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DORANS

Dorans in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lanarkshire

24

0.0025

12.2718

Wigtownshire

17

0.0438

211.7061

Renfrewshire

6

0.0027

12.8041

Ayrshire

5

0.0023

11.0473

Westmorland

3

0.0047

22.5734

Dunbartonshire

2

0.0025

12.3077

Hampshire

1

0.0002

0.8068

Fife

1

0.0006

2.7933

Forfarshire (Angus)

1

0.0004

1.7851

Cumberland

1

0.0004

1.9209

Lancashire

1

0.0000

0.1394

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Govan

Lanarkshire

12

0.0051

24.8088

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

10

0.0060

28.7936

Kirkcolm

Wigtownshire

7

0.3765

1842.1053

West Greenock

Renfrewshire

6

0.0148

71.3436

Kilmarnock

Ayrshire

5

0.0192

92.7644

Stoneykirk

Wigtownshire

5

0.1802

877.1930

Wigtown

Wigtownshire

5

0.2258

1086.9565

Heversham With Milnthorpe

Westmorland

3

0.1940

937.5000

Row

Dunbartonshire

2

0.0197

95.2381

Aldershot

Hampshire

1

0.0050

24.0964

Barony

Lanarkshire

1

0.0004

2.0202

Dysart

Fife

1

0.0086

41.4938

Lanark

Lanarkshire

1

0.0132

63.6943

Liff Benvie

Forfarshire (Angus)

1

0.0024

11.7647

Whitehaven

Cumberland

1

0.0075

35.9712

Wigan

Lancashire

1

0.0021

9.9701

Top male forenames

James Dorans
Hugh Dorans

Top female forenames

Catherine Dorans
Margaret Dorans
Mary Dorans

Top occupations

Coachman Dom
Dom Servt
Schoolmaster
Soldier