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INGLIS

Inglis in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lanarkshire

981

0.1038

6.2165

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

854

0.2182

13.0648

Fife

344

0.1989

11.9093

Renfrewshire

227

0.1003

6.0031

London

209

0.0072

0.4283

Stirlingshire

188

0.1745

10.4465

Roxburghshire

175

0.3307

19.8004

Selkirkshire

171

0.6470

38.7369

Forfarshire (Angus)

158

0.0584

3.4952

Ayrshire

136

0.0622

3.7243

Lancashire

121

0.0035

0.2090

Aberdeenshire

119

0.0440

2.6333

Dumfriesshire

109

0.1689

10.1125

Northumberland

0.0216

1.2948

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

0.1864

11.1593

Banffshire

0.1287

7.7064

Peeblesshire

0.5458

32.6783

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

0.1783

10.6762

Berwickshire

0.1724

10.3236

Dunbartonshire

0.0713

4.2708

Kent

0.0052

0.3123

Surrey

0.0037

0.2187

County Durham

0.0055

0.3307

Yorkshire

0.0016

0.0931

Elginshire (Morayshire)

0.0947

5.6716

Cumberland

0.0155

0.9284

Somerset

0.0081

0.4838

Perthshire

0.0259

1.5525

Argyll

0.0393

2.3559

Hampshire

0.0045

0.2700

Cheshire

0.0039

0.2321

Inverness-shire

0.0287

1.7157

Essex

0.0042

0.2492

Kinross-shire

0.2844

17.0247

Clackmannanshire

0.0622

3.7223

Wigtownshire

0.0309

1.8521

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

0.0022

0.1295

Suffolk

0.0028

0.1683

Zetland (Shetland)

0.0335

2.0067

Gloucestershire

0.0017

0.1045

Berkshire

0.0041

0.2457

Norfolk

0.0020

0.1200

Kirkcudbrightshire

0.0189

1.1326

Warwickshire

0.0011

0.0650

Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty)

0.0100

0.5970

Sussex

0.0014

0.0851

Kincardineshire

0.0197

1.1781

Northamptonshire

0.0025

0.1525

Shropshire

0.0024

0.1423

Buteshire

0.0282

1.6912

Anglesey / Sir Fon

0.0097

0.5782

Staffordshire

0.0005

0.0304

Wiltshire

0.0015

0.0927

Devon

0.0007

0.0394

Royal Navy

0.0115

0.6879

Isle of Man

0.0074

0.4414

Lincolnshire

0.0006

0.0385

Sutherland

0.0134

0.7996

Derbyshire

0.0007

0.0393

Channel Islands

0.0035

0.2075

Caithness

0.0050

0.2994

Buckinghamshire

0.0011

0.0678

Oxfordshire

0.0006

0.0332

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

0.0008

0.0486

Hertfordshire

0.0005

0.0297

Huntingdonshire

0.0017

0.1032

Worcestershire

0.0003

0.0157

Westmorland

0.0016

0.0933

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

343

0.2178

13.0426

Govan

Lanarkshire

238

0.1019

6.0981

Barony

Lanarkshire

193

0.0807

4.8326

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

186

0.1109

6.6379

Selkirk

Selkirkshire

1.3161

78.7971

Dunfermline

Fife

0.3272

19.5880

South Leith

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

0.1521

9.1086

Dundee

Forfarshire (Angus)

0.0643

3.8517

Hawick

Roxburghshire

0.4729

28.3100

Inveresk

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

0.4436

26.5567

North Leith

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

0.2595

15.5372

Larbert

Stirlingshire

0.7142

42.7589

West Greenock

Renfrewshire

0.1107

6.6299

Hamilton

Lanarkshire

0.1632

9.7701

Aberdeen St Nicholas

Aberdeenshire

0.0830

4.9675

Kettle

Fife

1.9750

118.2579

Cambusnethan

Lanarkshire

0.1859

11.1276

Kilbarchan

Renfrewshire

0.5380

32.2131

Abbey

Renfrewshire

0.1042

6.2395

Dalziel

Lanarkshire

0.3247

19.4392

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Annuitant
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Clerk
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Wife
Dress Maker
Shepherd
None
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Student
Housekeeper
At Home
General Servant
Magistrate Daughter
Ministers Son
Cotton Warper
Engine Fitter
General Labourer
Ag Lab
Domestic Servant
Draper
Printer Compositor
Shareholder
Publican
Railway Guard
Housemaid
Railway Clerk
Cooper
Pupil Teacher
Flour Factor
School Master
Drapers Assistant
Laundress
Engineers Wife
Stone Mason
Warehouseman
Servant
Errand Boy
Plater (Ship)
Bookbinder
Solicitor
Towell Weaver Others 17/3
Boiler Maker Engine
Shoemaker
Engine Fitter At Works
Barber
Worsted Spinner