
646	Snape	186	0.030%	3.13x
647	Wadsworth	186	0.030%	2.07x
648	Groves	185	0.030%	1.02x
649	Leicester	185	0.030%	12.77x
650	Bridge	184	0.030%	1.41x
651	Hambleton	184	0.030%	7.02x
652	Hanson	184	0.030%	0.88x
653	Roscoe	184	0.030%	4.60x
654	Whitfield	184	0.030%	1.43x
655	Appleton	183	0.030%	1.81x
656	Bennion	183	0.030%	12.57x
657	Hawkins	183	0.030%	0.39x
658	Seddon	183	0.030%	1.75x
659	Whitehurst	183	0.030%	8.94x
660	Whittingham	183	0.030%	3.77x
661	Conway	182	0.030%	1.51x
662	Batty	181	0.030%	1.84x
663	Fielding	181	0.030%	1.26x
664	Haddock	181	0.030%	4.37x
665	Jeffs	181	0.030%	3.58x
666	Kelley	181	0.030%	2.42x
667	Minshall	181	0.030%	14.34x
668	Pedley	181	0.030%	5.54x
669	Bloor	180	0.030%	5.06x
670	Braddock	180	0.030%	9.79x
671	Cliff	180	0.030%	3.19x
672	Wyatt	180	0.030%	0.95x
673	Chambers	179	0.030%	0.49x
674	France	179	0.030%	1.83x
675	Large	179	0.030%	2.69x
676	Nichols	179	0.030%	0.85x
677	Reade	179	0.030%	9.24x
678	Salt	179	0.030%	1.87x
679	Simcock	179	0.030%	9.55x
680	Starkey	179	0.030%	2.80x
681	May	178	0.030%	0.43x
682	Hockenhull	177	0.030%	26.69x
683	Lowndes	177	0.030%	8.16x
684	Norris	177	0.030%	0.64x
685	Stanton	177	0.030%	1.38x
686	Baskerville	176	0.030%	11.54x
687	Fairclough	176	0.030%	2.62x
688	Griffin	176	0.030%	0.58x
689	Kendrick	176	0.030%	2.83x
690	Astle	175	0.030%	8.34x
691	Broome	175	0.030%	5.46x
692	Kenworthy	175	0.030%	4.08x
693	Parrott	175	0.030%	2.39x
694	Hunter	174	0.030%	0.26x
695	Kinder	174	0.030%	6.43x
696	Mayers	174	0.030%	9.00x
697	Mercer	174	0.030%	1.03x
698	Pollard	174	0.030%	0.74x
699	Rowlinson	174	0.030%	8.65x
700	Fish	173	0.030%	1.44x