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DOWDS

Dowds in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lanarkshire

0.0025

9.1670

Fife

0.0110

39.6494

Ayrshire

0.0050

18.1578

Lancashire

0.0002

0.7287

Renfrewshire

0.0031

11.1589

County Durham

0.0006

2.0761

Surrey

0.0002

0.7606

Kent

0.0002

0.7241

Forfarshire (Angus)

0.0007

2.6667

Sussex

0.0002

0.7327

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

0.0003

0.9221

Suffolk

0.0003

1.0142

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

0.0095

34.4160

Abbotshall

Fife

0.1702

614.5251

Auchterderran

Fife

0.1840

666.6667

West Greenock

Renfrewshire

0.0172

62.1670

Auckinleck

Ayrshire

0.0887

319.1489

Conside Knitsley

County Durham

0.0740

267.3797

Largs

Ayrshire

0.0971

349.6503

Radcliffe

Lancashire

0.0299

107.9914

Govan

Lanarkshire

0.0017

6.1776

Croydon

Surrey

0.0038

13.6986

Chorley

Lancashire

0.0103

37.1058

Dundee

Forfarshire (Angus)

0.0020

7.1429

Barony

Lanarkshire

0.0008

3.0184

Maryhill

Lanarkshire

0.0108

39.0625

Broadwater

Sussex

0.0089

31.9489

Chartham

Kent

0.0403

144.9275

Edinburgh Old

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

0.0421

151.5152

Hougham

Kent

0.0169

60.9756

Nayland

Suffolk

0.1109

400.0000

Top male forenames

Charles Dowds
James Dowds
John Dowds
Patrick Dowds
Paul Dowds
Samuel Dowds
William Dowds

Top female forenames

Margaret Dowds
Mary Dowds
Ada Dowds
Alice Dowds
Annie Dowds
Ellen Dowds
Isabella Dowds
Jane Dowds
Sarah Dowds

Top occupations

Scholar
(No Occ) None
(SMS Nurse) ((Nurse))
Farm Labourer
Home Work
Labourer
Milkman
Paper Bleacher
Soldier Infantry