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HERALD

Herald in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Forfarshire (Angus)

108

0.0399

47.4267

Cumberland

24

0.0095

11.3405

County Durham

18

0.0021

2.4614

Cheshire

18

0.0028

3.3173

London

17

0.0006

0.6916

Lancashire

16

0.0005

0.5485

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

9

0.0023

2.7332

Kincardineshire

6

0.0169

20.0468

Renfrewshire

5

0.0022

2.6248

Perthshire

5

0.0038

4.5323

Lanarkshire

4

0.0004

0.5032

Lincolnshire

4

0.0009

1.0178

Aberdeenshire

4

0.0015

1.7571

Derbyshire

2

0.0004

0.5197

Wiltshire

2

0.0008

0.9200

Surrey

2

0.0001

0.1670

Norfolk

2

0.0004

0.5292

Ayrshire

1

0.0005

0.5436

Northumberland

1

0.0002

0.2734

Sussex

1

0.0002

0.2413

Berkshire

1

0.0005

0.5420

Stirlingshire

1

0.0009

1.1030

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

1

0.0002

0.2336

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Forfar

Forfarshire (Angus)

30

0.2047

243.3090

Arbroath

Forfarshire (Angus)

27

0.3010

357.6159

Cleator

Cumberland

14

0.1337

158.9103

St Vigeans

Forfarshire (Angus)

13

0.0890

105.7771

Tranmere

Cheshire

12

0.0506

60.1805

Dundee

Forfarshire (Angus)

11

0.0109

12.9397

Kirriemuir

Forfarshire (Angus)

10

0.1497

177.9359

Heworth

County Durham

10

0.0584

69.3963

Accrington

Lancashire

8

0.0254

30.1659

Tanfield

County Durham

8

0.0774

91.9540

Workington

Cumberland

8

0.0556

66.0066

Kirkdale

Lancashire

6

0.0103

12.2274

Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

6

0.0038

4.5290

Godley

Cheshire

6

0.4310

512.8205

Marykirk

Kincardineshire

5

0.3408

406.5041

St Marylebone London

London

5

0.0032

3.8098

Liff Benvie

Forfarshire (Angus)

5

0.0122

14.4634

Little Dunkeld

Perthshire

5

0.2247

267.3797

Limehouse London

London

5

0.0156

18.5322

Hackney London

London

4

0.0024

2.9025

Top male forenames

William Herald
James Herald
John Herald
Thomas Herald
Frederick Herald
Hugh Herald
Charles Herald
Daniel Herald
Walter Herald
Patrick Herald
Owen Herald
Joseph Herald
Peter Herald
Norman Herald
Henry Herald
Samuel Herald
Willoughby Herald
Infant Herald
Arthur Herald
Hartley Herald
Harry Herald
George Herald
Frank Herald
Edward Herald
Edmund Herald
Dennis Herald
Denis Herald
David Herald
Benjamin Herald
Ben Herald

Top female forenames

Mary Herald
Jane Herald
Annie Herald
Elizabeth Herald
Sarah Herald
Ann Herald
Catherine Herald
Charlotte Herald
Eliza Herald
Ellen Herald
Isabelle Herald
Thomas Herald
Susan Herald
Sophia Herald
Rose Herald
Matilda Herald
Martha Herald
Lucy Herald
Kate Herald
Ada Herald
Isabella Herald
Hellen Herald
Emma Herald
Agnes Herald

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