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HOUSE

House in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Dorset

568

0.2962

22.7659

Somerset

531

0.1129

8.6776

London

505

0.0173

1.3283

Hampshire

487

0.0813

6.2500

Surrey

216

0.0152

1.1661

Berkshire

187

0.0853

6.5534

Gloucestershire

175

0.0305

2.3472

Wiltshire

126

0.0488

3.7478

Yorkshire

109

0.0038

0.2893

Kent

106

0.0106

0.8172

County Durham

95

0.0109

0.8400

Buckinghamshire

92

0.0521

4.0030

Cornwall

68

0.0206

1.5800

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

66

0.0313

2.4016

Oxfordshire

65

0.0360

2.7688

Staffordshire

54

0.0055

0.4208

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

49

0.0096

0.7403

Lancashire

45

0.0013

0.0998

Devon

44

0.0072

0.5560

Northamptonshire

40

0.0146

1.1187

Sussex

38

0.0077

0.5929

Essex

37

0.0064

0.4931

Norfolk

21

0.0047

0.3593

Hertfordshire

18

0.0089

0.6869

Worcestershire

18

0.0047

0.3626

Warwickshire

18

0.0024

0.1877

Nottinghamshire

17

0.0043

0.3318

Lincolnshire

13

0.0028

0.2139

Bedfordshire

10

0.0066

0.5080

Leicestershire

9

0.0028

0.2135

Lanarkshire

9

0.0010

0.0732

Derbyshire

9

0.0020

0.1512

Royal Navy

7

0.0201

1.5452

Cumberland

7

0.0028

0.2139

Northumberland

6

0.0014

0.1061

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

6

0.0054

0.4178

Channel Islands

5

0.0058

0.4439

Cheshire

4

0.0006

0.0477

Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

3

0.0042

0.3235

Cambridgeshire

3

0.0016

0.1246

Shropshire

3

0.0012

0.0913

Huntingdonshire

3

0.0052

0.3975

Merioneth / Meirionnydd

1

0.0019

0.1438

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

1

0.0008

0.0624

Suffolk

1

0.0003

0.0216

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

1

0.0003

0.0196

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

1

0.0011

0.0828

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Hilton

Dorset

107

16.1388

1239.8610

Portsea

Hampshire

60

0.0511

3.9290

Millbrook

Hampshire

48

0.3183

24.4598

Islington London

London

47

0.0166

1.2756

Stoke St Gregory

Somerset

44

3.0812

236.8138

Southampton St Mary

Hampshire

43

0.1142

8.7759

Reading St Mary

Berkshire

41

0.2334

17.9384

Lambeth

Surrey

38

0.0149

1.1464

Bristol St Philip Jacob

Gloucestershire

35

0.0649

4.9860

Paddington London

London

33

0.0307

2.3609

Weston Super Mare

Somerset

33

0.2779

21.3578

Haselbury Bryan

Dorset

33

4.5897

352.5641

Battersea

Surrey

31

0.0288

2.2161

Taunton St Mary

Somerset

31

0.3591

27.5973

Mark

Somerset

29

2.6436

203.2235

Hackney London

London

28

0.0171

1.3138

Lymington

Hampshire

27

0.6135

47.1451

Camberwell

Surrey

26

0.0139

1.0707

Swindon

Wiltshire

25

0.1248

9.5870

Hammersmith London

London

25

0.0347

2.6697

Top male forenames

William House
John House
George House
Henry House
James House
Charles House
Thomas House
Frederick House
Robert House
Joseph House
Alfred House
Walter House
Edward House
Arthur House
Richard House
Albert House
Frank House
Ernest House
Samuel House
Harry House
Francis House
Tom House
Stephen House
Edwin House
Herbert House
Wm. House
Isaac House
Geo. House
Jesse House
Nicholas House
Fredrick House
Benjamin House
Thos. House
Constantine House
Fredk. House
Chas. House
Fred House
Frederic House
David House
Peter House
Horace House
Percy House
Edgar House
Andrew House
Daniel House
Willm. House
Leonard House
Ralph House
Edmund House
Wyndham House

Top female forenames

Mary House
Elizabeth House
Sarah House
Jane House
Ellen House
Ann House
Eliza House
Alice House
Annie House
Emma House
Emily House
Martha House
Caroline House
Louisa House
Kate House
Fanny House
Edith House
Hannah House
Harriet House
Florence House
Margaret House
Charlotte House
Susan House
Amelia House
Catherine House
Maria House
Ada House
Rose House
Frances House
Harriett House
Matilda House
Anne House
Isabella House
Minnie House
Clara House
Agnes House
Lucy House
Sophia House
Laura House
Rebecca House
Julia House
Bessie House
Esther House
Rosa House
Lizzie House
Rhoda House
Maud House
Phoebe House
Flora House
Beatrice House

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