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 Finney, with 149 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
801	Finney	149	0.020%	2.67x
802	George	149	0.020%	0.39x
803	Timmis	149	0.020%	9.96x
804	Coleman	148	0.020%	0.46x
805	Long	148	0.020%	0.35x
806	Longden	148	0.020%	4.97x
807	Isherwood	147	0.020%	1.97x
808	Randles	147	0.020%	10.10x
809	Caldwell	146	0.020%	1.45x
810	Hamlet	146	0.020%	13.29x
811	Jervis	146	0.020%	2.95x
812	Page	146	0.020%	0.28x
813	Findlow	145	0.020%	27.60x
814	Higham	145	0.020%	2.21x
815	Horsfield	145	0.020%	3.35x
816	Parkes	145	0.020%	1.10x
817	Elliott	144	0.020%	0.26x
818	Priestner	144	0.020%	36.15x
819	Stevens	144	0.020%	0.21x
820	Curzon	143	0.020%	11.31x
821	Dakin	143	0.020%	3.09x
822	Ledsham	143	0.020%	24.15x
823	Sharp	143	0.020%	0.27x
824	Torkington	143	0.020%	15.06x
825	Adamson	142	0.020%	0.83x
826	Boothby	142	0.020%	7.76x
827	Cragg	142	0.020%	3.47x
828	Craven	142	0.020%	1.14x
829	Cunliffe	142	0.020%	1.77x
830	Greenway	142	0.020%	2.96x
831	Moses	142	0.020%	2.15x
832	Pimblott	142	0.020%	31.10x
833	Salmon	142	0.020%	0.97x
834	Sheen	142	0.020%	3.30x
835	Downing	141	0.020%	1.26x
836	Fitzpatrick	141	0.020%	1.49x
837	Fleming	140	0.020%	0.52x
838	Singleton	140	0.020%	1.10x
839	Wells	140	0.020%	0.26x
840	Boughey	139	0.020%	9.80x
841	Carrington	139	0.020%	2.05x
842	Crosby	139	0.020%	1.82x
843	Entwistle	139	0.020%	1.24x
844	Moult	139	0.020%	10.25x
845	Colclough	138	0.020%	4.71x
846	Fallows	138	0.020%	4.46x
847	Handley	138	0.020%	1.27x
848	Hinde	138	0.020%	5.14x
849	Kellett	138	0.020%	2.46x
850	Blain	137	0.020%	6.12x
851	Ditchfield	137	0.020%	6.22x
852	Dyson	137	0.020%	0.66x
853	Earlam	137	0.020%	32.46x
854	Pilling	137	0.020%	1.76x
855	Ridgeway	137	0.020%	7.30x
856	Shufflebotham	137	0.020%	10.31x
857	Tonge	137	0.020%	3.34x
858	Duffy	136	0.020%	0.97x
859	Peake	136	0.020%	2.19x
860	Basford	135	0.020%	6.97x
861	Bottomley	135	0.020%	1.26x
862	Farr	135	0.020%	1.41x
863	Hoole	135	0.020%	6.47x
864	Machin	135	0.020%	2.09x
865	Proudlove	135	0.020%	14.75x
866	Blythe	134	0.020%	2.74x
867	Darbyshire	134	0.020%	3.91x
868	Dickson	134	0.020%	0.56x
869	Foxley	134	0.020%	11.42x
870	Goodall	134	0.020%	0.97x
871	Power	134	0.020%	1.55x
872	Shelmerdine	134	0.020%	12.65x
873	Hornby	133	0.020%	1.81x
874	Meacock	133	0.020%	15.25x
875	Oates	133	0.020%	1.32x
876	Pierpoint	133	0.020%	9.64x
877	Pott	133	0.020%	9.07x
878	Skellern	133	0.020%	31.68x
879	Watts	133	0.020%	0.25x
880	Whitelegg	133	0.020%	18.83x
881	Hand	132	0.020%	1.71x
882	Moorhouse	132	0.020%	1.65x
883	Saxon	132	0.020%	6.17x
884	Speakman	132	0.020%	4.45x
885	Turnock	132	0.020%	13.93x
886	Blackwell	131	0.020%	1.11x
887	Chantler	131	0.020%	7.72x
888	Daniel	131	0.020%	0.92x
889	Leonard	131	0.020%	0.94x
890	Thornhill	131	0.020%	3.25x
891	Brady	130	0.020%	1.14x
892	Clutton	130	0.020%	11.02x
893	Lever	130	0.020%	2.24x
894	Malam	129	0.020%	22.78x
895	Mullock	129	0.020%	20.17x
896	Stephens	129	0.020%	0.36x
897	Sweeney	129	0.020%	1.49x
898	Whiston	129	0.020%	7.68x
899	Corker	128	0.020%	8.12x
900	Goulding	128	0.020%	2.03x