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1881 census place

High Leigh surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in High Leigh, Cheshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

49 surnames are listed for High Leigh, Cheshire, covering 230 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Chorlton, with 27 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in High Leigh

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Chorlton27978.26x
2Southern17216.84x
3Shakeshaft14933.33x
4Renshaw13161.69x
5Vost133421.05x
6Gibbon12139.37x
7Solan125454.55x
8Yarwood11317.92x
9Morrey9562.50x
10Burnell8157.17x
11Melrose8242.42x
12Whitlow8769.23x
13Brazendale71166.67x
14Baskerville6298.51x
15Pollitt691.46x
16Cowap4666.67x
17Makinson4164.61x
18Symms41250.00x
19Winser4416.67x
20Eyes31071.43x
21Longshaw3202.70x
22Woodier3697.67x
23Erlam2666.67x
24Halligan2198.02x
25Meech2114.29x
26Okell2259.74x
27Ollier2208.33x
28Stelfox2312.50x
29Youd2188.68x
30Blackburne1172.41x
31Brennon1270.27x
32Carry1156.25x
33Chesworth152.63x
34Dearn1172.41x
35Donnell1114.94x
36Doud1232.56x
37Gildea1333.33x
38Hignett158.48x
39Hinsley178.74x
40Langshaw1175.44x
41Logue1156.25x
42Mackness198.04x
43Mckain110000.00x
44Moston1114.94x
45Mullaney1153.85x
46Skitt189.29x
47Tompkinson1196.08x
48Wane1119.05x
49Wheler1714.29x