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HOWEL

Howel in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

London

33

0.0011

1.2437

Staffordshire

25

0.0025

2.7914

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

19

0.0037

4.1127

Kent

16

0.0016

1.7674

Lancashire

14

0.0004

0.4447

Surrey

12

0.0008

0.9282

Wiltshire

12

0.0046

5.1142

Warwickshire

10

0.0014

1.4945

Norfolk

10

0.0022

2.4513

Gloucestershire

9

0.0016

1.7295

Essex

9

0.0016

1.7184

Merioneth / Meirionnydd

8

0.0150

16.4779

Yorkshire

8

0.0003

0.3043

Sussex

7

0.0014

1.5648

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

7

0.0059

6.5250

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

7

0.0105

11.5132

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

7

0.0075

8.3017

Cumberland

6

0.0024

2.6266

Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

5

0.0070

7.7256

Shropshire

5

0.0020

2.1813

Worcestershire

5

0.0013

1.4431

Suffolk

4

0.0011

1.2377

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

4

0.0019

2.0854

Devon

4

0.0007

0.7243

Somerset

3

0.0006

0.7024

Lanarkshire

3

0.0003

0.3496

Cheshire

3

0.0005

0.5122

County Durham

2

0.0002

0.2534

Lincolnshire

2

0.0004

0.4715

Hampshire

2

0.0003

0.3678

Northamptonshire

1

0.0004

0.4007

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

1

0.0009

0.9978

Oxfordshire

1

0.0006

0.6103

Bedfordshire

1

0.0007

0.7279

Berkshire

1

0.0005

0.5021

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

1

0.0003

0.2813

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

1

0.0008

0.8943

Stirlingshire

1

0.0009

1.0219

Cambridgeshire

1

0.0005

0.5951

Forfarshire (Angus)

1

0.0004

0.4068

Ayrshire

1

0.0005

0.5036

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Deptford St Paul

Kent

11

0.0143

15.7548

Biddestone St Nicholas

Wiltshire

8

1.9512

2162.1622

Penrice

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

8

3.0769

3333.3333

Corwen Bodorlas

Merioneth / Meirionnydd

7

4.4025

5000.0000

Llanbeblig

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

7

0.0584

64.2792

West Bromwich

Staffordshire

6

0.0106

11.7028

Leamington Priors

Warwickshire

6

0.0331

36.4520

Underskiddaw

Cumberland

6

1.1173

1224.4898

Cannock

Staffordshire

6

0.0349

38.3877

Llanwrin

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

6

0.8811

967.7419

West Ham

Essex

5

0.0039

4.3241

Islington London

London

5

0.0018

1.9443

Llancynfelin

Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

5

0.5495

602.4096

Bristol St Philip Jacob

Gloucestershire

5

0.0093

10.2062

Tharston

Norfolk

5

1.3333

1470.5882

St Pancras London

London

4

0.0017

1.8730

Stourton

Wiltshire

4

0.7207

800.0000

Castle Acre

Norfolk

4

0.2996

330.5785

St Marylebone London

London

4

0.0026

2.8237

Leyton

Essex

4

0.0403

44.3459

Top male forenames

John Howel
Thomas Howel
George Howel
William Howel
Robert Howel
Edward Howel
James Howel
Henry Howel
Richard Howel
Frederick Howel
Walter Howel
Jesse Howel
Charles Howel
Arthur Howel
Evan Howel
Fred Howel
David Howel
Benjamin Howel
Joseph Howel
Alfred Howel
Rees Howel
Joan Howel
Samson Howel
Samuel Howel
Sephaniah Howel
Stanley Howel
Whittingham Howel
Owen Howel
Lot Howel
Daniel Howel
Edwin Howel
Jessie Howel
Isaac Howel
Herbert Howel
Harry Howel
Fredk. Howel
Ephraim Howel
Eli Howel

Top female forenames

Mary Howel
Elizabeth Howel
Jane Howel
Sarah Howel
Ann Howel
Ellen Howel
Eliza Howel
Emily Howel
Annie Howel
Harriet Howel
Caroline Howel
Martha Howel
Lilly Howel
Susan Howel
Elizth. Howel
Alice Howel
Fanny Howel
Margaret Howel
Frances Howel
Hannah Howel
Sophia Howel
Eva Howel
Kate Howel
Jenny Howel
Rodah Howel
Lily Howel
Lydia Howel
Maria Howel
Rosanah Howel
Matilda Howel
Maud Howel
Phoebe Howel
Rebecca Howel
Charlott Howel
Agniss Howel
Allis Howel
Amelia Howel
Anm Howel
Anne Howel
Augusta Howel
Catherine Howel
Cathrin Howel
Henrietta Howel
Charlotte Howel
Clara Howel
Edith Howel
Elinor Howel
Ellonar Howel
Esther Howel
Ada Howel

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