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HERD

Herd in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Fife

490

0.2833

38.5869

Lancashire

210

0.0061

0.8250

Surrey

126

0.0089

1.2055

Aberdeenshire

119

0.0440

5.9899

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

112

0.0286

3.8974

Lanarkshire

105

0.0111

1.5135

Forfarshire (Angus)

88

0.0325

4.4281

Devon

87

0.0143

1.9484

Perthshire

85

0.0648

8.8285

Renfrewshire

84

0.0371

5.0530

London

83

0.0028

0.3869

Yorkshire

81

0.0028

0.3810

Banffshire

68

0.1122

15.2819

Cheshire

49

0.0076

1.0348

Lincolnshire

46

0.0098

1.3412

Cumberland

40

0.0159

2.1658

Westmorland

39

0.0607

8.2725

Stirlingshire

25

0.0232

3.1599

Kent

25

0.0025

0.3416

County Durham

22

0.0025

0.3447

Kincardineshire

21

0.0590

8.0392

Cornwall

19

0.0057

0.7824

Northumberland

16

0.0037

0.5013

Kinross-shire

12

0.1625

22.1280

Sussex

11

0.0022

0.3041

Dunbartonshire

10

0.0127

1.7348

Royal Navy

9

0.0259

3.5209

Norfolk

8

0.0018

0.2426

Berkshire

8

0.0036

0.4968

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

7

0.0014

0.1874

Northamptonshire

7

0.0025

0.3469

Staffordshire

7

0.0007

0.0967

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

7

0.0033

0.4514

Somerset

7

0.0015

0.2027

Warwickshire

7

0.0010

0.1294

Essex

6

0.0010

0.1417

Hampshire

6

0.0010

0.1365

Selkirkshire

6

0.0227

3.0917

Sutherland

6

0.0267

3.6375

Elginshire (Morayshire)

6

0.0132

1.8002

Gloucestershire

5

0.0009

0.1188

Clackmannanshire

4

0.0166

2.2578

Dorset

2

0.0010

0.1421

Buckinghamshire

2

0.0011

0.1542

Anglesey / Sir Fon

2

0.0039

0.5261

Nottinghamshire

2

0.0005

0.0692

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

1

0.0011

0.1467

Channel Islands

1

0.0012

0.1573

Ayrshire

1

0.0005

0.0623

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

1

0.0013

0.1734

Oxfordshire

1

0.0006

0.0755

Nairnshire

1

0.0112

1.5272

Dumfriesshire

1

0.0015

0.2110

Wiltshire

1

0.0004

0.0527

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

1

0.0008

0.1153

Roxburghshire

1

0.0019

0.2574

Hertfordshire

1

0.0005

0.0676

Argyll

1

0.0012

0.1675

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Dysart

Fife

63

0.5410

73.6756

Rathven

Banffshire

57

0.5007

68.1981

Kirkcaldy

Fife

54

0.6296

85.7415

Abbey

Renfrewshire

48

0.1390

18.9237

St Andrews

Fife

45

0.5719

77.8816

Wemyss

Fife

41

0.5603

76.3075

Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

40

0.0254

3.4598

Strathmiglo

Fife

37

1.7900

243.7418

Bermondsey

Surrey

36

0.0414

5.6372

Barony

Lanarkshire

36

0.0151

2.0504

Dundee

Forfarshire (Angus)

32

0.0317

4.3133

Markinch

Fife

31

0.5280

71.9091

Auchterderran

Fife

29

0.6670

90.8237

Govan

Lanarkshire

27

0.0116

1.5736

Beath

Fife

26

0.4758

64.7894

Aberdeen Old Machar

Aberdeenshire

25

0.0443

6.0273

Old Deer

Aberdeenshire

24

0.4681

63.7450

Denny

Stirlingshire

23

0.4013

54.6578

Blackburn

Lancashire

23

0.0249

3.3962

Newington

Surrey

21

0.0195

2.6501

Top male forenames

John Herd
William Herd
James Herd
George Herd
Thomas Herd
Charles Herd
Joseph Herd
Robert Herd
Richard Herd
Henry Herd
Alfred Herd
David Herd
Walter Herd
Edward Herd
Daniel Herd
Peter Herd
Isaac Herd
Frederick Herd
Frank Herd
Wm. Herd
Albert Herd
Samuel Herd
Alexander Herd
Harry Herd
Thos. Herd
Edmund Herd
Edwin Herd
Arthur Herd
Benjamin Herd
Francis Herd
Robt. Herd
Geo. Herd
Willm. Herd
Stephen Herd
Chas. Herd
Christopher Herd
Ann Herd
Adam Herd
Danial Herd
Jonas Herd
Jonah Herd
Chs. Herd
Jeremiah Herd
Alex. Herd
C.W. Herd
Zacharia Herd
Elijah Herd
Ernest Herd
H.L.G. Herd
Bernerd Herd

Top female forenames

Mary Herd
Elizabeth Herd
Sarah Herd
Ann Herd
Margaret Herd
Jane Herd
Ellen Herd
Annie Herd
Emma Herd
Hannah Herd
Agnes Herd
Alice Herd
Emily Herd
Eliza Herd
Clara Herd
Lucy Herd
Amelia Herd
Catherine Herd
Martha Herd
Florence Herd
Edith Herd
Frances Herd
Isabella Herd
Caroline Herd
Harriet Herd
Susannah Herd
Fanny Herd
Kate Herd
Ada Herd
Helen Herd
Louisa Herd
Anna Herd
Jessie Herd
Julia Herd
Susan Herd
Maria Herd
Henrietta Herd
Harriett Herd
Angelina Herd
Ethel Herd
Esther Herd
Margt. Herd
Maggie Herd
Charlotte Herd
Elizth. Herd
Laura Herd
Sara Herd
Janet Herd
Rebecca Herd
E. Herd

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