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HUGHES

Hughes in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lancashire

12467

0.3596

1.2834

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

8096

6.8538

24.4594

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

5477

4.9631

17.7120

Anglesey / Sir Fon

5393

10.4166

37.1745

London

4305

0.1474

0.5259

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

4124

5.2515

18.7414

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

3896

0.7659

2.7333

Staffordshire

3877

0.3931

1.4030

Cheshire

3610

0.5598

1.9977

Shropshire

2290

0.9073

3.2380

Warwickshire

2239

0.3039

1.0845

Merioneth / Meirionnydd

2160

4.0406

14.4201

Surrey

1801

0.1265

0.4515

Worcestershire

1697

0.4448

1.5875

Yorkshire

1669

0.0577

0.2057

Lanarkshire

1641

0.1737

0.6198

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

1548

2.3124

8.2523

Kent

1456

0.1461

0.5213

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

1454

1.1809

4.2143

Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

1408

1.9758

7.0512

County Durham

1292

0.1487

0.5305

Gloucestershire

1104

0.1927

0.6876

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

1061

0.5024

1.7929

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

617

0.6646

2.3717

Herefordshire

574

0.4792

1.7101

Hampshire

573

0.0957

0.3415

Sussex

520

0.1056

0.3768

Essex

477

0.0827

0.2952

Wiltshire

460

0.1780

0.6354

Berkshire

417

0.1902

0.6786

Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

373

0.6385

2.2785

Renfrewshire

351

0.1550

0.5533

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

344

0.0879

0.3137

Derbyshire

344

0.0752

0.2684

Somerset

331

0.0704

0.2512

Oxfordshire

327

0.1813

0.6469

Radnorshire / Sir Faesyfed

301

1.2770

4.5575

Devon

290

0.0477

0.1702

Ayrshire

276

0.1262

0.4505

Forfarshire (Angus)

259

0.0957

0.3415

Northumberland

249

0.0573

0.2044

Northamptonshire

220

0.0801

0.2857

Leicestershire

217

0.0670

0.2391

Hertfordshire

216

0.1073

0.3828

Buckinghamshire

214

0.1212

0.4324

Cumberland

212

0.0843

0.3008

Suffolk

203

0.0570

0.2036

Lincolnshire

170

0.0364

0.1299

Nottinghamshire

106

0.0269

0.0961

Fife

101

0.0584

0.2084

Cambridgeshire

88

0.0476

0.1697

Dorset

85

0.0443

0.1582

Wigtownshire

82

0.2114

0.7544

Bedfordshire

82

0.0542

0.1935

Dunbartonshire

81

0.1032

0.3682

Cornwall

78

0.0236

0.0842

Isle of Man

64

0.1180

0.4210

Huntingdonshire

60

0.1034

0.3691

Royal Navy

60

0.1723

0.6151

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

57

0.1296

0.4624

Norfolk

57

0.0127

0.0453

Channel Islands

43

0.0497

0.1773

Dumfriesshire

35

0.0542

0.1936

Kirkcudbrightshire

34

0.0804

0.2869

Stirlingshire

31

0.0288

0.1027

Westmorland

27

0.0421

0.1501

Perthshire

24

0.0183

0.0653

Aberdeenshire

15

0.0055

0.0198

Argyll

14

0.0172

0.0614

Peeblesshire

12

0.0873

0.3117

Rutland

11

0.0513

0.1830

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

11

0.0284

0.1015

Roxburghshire

11

0.0208

0.0742

Selkirkshire

10

0.0378

0.1350

Inverness-shire

9

0.0103

0.0368

Kincardineshire

8

0.0225

0.0803

Elginshire (Morayshire)

5

0.0110

0.0393

Nairnshire

4

0.0449

0.1601

Banffshire

3

0.0050

0.0177

Buteshire

2

0.0113

0.0403

Caithness

1

0.0025

0.0089

Clackmannanshire

1

0.0041

0.0148

Berwickshire

1

0.0028

0.0101

Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty)

1

0.0012

0.0044

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Liverpool

Lancashire

1661

0.7889

2.8155

Toxteth Park

Lancashire

1334

1.1364

4.0557

Everton

Lancashire

1185

1.0726

3.8277

Birmingham

Warwickshire

953

0.3881

1.3851

West Derby

Lancashire

890

0.8776

3.1318

Llanbeblig

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

827

6.8986

24.6193

Holyhead

Anglesey / Sir Fon

815

8.4430

30.1309

Bangor

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

765

6.7146

23.9630

Holywell

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

717

7.2718

25.9514

Ruabon

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

686

4.5209

16.1340

Llanddeiniolen

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

665

9.6293

34.3648

Festiniog

Merioneth / Meirionnydd

652

5.7807

20.6298

Aston

Warwickshire

647

0.3189

1.1382

Birkenhead

Cheshire

621

1.2080

4.3111

Stoke Upon Trent

Staffordshire

597

0.5709

2.0374

Manchester

Lancashire

594

0.3810

1.3598

Llanllechid

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

585

7.0439

25.1382

Amlwch

Anglesey / Sir Fon

552

11.3277

40.4259

Kirkdale

Lancashire

550

0.9432

3.3659

Ystradyfodwg

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

492

1.1026

3.9350

Top male forenames

John Hughes
William Hughes
Thomas Hughes
Robert Hughes
James Hughes
Edward Hughes
Hugh Hughes
David Hughes
George Hughes
Richard Hughes
Henry Hughes
Joseph Hughes
Charles Hughes
Owen Hughes
Samuel Hughes
Evan Hughes
Arthur Hughes
Alfred Hughes
Frederick Hughes
Daniel Hughes
Walter Hughes
Albert Hughes
Peter Hughes
Griffith Hughes
Wm. Hughes
Edwin Hughes
Benjamin Hughes
Thos. Hughes
Patrick Hughes
Isaac Hughes
Harry Hughes
Herbert Hughes
Frank Hughes
Francis Hughes
Michael Hughes
Ernest Hughes
Lewis Hughes
Ellis Hughes
Rowland Hughes
Morris Hughes
Richd. Hughes
Robt. Hughes
Jno. Hughes
Jonathan Hughes
Elias Hughes
Stephen Hughes
Moses Hughes
Fredk. Hughes
Humphrey Hughes
Fredrick Hughes

Top female forenames

Mary Hughes
Elizabeth Hughes
Jane Hughes
Sarah Hughes
Margaret Hughes
Ann Hughes
Ellen Hughes
Catherine Hughes
Anne Hughes
Eliza Hughes
Annie Hughes
Hannah Hughes
Alice Hughes
Emma Hughes
Martha Hughes
Emily Hughes
Harriet Hughes
Maria Hughes
Louisa Hughes
Edith Hughes
Charlotte Hughes
Caroline Hughes
Fanny Hughes
Kate Hughes
Grace Hughes
Florence Hughes
Cathrine Hughes
Elizth. Hughes
Esther Hughes
Frances Hughes
Ada Hughes
Clara Hughes
Margt. Hughes
Agnes Hughes
Eleanor Hughes
Lucy Hughes
Rose Hughes
Margret Hughes
Susan Hughes
Amelia Hughes
Susannah Hughes
Rachel Hughes
Harriett Hughes
Ellin Hughes
Laura Hughes
Rebecca Hughes
Bridget Hughes
Sophia Hughes
Isabella Hughes
Amy Hughes

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