MORE than 2,000 people – or one in every 20 – share Chester's most common surname.
Forebears, a directory of resources for family history research, has published a complete list of the most common surnames in the city.
Top of the pile for Chester is Jones with 2,004 people bearing the last name.
Williams, Hughes, Smith and Taylor are all among the top ten most common.
Here's the top 50 most common surnames in Chester, including how many people share each surname:
- Jones (2,004)
- Williams (1,117)
- Davies (816)
- Roberts (754)
- Hughes (582)
- Evans (400)
- Smith (388)
- Edwards (362)
- Lloyd (342)
- Taylor (301)
- Price (291)
- Thomas (277)
- Dodd (274)
- Parry (244)
- Griffiths (240)
- Johnson (234)
- Morris (225)
- Brown (216)
- Dutton (194)
- Thompson (164)
- Ellis (164)
- Moore (153)
- Lewis (138)
- Harrison (136)
- Owen (136)
- Jackson (133)
- Wright (130)
- Walker (129)
- Pritchard (127)
- Edge (126)
- Griffith (124)
- Powell (120)
- Bennett (110)
- Gerrard (99)
- Rowlands (98)
- Clarke (97)
- Hall (96)
- White (95)
- Rogers (93)
- Richards (87)
- Baker (86)
- Dean (86)
- Bailey (85)
- Owens (85)
- Walsh (82)
- Shone (82
- Shaw (81)
- Simpson (81)
- Morgan (79)
- Kelly (79)
To see the full the list of surnames for Chester visit forebears.io/england/cheshire/chester#surnames
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