1881 census place
Macclesfield surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Macclesfield, 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
1,102 surnames are listed for Macclesfield, Cheshire, covering 17,645 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Colclough, with 14 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Macclesfield
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.
| # | Surname | Total | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Colclough | 14 | 10.74x |
| 302 | Dickenson | 14 | 3.22x |
| 303 | Fitton | 14 | 4.34x |
| 304 | Foy | 14 | 5.91x |
| 305 | Goodier | 14 | 13.66x |
| 306 | Hales | 14 | 3.40x |
| 307 | Hankinson | 14 | 14.87x |
| 308 | Hattersley | 14 | 17.11x |
| 309 | Leicester | 14 | 21.74x |
| 310 | Makin | 14 | 5.69x |
| 311 | Molloy | 14 | 8.95x |
| 312 | Seal | 14 | 6.77x |
| 313 | Seel | 14 | 48.44x |
| 314 | Strange | 14 | 4.55x |
| 315 | Travis | 14 | 4.16x |
| 316 | Turnock | 14 | 33.25x |
| 317 | Warhurst | 14 | 17.41x |
| 318 | Westwood | 14 | 2.91x |
| 319 | Worth | 14 | 5.44x |
| 320 | Adderley | 13 | 27.22x |
| 321 | Band | 13 | 19.89x |
| 322 | Banner | 13 | 8.31x |
| 323 | Donnelly | 13 | 3.60x |
| 324 | Drinkwater | 13 | 4.60x |
| 325 | Eyres | 13 | 14.86x |
| 326 | Frith | 13 | 4.55x |
| 327 | Inskip | 13 | 25.58x |
| 328 | Lightfoot | 13 | 3.26x |
| 329 | Mulrooney | 13 | 77.20x |
| 330 | Pott | 13 | 19.94x |
| 331 | Watkin | 13 | 5.18x |
| 332 | Woodruff | 13 | 9.64x |
| 333 | Alcock | 12 | 2.90x |
| 334 | Atwell | 12 | 19.78x |
| 335 | Baron | 12 | 4.04x |
| 336 | Baskerville | 12 | 17.71x |
| 337 | Beresford | 12 | 5.68x |
| 338 | Brereton | 12 | 10.06x |
| 339 | Brian | 12 | 8.97x |
| 340 | Carless | 12 | 15.77x |
| 341 | Carney | 12 | 4.63x |
| 342 | Cocker | 12 | 5.10x |
| 343 | Ferneyhough | 12 | 57.25x |
| 344 | Fountain | 12 | 6.10x |
| 345 | Godwin | 12 | 3.24x |
| 346 | Grice | 12 | 4.06x |
| 347 | Hewitson | 12 | 7.08x |
| 348 | Livesey | 12 | 4.27x |
| 349 | Lovett | 12 | 4.58x |
| 350 | Lunt | 12 | 6.50x |
| 351 | Neild | 12 | 16.45x |
| 352 | Peake | 12 | 4.34x |
| 353 | Sherrat | 12 | 130.58x |
| 354 | Stledger | 12 | 209.06x |
| 355 | Thorley | 12 | 6.44x |
| 356 | Trafford | 12 | 10.44x |
| 357 | Tunnicliffe | 12 | 12.70x |
| 358 | Aspinwall | 11 | 38.57x |
| 359 | Bould | 11 | 15.79x |
| 360 | Broderick | 11 | 11.60x |
| 361 | Chatterton | 11 | 6.76x |
| 362 | Corke | 11 | 12.64x |
| 363 | Cragg | 11 | 6.05x |
| 364 | Derbyshire | 11 | 3.68x |
| 365 | Dicken | 11 | 13.63x |
| 366 | Farrington | 11 | 4.47x |
| 367 | Flannagan | 11 | 18.90x |
| 368 | Gain | 11 | 29.32x |
| 369 | Harlow | 11 | 7.01x |
| 370 | Heaney | 11 | 22.36x |
| 371 | Lawler | 11 | 8.55x |
| 372 | Lownds | 11 | 27.63x |
| 373 | Olive | 11 | 10.66x |
| 374 | Pass | 11 | 7.86x |
| 375 | Thornycroft | 11 | 149.25x |
| 376 | Whitney | 11 | 7.39x |
| 377 | Wilshaw | 11 | 15.18x |
| 378 | Wych | 11 | 42.89x |
| 379 | Arden | 10 | 14.51x |
| 380 | Banister | 10 | 8.38x |
| 381 | Barnshaw | 10 | 98.62x |
| 382 | Benton | 10 | 3.37x |
| 383 | Billinge | 10 | 30.38x |
| 384 | Boston | 10 | 7.62x |
| 385 | Bradwell | 10 | 16.99x |
| 386 | Brassington | 10 | 8.75x |
| 387 | Brownridge | 10 | 44.84x |
| 388 | Earlam | 10 | 53.30x |
| 389 | Fairfax | 10 | 40.03x |
| 390 | Gannon | 10 | 8.06x |
| 391 | Goldthorp | 10 | 22.96x |
| 392 | Greenway | 10 | 4.69x |
| 393 | Haye | 10 | 61.12x |
| 394 | Heeley | 10 | 7.93x |
| 395 | Holbrook | 10 | 4.84x |
| 396 | Hynes | 10 | 14.47x |
| 397 | Kenworthy | 10 | 5.24x |
| 398 | Keogh | 10 | 15.27x |
| 399 | Kirkland | 10 | 3.92x |
| 400 | Luck | 10 | 4.22x |