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DOWKES

Dowkes in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Yorkshire

0.0006

6.7651

Kent

0.0005

5.7790

London

0.0001

1.1830

Staffordshire

0.0001

1.1682

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Rastrick

Yorkshire

0.0746

857.1429

Pockley

Yorkshire

2.6455

25000.0000

Woolwich

Kent

0.0136

156.2500

Beadlam

Yorkshire

1.9481

30000.0000

Shoreditch London

London

0.0024

27.2975

Altofts

Yorkshire

0.0626

714.2857

Bilston

Staffordshire

0.0052

60.2410

Nunnington

Yorkshire

0.2481

3333.3333

Top male forenames

Thomas Dowkes
John Dowkes
Geo. Dowkes
Henry Dowkes
Robert Dowkes
Samuel Dowkes
Wilfred Dowkes
William Dowkes

Top female forenames

Elizabeth Dowkes
Mary Dowkes
Ann Dowkes
Caroline Dowkes
Clara Dowkes
Edith Dowkes
Ellen Dowkes
Ethel Dowkes
Winifred Dowkes

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