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HENDERSON

Henderson in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lanarkshire

3649

0.3862

3.5533

County Durham

3378

0.3887

3.5758

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

2904

0.7420

6.8268

Northumberland

2603

0.5989

5.5097

Fife

1714

0.9911

9.1184

Aberdeenshire

1636

0.6047

5.5631

London

1439

0.0493

0.4532

Lancashire

1407

0.0406

0.3734

Forfarshire (Angus)

1346

0.4973

4.5755

Yorkshire

1032

0.0356

0.3280

Perthshire

818

0.6239

5.7396

Caithness

794

1.9851

18.2634

Stirlingshire

737

0.6840

6.2930

Renfrewshire

644

0.2845

2.6171

Surrey

599

0.0421

0.3871

Cumberland

555

0.2207

2.0301

Roxburghshire

508

0.9600

8.8323

Ayrshire

503

0.2301

2.1166

Zetland (Shetland)

472

1.5820

14.5546

Dumfriesshire

468

0.7252

6.6720

Kent

367

0.0368

0.3387

Argyll

361

0.4439

4.0841

Berwickshire

297

0.8395

7.7239

Dunbartonshire

280

0.3567

3.2814

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

274

0.7081

6.5147

Banffshire

258

0.4257

3.9170

Cheshire

247

0.0383

0.3524

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

232

0.5273

4.8517

Selkirkshire

217

0.8210

7.5537

Clackmannanshire

198

0.8207

7.5502

Kincardineshire

162

0.4554

4.1896

Elginshire (Morayshire)

157

0.3459

3.1821

Kirkcudbrightshire

153

0.3618

3.3285

Gloucestershire

142

0.0248

0.2280

Hampshire

114

0.0190

0.1752

Inverness-shire

112

0.1284

1.1811

Warwickshire

104

0.0141

0.1299

Sussex

102

0.0207

0.1905

Peeblesshire

101

0.7350

6.7624

Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty)

98

0.1222

1.1239

Devon

84

0.0138

0.1271

Cornwall

83

0.0251

0.2309

Kinross-shire

83

1.1239

10.3401

Wigtownshire

77

0.1985

1.8262

Essex

77

0.0134

0.1228

Westmorland

68

0.1059

0.9744

Nottinghamshire

68

0.0173

0.1589

Buteshire

62

0.3503

3.2225

Staffordshire

53

0.0054

0.0494

Somerset

51

0.0108

0.0998

Leicestershire

50

0.0154

0.1420

Derbyshire

46

0.0101

0.0925

Sutherland

41

0.1825

1.6792

Lincolnshire

41

0.0088

0.0808

Royal Navy

39

0.1120

1.0307

Worcestershire

39

0.0102

0.0941

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

39

0.0077

0.0705

Suffolk

38

0.0107

0.0983

Berkshire

37

0.0169

0.1552

Hertfordshire

31

0.0154

0.1416

Shropshire

25

0.0099

0.0911

Orkney

24

0.0747

0.6870

Norfolk

24

0.0053

0.0492

Dorset

20

0.0104

0.0960

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

20

0.0215

0.1982

Oxfordshire

19

0.0105

0.0969

Wiltshire

16

0.0062

0.0570

Northamptonshire

15

0.0055

0.0502

Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

12

0.0168

0.1549

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

11

0.0093

0.0857

Buckinghamshire

8

0.0045

0.0417

Nairnshire

8

0.0897

0.8254

Bedfordshire

8

0.0053

0.0487

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

8

0.0102

0.0937

Channel Islands

7

0.0081

0.0744

Cambridgeshire

6

0.0032

0.0298

Isle of Man

6

0.0111

0.1018

Herefordshire

5

0.0042

0.0384

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

4

0.0060

0.0550

Rutland

4

0.0186

0.1716

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

3

0.0027

0.0250

Anglesey / Sir Fon

3

0.0058

0.0533

Merioneth / Meirionnydd

1

0.0019

0.0172

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

1

0.0008

0.0075

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

1

0.0005

0.0044

Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

1

0.0017

0.0157

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

1201

0.7628

7.0176

Barony

Lanarkshire

1038

0.4341

3.9939

Govan

Lanarkshire

912

0.3903

3.5908

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

726

0.4327

3.9814

Dundee

Forfarshire (Angus)

537

0.5315

4.8898

Aberdeen Old Machar

Aberdeenshire

400

0.7081

6.5148

Gateshead

County Durham

347

0.5333

4.9061

Bishopwearmouth

County Durham

346

0.4638

4.2670

South Leith

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

312

0.7084

6.5179

Dunfermline

Fife

254

0.9552

8.7878

Liff Benvie

Forfarshire (Angus)

251

0.6109

5.6207

Westoe

County Durham

241

0.4891

4.5002

Aberdeen St Nicholas

Aberdeenshire

227

0.4484

4.1257

Wick

Caithness

207

1.6022

14.7403

Elswick

Northumberland

187

0.5390

4.9593

Falkirk

Stirlingshire

185

0.7335

6.7483

Westgate

Northumberland

178

0.6613

6.0838

Hedworth Monkton Jarrow

County Durham

174

0.4622

4.2527

Latheron

Caithness

160

2.3913

22.0004

St Pancras London

London

152

0.0646

0.5947

Top male forenames

John Henderson
William Henderson
James Henderson
Thomas Henderson
George Henderson
Robert Henderson
Joseph Henderson
Henry Henderson
Edward Henderson
Charles Henderson
Alexander Henderson
David Henderson
Richard Henderson
Wm. Henderson
Arthur Henderson
Alfred Henderson
Andrew Henderson
Matthew Henderson
Walter Henderson
Frederick Henderson
Thos. Henderson
Samuel Henderson
Ralph Henderson
Peter Henderson
Frank Henderson
Harry Henderson
Robt. Henderson
Albert Henderson
Francis Henderson
Christopher Henderson
Isaac Henderson
Michael Henderson
Herbert Henderson
Mark Henderson
Ernest Henderson
Edwin Henderson
Adam Henderson
Archibald Henderson
Hugh Henderson
Geo. Henderson
Mathew Henderson
Daniel Henderson
Tom Henderson
Benjamin Henderson
Harold Henderson
Jno. Henderson
Martin Henderson
Percy Henderson
Douglas Henderson
Jas. Henderson

Top female forenames

Mary Henderson
Elizabeth Henderson
Jane Henderson
Margaret Henderson
Sarah Henderson
Ann Henderson
Isabella Henderson
Annie Henderson
Hannah Henderson
Ellen Henderson
Alice Henderson
Eliza Henderson
Emily Henderson
Catherine Henderson
Emma Henderson
Agnes Henderson
Martha Henderson
Frances Henderson
Maria Henderson
Charlotte Henderson
Louisa Henderson
Anne Henderson
Ada Henderson
Jessie Henderson
Edith Henderson
Harriet Henderson
Eleanor Henderson
Kate Henderson
Dorothy Henderson
Florence Henderson
Helen Henderson
Esther Henderson
Elizth. Henderson
Fanny Henderson
Janet Henderson
Clara Henderson
Caroline Henderson
Barbara Henderson
Lucy Henderson
Margret Henderson
Margt. Henderson
Rebecca Henderson
Maggie Henderson
Amy Henderson
Gertrude Henderson
Ethel Henderson
Amelia Henderson
Rachel Henderson
Julia Henderson
Harriett Henderson

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