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HOWELL

Howell in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

London

1782

0.0610

1.4471

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

1288

0.2532

6.0072

Staffordshire

834

0.0846

2.0064

Gloucestershire

830

0.1449

3.4368

Surrey

802

0.0563

1.3367

Lancashire

681

0.0196

0.4661

Yorkshire

503

0.0174

0.4122

Warwickshire

461

0.0626

1.4845

Somerset

441

0.0938

2.2249

Sussex

433

0.0879

2.0857

Norfolk

431

0.0960

2.2764

Wiltshire

348

0.1347

3.1956

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

314

0.2550

6.0503

Kent

310

0.0311

0.7378

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

244

0.1155

2.7410

Hampshire

242

0.0404

0.9588

Essex

231

0.0401

0.9503

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

215

0.2316

5.4940

Cheshire

209

0.0324

0.7689

Worcestershire

191

0.0501

1.1878

Suffolk

190

0.0534

1.2668

Shropshire

189

0.0749

1.7766

Lincolnshire

132

0.0283

0.6704

Devon

124

0.0204

0.4838

Northamptonshire

122

0.0444

1.0534

County Durham

110

0.0127

0.3003

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

80

0.1195

2.8352

Cambridgeshire

73

0.0395

0.9360

Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

52

0.0730

1.7312

Oxfordshire

51

0.0283

0.6707

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

49

0.0444

1.0534

Lanarkshire

47

0.0050

0.1180

Buckinghamshire

47

0.0266

0.6313

Herefordshire

46

0.0384

0.9110

Huntingdonshire

43

0.0741

1.7587

Derbyshire

40

0.0087

0.2075

Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

40

0.0685

1.6244

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

37

0.0471

1.1178

Merioneth / Meirionnydd

36

0.0673

1.5977

Nottinghamshire

35

0.0089

0.2109

Hertfordshire

35

0.0174

0.4124

Dorset

30

0.0156

0.3712

Bedfordshire

28

0.0185

0.4391

Cornwall

23

0.0070

0.1650

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

18

0.0046

0.1091

Berkshire

16

0.0073

0.1731

Northumberland

16

0.0037

0.0873

Cumberland

15

0.0060

0.1415

Leicestershire

15

0.0046

0.1099

Channel Islands

13

0.0150

0.3563

Royal Navy

11

0.0316

0.7496

Dunbartonshire

9

0.0115

0.2720

Elginshire (Morayshire)

6

0.0132

0.3136

Fife

6

0.0035

0.0823

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

6

0.0051

0.1205

Stirlingshire

6

0.0056

0.1321

Rutland

5

0.0233

0.5530

Forfarshire (Angus)

5

0.0018

0.0438

Orkney

5

0.0156

0.3691

Inverness-shire

5

0.0057

0.1360

Renfrewshire

4

0.0018

0.0419

Anglesey / Sir Fon

3

0.0058

0.1375

Kirkcudbrightshire

2

0.0047

0.1122

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

2

0.0052

0.1226

Westmorland

2

0.0031

0.0739

Isle of Man

2

0.0037

0.0875

Banffshire

1

0.0017

0.0392

Wigtownshire

1

0.0026

0.0612

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Birmingham

Warwickshire

216

0.0880

2.0871

Aston

Warwickshire

177

0.0872

2.0699

Wolverhampton

Staffordshire

168

0.2216

5.2567

Islington London

London

160

0.0565

1.3406

Lambeth

Surrey

157

0.0616

1.4622

Camberwell

Surrey

143

0.0766

1.8180

St Pancras London

London

142

0.0604

1.4327

Sedgley

Staffordshire

122

0.3331

7.9024

Shoreditch London

London

116

0.0916

2.1731

Brighton

Sussex

113

0.1137

2.6979

St Marylebone London

London

110

0.0705

1.6732

Kensington London

London

109

0.0671

1.5922

Llanelly

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

107

0.3858

9.1538

West Ham

Essex

100

0.0785

1.8634

Bristol St Philip Jacob

Gloucestershire

94

0.1743

4.1341

Bedminster

Somerset

94

0.2127

5.0469

Swansea Town

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

87

0.2086

4.9493

Battersea

Surrey

87

0.0809

1.9201

Llansamlet Lower

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

81

1.7590

41.7311

Hammersmith London

London

79

0.1098

2.6044

Top male forenames

William Howell
John Howell
Thomas Howell
George Howell
Henry Howell
James Howell
Charles Howell
Edward Howell
Joseph Howell
Alfred Howell
David Howell
Arthur Howell
Frederick Howell
Robert Howell
Richard Howell
Walter Howell
Samuel Howell
Albert Howell
Harry Howell
Benjamin Howell
Edwin Howell
Ernest Howell
Frank Howell
Herbert Howell
Wm. Howell
Daniel Howell
Thos. Howell
Evan Howell
Francis Howell
Sidney Howell
Fred Howell
Isaac Howell
Lewis Howell
Fredk. Howell
Stephen Howell
Edmund Howell
Howell Howell
Enoch Howell
Geo. Howell
Horace Howell
Griffith Howell
Chas. Howell
Percy Howell
Tom Howell
Fredrick Howell
Job Howell
Jno. Howell
Sydney Howell
Willm. Howell
Frederic Howell

Top female forenames

Mary Howell
Elizabeth Howell
Sarah Howell
Ann Howell
Jane Howell
Eliza Howell
Alice Howell
Emma Howell
Emily Howell
Annie Howell
Margaret Howell
Ellen Howell
Martha Howell
Hannah Howell
Edith Howell
Florence Howell
Catherine Howell
Louisa Howell
Caroline Howell
Maria Howell
Fanny Howell
Charlotte Howell
Harriet Howell
Clara Howell
Anne Howell
Ada Howell
Susan Howell
Lucy Howell
Harriett Howell
Kate Howell
Esther Howell
Frances Howell
Amelia Howell
Sophia Howell
Rose Howell
Agnes Howell
Matilda Howell
Julia Howell
Amy Howell
Rebecca Howell
Gertrude Howell
Rachel Howell
Lydia Howell
Eleanor Howell
Laura Howell
Minnie Howell
Elizth. Howell
Jessie Howell
Bertha Howell
Maud Howell

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