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COWAN

Cowan in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lanarkshire

1190

0.1260

6.1755

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

565

0.1444

7.0784

Ayrshire

560

0.2561

12.5584

Lancashire

434

0.0125

0.6138

Dumfriesshire

322

0.4990

24.4644

Stirlingshire

301

0.2794

13.6969

Renfrewshire

250

0.1104

5.4142

Cumberland

245

0.0974

4.7759

County Durham

211

0.0243

1.1903

Northumberland

181

0.0416

2.0417

London

166

0.0057

0.2786

Yorkshire

145

0.0050

0.2456

Fife

139

0.0804

3.9408

Kirkcudbrightshire

137

0.3240

15.8835

Roxburghshire

135

0.2551

12.5087

Argyll

123

0.1512

7.4158

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

96

0.2481

12.1642

Surrey

86

0.0060

0.2962

Forfarshire (Angus)

77

0.0285

1.3949

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

71

0.1614

7.9128

Dunbartonshire

65

0.0828

4.0595

Perthshire

64

0.0488

2.3932

Cheshire

64

0.0099

0.4866

Selkirkshire

58

0.2194

10.7597

Wigtownshire

46

0.1186

5.8142

Aberdeenshire

40

0.0148

0.7249

Berwickshire

36

0.1018

4.9894

Kent

35

0.0035

0.1722

Devon

28

0.0046

0.2258

Essex

22

0.0038

0.1870

Hampshire

21

0.0035

0.1720

Peeblesshire

17

0.1237

6.0660

Inverness-shire

14

0.0160

0.7868

Clackmannanshire

13

0.0539

2.6418

Buteshire

9

0.0508

2.4929

Gloucestershire

8

0.0014

0.0685

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

7

0.0063

0.3110

Lincolnshire

7

0.0015

0.0735

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

7

0.0014

0.0675

Warwickshire

7

0.0010

0.0466

Bedfordshire

7

0.0046

0.2269

Cornwall

6

0.0018

0.0889

Elginshire (Morayshire)

6

0.0132

0.6481

Somerset

6

0.0013

0.0626

Dorset

5

0.0026

0.1279

Caithness

5

0.0125

0.6129

Banffshire

5

0.0083

0.4045

Westmorland

5

0.0078

0.3818

Suffolk

5

0.0014

0.0689

Worcestershire

5

0.0013

0.0643

Sussex

5

0.0010

0.0498

Leicestershire

4

0.0012

0.0605

Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty)

4

0.0050

0.2445

Staffordshire

4

0.0004

0.0199

Isle of Man

4

0.0074

0.3615

Norfolk

4

0.0009

0.0437

Orkney

3

0.0093

0.4577

Wiltshire

3

0.0012

0.0569

Cambridgeshire

3

0.0016

0.0795

Hertfordshire

3

0.0015

0.0730

Nottinghamshire

2

0.0005

0.0249

Northamptonshire

2

0.0007

0.0357

Shropshire

2

0.0008

0.0389

Derbyshire

2

0.0004

0.0214

Nairnshire

1

0.0112

0.5498

Royal Navy

1

0.0029

0.1408

Berkshire

1

0.0005

0.0224

Kinross-shire

1

0.0135

0.6639

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

1

0.0015

0.0732

Anglesey / Sir Fon

1

0.0019

0.0947

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Barony

Lanarkshire

264

0.1104

5.4134

Govan

Lanarkshire

225

0.0963

4.7211

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

207

0.1234

6.0497

Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

158

0.1003

4.9201

Bothwell

Lanarkshire

86

0.3356

16.4571

Liverpool

Lancashire

80

0.0380

1.8631

South Leith

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

74

0.1680

8.2385

New Monkland

Lanarkshire

71

0.2542

12.4647

Hamilton

Lanarkshire

69

0.2618

12.8386

Falkirk

Stirlingshire

62

0.2458

12.0524

Toxteth Park

Lancashire

56

0.0477

2.3391

Kilmarnock

Ayrshire

56

0.2152

10.5515

St Ninians

Stirlingshire

56

0.5243

25.7093

Beath

Fife

49

0.8966

43.9620

Ayr

Ayrshire

46

0.4458

21.8569

Gateshead

County Durham

45

0.0692

3.3906

Newton On Ayr

Ayrshire

43

0.6567

32.1977

Dundonald

Ayrshire

42

0.5210

25.5428

Cambusnethan

Lanarkshire

42

0.2002

9.8135

West Derby

Lancashire

41

0.0404

1.9821

Top male forenames

John Cowan
William Cowan
James Cowan
Thomas Cowan
Robert Cowan
George Cowan
Joseph Cowan
Henry Cowan
Charles Cowan
David Cowan
Samuel Cowan
Edward Cowan
Andrew Cowan
Walter Cowan
Alexander Cowan
Alfred Cowan
Richard Cowan
Matthew Cowan
Frank Cowan
Frederick Cowan
Thos. Cowan
Patrick Cowan
Peter Cowan
Harry Cowan
Robt. Cowan
Albert Cowan
Francis Cowan
Daniel Cowan
Adam Cowan
Herbert Cowan
Colin Cowan
Wm. Cowan
Isaac Cowan
Nicholas Cowan
Lewis Cowan
Ernest Cowan
Jno. Cowan
Michael Cowan
Geo. Cowan
Edwin Cowan
Malcolm Cowan
Jonathan Cowan
Joshua Cowan
Jeremiah Cowan
Timothy Cowan
Septimus Cowan
Mathew Cowan
Benjamin Cowan
Mark Cowan
Wallace Cowan

Top female forenames

Mary Cowan
Elizabeth Cowan
Margaret Cowan
Jane Cowan
Annie Cowan
Sarah Cowan
Ann Cowan
Ellen Cowan
Hannah Cowan
Agnes Cowan
Alice Cowan
Martha Cowan
Isabella Cowan
Helen Cowan
Eliza Cowan
Catherine Cowan
Emily Cowan
Charlotte Cowan
Eleanor Cowan
Jessie Cowan
Sophia Cowan
Janet Cowan
Frances Cowan
Harriet Cowan
Fanny Cowan
Julia Cowan
Kate Cowan
Clara Cowan
Susan Cowan
Maria Cowan
Louisa Cowan
Caroline Cowan
Esther Cowan
Susannah Cowan
Rachel Cowan
Anne Cowan
Christina Cowan
Edith Cowan
Amelia Cowan
Florence Cowan
Lydia Cowan
Ada Cowan
Nellie Cowan
Emma Cowan
Barbara Cowan
Bridget Cowan
Henrietta Cowan
Hellen Cowan
Marion Cowan
Dorothy Cowan

Top occupations

Scholar
Coal Miner
Dressmaker
Annuitant
Joiner
General Labourer
Domestic Servant
General Servant
Housekeeper
Tailor
No Occupation
Wife
Farmers Son
Labourer
Clerk
Labourer In Iron Works
Shepherd
Engine Fitter
Laundress
Police Constable
Schollar
Draper
Dividends
Railway Clerk
Farmers Wife
Domestic
Charwoman
Carter
Plumber
Shipwright
Plasterer
Tailoress
Iron Miner
Commercial Traveller
Gen Lab
Commercial Clerk
Painter
Fireman
Laborer
Farm Servant (Indoor)
Nurse
Butcher
Farmers Daur
Factory Operative Carder
Dom Serv
Miller (Corn)
Domestic Serv
Iron Ore Miner
Bank Clerk
General Laborer