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HOWARD

Howard in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lancashire

6644

0.1917

1.9531

London

4077

0.1395

1.4221

Surrey

2113

0.1484

1.5127

Yorkshire

1955

0.0675

0.6882

Norfolk

1926

0.4288

4.3694

Essex

1239

0.2148

2.1894

Cheshire

1111

0.1723

1.7556

Kent

1086

0.1090

1.1103

Suffolk

716

0.2012

2.0505

Devon

668

0.1098

1.1194

Derbyshire

521

0.1139

1.1608

Staffordshire

521

0.0528

0.5384

Hertfordshire

467

0.2319

2.3633

Sussex

457

0.0928

0.9455

Cambridgeshire

437

0.2362

2.4067

Warwickshire

411

0.0558

0.5685

Lincolnshire

408

0.0873

0.8901

Northamptonshire

407

0.1481

1.5094

Hampshire

363

0.0606

0.6178

County Durham

363

0.0418

0.4256

Buckinghamshire

345

0.1953

1.9906

Gloucestershire

326

0.0569

0.5798

Nottinghamshire

284

0.0721

0.7350

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

231

0.0454

0.4628

Bedfordshire

223

0.1474

1.5023

Somerset

209

0.0444

0.4529

Leicestershire

175

0.0540

0.5506

Shropshire

169

0.0670

0.6823

Worcestershire

153

0.0401

0.4087

Berkshire

126

0.0575

0.5855

Lanarkshire

121

0.0128

0.1305

Herefordshire

120

0.1002

1.0208

Oxfordshire

120

0.0665

0.6778

Wiltshire

99

0.0383

0.3905

Northumberland

87

0.0200

0.2040

Huntingdonshire

77

0.1327

1.3527

Cornwall

75

0.0227

0.2311

Cumberland

75

0.0298

0.3039

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

54

0.0256

0.2606

Dorset

52

0.0271

0.2764

Ayrshire

43

0.0197

0.2004

Renfrewshire

42

0.0186

0.1890

Westmorland

38

0.0592

0.6031

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

34

0.0087

0.0885

Royal Navy

32

0.0919

0.9367

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

29

0.0369

0.3763

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

25

0.0227

0.2309

Kirkcudbrightshire

24

0.0568

0.5783

Channel Islands

16

0.0185

0.1883

Isle of Man

13

0.0240

0.2442

Perthshire

9

0.0069

0.0699

Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

8

0.0137

0.1395

Merioneth / Meirionnydd

8

0.0150

0.1525

Forfarshire (Angus)

8

0.0030

0.0301

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

6

0.0051

0.0518

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

6

0.0065

0.0659

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

6

0.0049

0.0497

Anglesey / Sir Fon

5

0.0097

0.0984

Fife

5

0.0029

0.0295

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

4

0.0060

0.0609

Dunbartonshire

2

0.0025

0.0260

Argyll

2

0.0025

0.0251

Inverness-shire

2

0.0023

0.0234

Radnorshire / Sir Faesyfed

2

0.0085

0.0865

Dumfriesshire

2

0.0031

0.0316

Buteshire

2

0.0113

0.1151

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

1

0.0023

0.0232

Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

1

0.0014

0.0143

Aberdeenshire

1

0.0004

0.0038

Elginshire (Morayshire)

1

0.0022

0.0224

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

North Meols

Lancashire

515

1.5177

15.4660

Lambeth

Surrey

439

0.1723

1.7562

Islington London

London

424

0.1497

1.5259

Ashton Under Lyne

Lancashire

401

0.5293

5.3936

St Pancras London

London

344

0.1463

1.4907

Manchester

Lancashire

294

0.1886

1.9218

Camberwell

Surrey

267

0.1431

1.4580

Oldham

Lancashire

267

0.2386

2.4318

Bethnal Green London

London

252

0.1986

2.0235

Liverpool

Lancashire

228

0.1083

1.1036

Kensington London

London

224

0.1379

1.4054

St Marylebone London

London

212

0.1359

1.3851

Hackney London

London

194

0.1184

1.2070

West Ham

Essex

186

0.1461

1.4887

Shoreditch London

London

184

0.1453

1.4806

Toxteth Park

Lancashire

181

0.1542

1.5713

West Derby

Lancashire

170

0.1676

1.7082

Birmingham

Warwickshire

169

0.0688

0.7014

Mile End Old Town London

London

168

0.2702

2.7534

Salford

Lancashire

158

0.1550

1.5792

Top male forenames

William Howard
John Howard
James Howard
George Howard
Thomas Howard
Henry Howard
Charles Howard
Joseph Howard
Robert Howard
Edward Howard
Samuel Howard
Alfred Howard
Arthur Howard
Richard Howard
Frederick Howard
Walter Howard
Harry Howard
Albert Howard
Herbert Howard
Frank Howard
Ernest Howard
David Howard
Edwin Howard
Wm. Howard
Fred Howard
Benjamin Howard
Daniel Howard
Francis Howard
Peter Howard
Thos. Howard
Stephen Howard
Isaac Howard
Percy Howard
Chas. Howard
Fredk. Howard
Fredrick Howard
Abraham Howard
Geo. Howard
Edmund Howard
Jesse Howard
Robt. Howard
Sidney Howard
Christopher Howard
Tom Howard
Horace Howard
Willm. Howard
Andrew Howard
Jno. Howard
Ralph Howard
Joshua Howard

Top female forenames

Mary Howard
Elizabeth Howard
Sarah Howard
Alice Howard
Jane Howard
Ann Howard
Ellen Howard
Emma Howard
Eliza Howard
Annie Howard
Emily Howard
Hannah Howard
Martha Howard
Margaret Howard
Harriet Howard
Louisa Howard
Maria Howard
Florence Howard
Edith Howard
Charlotte Howard
Catherine Howard
Fanny Howard
Caroline Howard
Kate Howard
Ada Howard
Clara Howard
Susan Howard
Lucy Howard
Agnes Howard
Anne Howard
Harriett Howard
Frances Howard
Rose Howard
Amelia Howard
Esther Howard
Matilda Howard
Rebecca Howard
Sophia Howard
Elizth. Howard
Isabella Howard
Amy Howard
Julia Howard
Minnie Howard
Ethel Howard
Susannah Howard
Laura Howard
Anna Howard
Gertrude Howard
Eleanor Howard
Beatrice Howard

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