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HERRING

Herring in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

London

573

0.0196

1.9126

Yorkshire

301

0.0104

1.0139

Surrey

251

0.0176

1.7195

Norfolk

180

0.0401

3.9078

County Durham

180

0.0207

2.0196

Nottinghamshire

129

0.0328

3.1947

Kent

115

0.0115

1.1251

Lincolnshire

109

0.0233

2.2756

Suffolk

107

0.0301

2.9324

Lancashire

107

0.0031

0.3010

Berkshire

92

0.0420

4.0913

Cornwall

90

0.0272

2.6537

Wiltshire

82

0.0317

3.0951

Devon

81

0.0133

1.2989

Buckinghamshire

76

0.0430

4.1963

Derbyshire

55

0.0120

1.1727

Essex

53

0.0092

0.8962

Warwickshire

52

0.0071

0.6883

Somerset

39

0.0083

0.8088

Oxfordshire

38

0.0211

2.0541

Hampshire

36

0.0060

0.5863

Herefordshire

36

0.0301

2.9307

Leicestershire

28

0.0086

0.8430

Cambridgeshire

24

0.0130

1.2648

Northumberland

23

0.0053

0.5160

Sussex

20

0.0041

0.3960

Hertfordshire

19

0.0094

0.9201

Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

18

0.0308

3.0046

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

18

0.0035

0.3451

Northamptonshire

14

0.0051

0.4969

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

14

0.0066

0.6464

Dorset

14

0.0073

0.7121

Cumberland

13

0.0052

0.5040

Radnorshire / Sir Faesyfed

12

0.0509

4.9648

Bedfordshire

9

0.0059

0.5802

Gloucestershire

9

0.0016

0.1532

Worcestershire

8

0.0021

0.2045

Cheshire

7

0.0011

0.1059

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

7

0.0089

0.8693

Staffordshire

6

0.0006

0.0593

Westmorland

5

0.0078

0.7594

Huntingdonshire

3

0.0052

0.5044

Lanarkshire

3

0.0003

0.0310

Royal Navy

3

0.0086

0.8404

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

2

0.0022

0.2101

Shropshire

2

0.0008

0.0773

Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

2

0.0028

0.2737

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

2

0.0005

0.0498

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

1

0.0009

0.0884

Rutland

1

0.0047

0.4546

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

1

0.0008

0.0792

Kirkcudbrightshire

1

0.0024

0.2306

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Islington London

London

68

0.0240

2.3419

Bishopwearmouth

County Durham

65

0.0871

8.4966

Camberwell

Surrey

47

0.0252

2.4561

Bethnal Green London

London

45

0.0355

3.4578

St Marylebone London

London

44

0.0282

2.7509

Sheffield

Yorkshire

44

0.0477

4.6556

Hackney London

London

43

0.0263

2.5602

Chelsea London

London

42

0.0477

4.6526

Shoreditch London

London

37

0.0292

2.8492

Lambeth

Surrey

36

0.0141

1.3782

Stoke Damerel

Devon

33

0.0775

7.5614

St Pancras London

London

29

0.0123

1.2026

Leeds

Yorkshire

27

0.0165

1.6107

Marsh Gibbon

Buckinghamshire

24

3.2301

314.9606

St George Hanover Square

London

24

0.0466

4.5470

Bermondsey

Surrey

24

0.0276

2.6910

Bredfield

Suffolk

23

5.3241

519.1874

Lewisham

Kent

22

0.0414

4.0364

Nacton

Suffolk

22

4.2636

415.8790

Battersea

Surrey

21

0.0195

1.9051

Top male forenames

William Herring
John Herring
George Herring
James Herring
Thomas Herring
Henry Herring
Charles Herring
Robert Herring
Alfred Herring
Arthur Herring
Joseph Herring
Edward Herring
Richard Herring
Albert Herring
Samuel Herring
Frederick Herring
Walter Herring
Herbert Herring
Francis Herring
David Herring
Frank Herring
Harry Herring
Wm. Herring
Isaac Herring
Benjamin Herring
Fredrick Herring
Stephen Herring
Edwin Herring
Daniel Herring
Edmund Herring
Ernest Herring
Rowland Herring
Tom Herring
Fred Herring
Fredk. Herring
Fred. Herring
Christopher Herring
Sidney Herring
Edgar Herring
Mary Herring
Cornelius Herring
Ralph Herring
Earnest Herring
Chas. Herring
Wilfred Herring
Harold Herring
Austin Herring
Geo. Herring
Abraham Herring
Abel Herring

Top female forenames

Mary Herring
Elizabeth Herring
Sarah Herring
Jane Herring
Emma Herring
Eliza Herring
Ann Herring
Alice Herring
Emily Herring
Annie Herring
Ellen Herring
Hannah Herring
Louisa Herring
Martha Herring
Harriet Herring
Edith Herring
Margaret Herring
Florence Herring
Kate Herring
Charlotte Herring
Susan Herring
Caroline Herring
Rose Herring
Lucy Herring
Anne Herring
Fanny Herring
Catherine Herring
Maria Herring
Amelia Herring
Ada Herring
Sophia Herring
Harriett Herring
Frances Herring
Rebecca Herring
Clara Herring
Jessie Herring
Agnes Herring
Julia Herring
Matilda Herring
Helen Herring
Isabella Herring
Betsy Herring
Susannah Herring
Gertrude Herring
Bessie Herring
Amy Herring
Rachel Herring
Rosa Herring
Laura Herring
Minnie Herring

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