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CLEFT

Cleft in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Hampshire

0.0015

10.7207

Kent

0.0007

5.0089

London

0.0002

1.7090

Nottinghamshire

0.0013

9.0563

Somerset

0.0009

6.0670

Shropshire

0.0012

8.4770

Surrey

0.0002

1.5032

Sussex

0.0002

1.4482

Devon

0.0002

1.1729

Cornwall

0.0003

2.1566

Staffordshire

0.0001

0.7233

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Hound

Hampshire

0.2215

1578.9474

Deptford St Paul

Kent

0.0091

64.9351

Clayworth

Nottinghamshire

1.1390

8333.3333

Merriott

Somerset

0.2907

2105.2632

Islington London

London

0.0011

7.5567

Lambeth

Surrey

0.0012

8.4010

Mile End Old Town London

London

0.0048

34.4037

Ludlow St Lawrence

Shropshire

0.0398

285.7143

Battle

Sussex

0.0301

212.7660

Bishops Castle In

Shropshire

0.0679

476.1905

Paddington London

London

0.0009

6.6401

Pilton

Devon

0.0498

357.1429

St Veep

Cornwall

0.1869

1250.0000

Walsall Foreign

Staffordshire

0.0020

14.0056

Top male forenames

William Cleft
George Cleft
Thomas Cleft
Alexander Cleft
Charles Cleft
Elizabeth Cleft
Frank Cleft
Graham Cleft
Henry Cleft
John Cleft
Lionel Cleft
Robert Cleft
Samuel Cleft
Will. Cleft

Top female forenames

Mary Cleft
Rhoda Cleft
Annie Cleft
Eliza Cleft
Elizabeth Cleft
Barbara Cleft
Betsy Cleft
Edith Cleft
Elizth. Cleft
Ellen Cleft
Ethel Cleft
Jane Cleft
Margaret Cleft
Rosa Cleft
Susannah Cleft
Virginia Cleft

Top occupations

Scholar
Dairyman
Woollen Merchants Agent
Seaman
School Master
Laborer
Lab Gen
Farm Laborer
Domestic Servant
Annuitant
Dairymaid (Ag)
Cook (Dom)
Coachbuilder Master Employing 8 Men & 6 Boys
Clerk
Brick Lab
Boot Makers Fauman
Blacksmith