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GOWDIE

Gowdie in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lanarkshire

0.0023

14.8408

Ayrshire

0.0032

20.4082

Northumberland

0.0014

8.7977

Renfrewshire

0.0018

11.2613

County Durham

0.0002

1.4666

Kirkcudbrightshire

0.0047

30.1205

Buteshire

0.0056

35.9712

Dunbartonshire

0.0013

8.1169

Caithness

0.0025

15.9236

Roxburghshire

0.0019

12.0482

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Govan

Lanarkshire

0.0056

35.4610

Barony

Lanarkshire

0.0021

13.3262

Colmonell

Ayrshire

0.2275

1470.5882

Eastwood

Renfrewshire

0.0287

182.6484

Maryhill

Lanarkshire

0.0216

137.9310

Tynemouth

Northumberland

0.0172

109.5890

Gateshead

County Durham

0.0031

19.5886

Minnigaff

Kirkcudbrightshire

0.1259

800.0000

North Shields

Northumberland

0.0231

147.0588

Ballantrae

Ayrshire

0.0692

434.7826

Kilmarnock

Ayrshire

0.0038

24.5098

Kilmory

Buteshire

0.0388

250.0000

Old Kilpatrick

Dunbartonshire

0.0108

68.4932

Thurso

Caithness

0.0160

102.0408

Wilton

Roxburghshire

0.0172

109.8901

Top male forenames

John Gowdie
Laurance Gowdie

Top female forenames

Ann Gowdie
Eliza Gowdie
Jamima Gowdie
Jane Gowdie
John Gowdie
Margaret Gowdie

Top occupations

Bible Woman
Grocer
In Shop (Grocer)
Machinist (Seamstress)
Master (Seaman)
Painter