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BALD

Bald in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lanarkshire

96

0.0102

6.3796

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

71

0.1835

115.2036

Fife

69

0.0399

25.0508

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

61

0.0156

9.7863

Stirlingshire

37

0.0343

21.5605

Berwickshire

25

0.0707

44.3734

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

17

0.0386

24.2615

Dunbartonshire

16

0.0204

12.7959

London

14

0.0005

0.3009

Clackmannanshire

12

0.0497

31.2256

Selkirkshire

8

0.0303

19.0024

Renfrewshire

7

0.0031

1.9413

Northumberland

6

0.0014

0.8667

Forfarshire (Angus)

5

0.0018

1.1599

County Durham

5

0.0006

0.3612

Staffordshire

4

0.0004

0.2547

Essex

4

0.0007

0.4355

Peeblesshire

4

0.0291

18.2732

Argyll

3

0.0037

2.3162

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

3

0.0006

0.3703

Perthshire

2

0.0015

0.9577

Yorkshire

2

0.0001

0.0434

Berkshire

2

0.0009

0.5726

Cornwall

2

0.0006

0.3797

Buckinghamshire

1

0.0006

0.3555

Devon

1

0.0002

0.1032

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Barony

Lanarkshire

41

0.0171

10.7660

Dunbar

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

38

0.7005

439.8148

Dunfermline

Fife

27

0.1015

63.7544

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

25

0.0149

9.3563

Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

25

0.0159

9.9689

Inverkeithing

Fife

22

0.8442

530.1205

Kilsyth

Stirlingshire

21

0.3057

191.9561

Govan

Lanarkshire

20

0.0086

5.3739

Carnock

Fife

16

1.5123

946.7456

Alloa

Clackmannanshire

12

0.1026

64.4122

Yester

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

11

1.1828

743.2432

Stirling

Stirlingshire

11

0.0810

50.8318

Cumbernauld

Dunbartonshire

11

0.2557

160.5839

Boness

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

10

0.1649

103.5197

Channelkirk

Berwickshire

9

1.4827

927.8351

Shettleston

Lanarkshire

8

0.0946

59.3912

Duddingston

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

8

0.1018

63.9488

Galashiels

Selkirkshire

8

0.0819

51.4139

Lauder

Berwickshire

8

0.4092

257.2347

Edinburgh Greenside S

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

7

0.4933

309.7345

Top male forenames

John Bald
Thomas Bald
Alex Bald
Alfred Bald
Andrew Bald
Charles Bald
Ernest Bald
Francis Bald
Frederick Bald
James Bald
Nicholas Bald
Norman Bald
Reginald Bald
Reinhold Bald
Robert Bald
William Bald

Top female forenames

Emma Bald
Margaret Bald
Kate Bald
Irene Bald
Verena Bald
Susannah Bald
Sibyl Bald
Olivid Bald
Matilda Bald
Mary Bald
Louisa Bald
Jeanette Bald
Annie Bald
Hettie Bald
Harriet Bald
Frances Bald
Florence Bald
Ethel Bald
Emily Bald
Catherine Bald
Augusta Bald

Top occupations

Scholar
Boy
Captain 44 Regt And Adjt Of West Ex Militia
Charwoman
Dividends
Gardener (D)
General Lab
Gentleman Cadet
Inspector Of Permanent Way (Railway)
Ironmonger
Ironmonger Wife
Labourer Ship Yard
Milliner
Retired Merchant
Shipwrights Wife
Wife