LAW

Law in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lancashire

2461

0.0710

1.5694

Yorkshire

1973

0.0682

1.5066

London

970

0.0332

0.7340

Lanarkshire

803

0.0850

1.8789

Staffordshire

664

0.0673

1.4885

Northamptonshire

479

0.1743

3.8537

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

471

0.1203

2.6605

Aberdeenshire

463

0.1711

3.7830

Essex

443

0.0768

1.6982

Surrey

409

0.0287

0.6352

Kent

362

0.0363

0.8028

Forfarshire (Angus)

318

0.1175

2.5974

Warwickshire

289

0.0392

0.8671

Fife

237

0.1370

3.0295

Ayrshire

229

0.1047

2.3154

County Durham

222

0.0255

0.5647

Renfrewshire

221

0.0976

2.1580

Cambridgeshire

145

0.0784

1.7323

Worcestershire

141

0.0370

0.8170

Leicestershire

137

0.0423

0.9350

Cumberland

125

0.0497

1.0986

Cheshire

113

0.0175

0.3874

Gloucestershire

107

0.0187

0.4128

Perthshire

94

0.0717

1.5848

Wiltshire

89

0.0344

0.7615

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

88

0.2000

4.4219

Devon

84

0.0138

0.3054

Hampshire

79

0.0132

0.2917

Lincolnshire

76

0.0163

0.3597

Sussex

73

0.0148

0.3276

Hertfordshire

72

0.0358

0.7904

Argyll

71

0.0873

1.9300

Stirlingshire

62

0.0575

1.2720

Buckinghamshire

62

0.0351

0.7760

Dunbartonshire

56

0.0713

1.5769

Shropshire

54

0.0214

0.4730

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

46

0.1189

2.6280

Somerset

46

0.0098

0.2162

Northumberland

45

0.0104

0.2289

Derbyshire

43

0.0094

0.2078

Nottinghamshire

43

0.0109

0.2414

Kincardineshire

41

0.1152

2.5478

Bedfordshire

40

0.0264

0.5846

Dumfriesshire

36

0.0558

1.2332

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

33

0.0156

0.3454

Roxburghshire

32

0.0605

1.3368

Herefordshire

32

0.0267

0.5905

Berkshire

28

0.0128

0.2823

Elginshire (Morayshire)

25

0.0551

1.2175

Oxfordshire

22

0.0122

0.2696

Westmorland

22

0.0343

0.7575

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

20

0.0162

0.3591

Kirkcudbrightshire

18

0.0426

0.9409

Peeblesshire

16

0.1164

2.5741

Suffolk

16

0.0045

0.0994

Selkirkshire

16

0.0605

1.3383

Norfolk

15

0.0033

0.0738

Zetland (Shetland)

15

0.0503

1.1114

Clackmannanshire

14

0.0580

1.2828

Kinross-shire

14

0.1896

4.1909

Buteshire

14

0.0791

1.7484

Huntingdonshire

14

0.0241

0.5335

Inverness-shire

13

0.0149

0.3294

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

11

0.0140

0.3097

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

9

0.0097

0.2143

Berwickshire

9

0.0254

0.5624

Royal Navy

8

0.0230

0.5080

Channel Islands

8

0.0092

0.2043

Banffshire

7

0.0116

0.2554

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

7

0.0014

0.0304

Rutland

5

0.0233

0.5153

Cornwall

5

0.0015

0.0334

Dorset

5

0.0026

0.0576

Wigtownshire

5

0.0129

0.2849

Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

3

0.0051

0.1135

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

2

0.0017

0.0374

Orkney

1

0.0031

0.0688

Sutherland

1

0.0045

0.0984

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Newchurch

Lancashire

328

1.1566

25.5683

Govan

Lanarkshire

215

0.0920

2.0340

Todmorden Walsden

Lancashire

193

2.0782

45.9414

Barony

Lanarkshire

188

0.0786

1.7381

Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

172

0.1092

2.4149

Spotland

Lancashire

141

0.3659

8.0877

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

141

0.0840

1.8580

Birmingham

Warwickshire

130

0.0529

1.1704

St Pancras London

London

120

0.0510

1.1281

Dundee

Forfarshire (Angus)

117

0.1158

2.5599

Aston

Warwickshire

110

0.0542

1.1987

Castleton

Lancashire

105

0.3033

6.7047

Aberdeen Old Machar

Aberdeenshire

105

0.1859

4.1092

Stansfield

Yorkshire

103

0.9669

21.3742

Sheffield

Yorkshire

101

0.1096

2.4226

Wolverhampton

Staffordshire

99

0.1306

2.8864

Tipton

Staffordshire

98

0.3245

7.1746

Wuerdle Wardle

Lancashire

98

0.9313

20.5878

Oldham

Lancashire

97

0.0867

1.9165

Lambeth

Surrey

94

0.0369

0.8158

Top male forenames

John Law
William Law
James Law
George Law
Thomas Law
Joseph Law
Charles Law
Henry Law
Robert Law
Alfred Law
Samuel Law
Edward Law
Arthur Law
Richard Law
Frederick Law
Albert Law
Frank Law
Harry Law
David Law
Walter Law
Benjamin Law
Herbert Law
Fred Law
Ernest Law
Wm. Law
Edmund Law
Francis Law
Abraham Law
Leonard Law
Alexander Law
Geo. Law
Edwin Law
Thos. Law
Isaac Law
Christopher Law
Peter Law
Andrew Law
Sam Law
Jesse Law
Mark Law
Stephen Law
Tom Law
Percy Law
Philip Law
Amos Law
Sidney Law
Edgar Law
Jabez Law
Willm. Law
Matthew Law

Top female forenames

Mary Law
Sarah Law
Elizabeth Law
Jane Law
Ann Law
Alice Law
Eliza Law
Emma Law
Hannah Law
Ellen Law
Annie Law
Emily Law
Margaret Law
Martha Law
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Lucy Law
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