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LAMB

Lamb in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lancashire

2154

0.0621

1.1779

Yorkshire

1566

0.0541

1.0254

County Durham

1366

0.1572

2.9794

London

1242

0.0425

0.8059

Northumberland

670

0.1541

2.9221

Cheshire

626

0.0971

1.8401

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

510

0.1303

2.4703

Surrey

500

0.0351

0.6659

Forfarshire (Angus)

457

0.1689

3.2009

Lanarkshire

455

0.0482

0.9129

Nottinghamshire

410

0.1041

1.9738

Kent

383

0.0384

0.7284

Aberdeenshire

361

0.1334

2.5293

Warwickshire

352

0.0478

0.9057

Staffordshire

333

0.0338

0.6401

Derbyshire

275

0.0601

1.1398

Cumberland

267

0.1062

2.0123

Lincolnshire

253

0.0542

1.0268

Worcestershire

250

0.0655

1.2422

Norfolk

206

0.0459

0.8694

Essex

186

0.0323

0.6114

Roxburghshire

150

0.2835

5.3736

Hampshire

139

0.0232

0.4400

Ayrshire

131

0.0599

1.1358

Sussex

129

0.0262

0.4965

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

124

0.1579

2.9933

Perthshire

123

0.0938

1.7783

Westmorland

122

0.1900

3.6021

Gloucestershire

112

0.0195

0.3706

Berwickshire

110

0.3109

5.8943

Oxfordshire

109

0.0604

1.1453

Suffolk

108

0.0304

0.5754

Somerset

107

0.0228

0.4313

Berkshire

96

0.0438

0.8299

Shropshire

92

0.0365

0.6910

Fife

86

0.0497

0.9427

Leicestershire

82

0.0253

0.4799

Northamptonshire

82

0.0298

0.5657

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

81

0.0159

0.3019

Devon

80

0.0132

0.2494

Bedfordshire

77

0.0509

0.9649

Renfrewshire

73

0.0322

0.6112

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

58

0.0625

1.1842

Stirlingshire

57

0.0529

1.0028

Banffshire

56

0.0924

1.7518

Dorset

55

0.0287

0.5438

Wiltshire

39

0.0151

0.2862

Cambridgeshire

39

0.0211

0.3995

Kincardineshire

38

0.1068

2.0249

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

33

0.0750

1.4219

Clackmannanshire

31

0.1285

2.4357

Wigtownshire

30

0.0773

1.4661

Hertfordshire

30

0.0149

0.2824

Cornwall

27

0.0082

0.1548

Huntingdonshire

24

0.0414

0.7843

Dunbartonshire

23

0.0293

0.5554

Buckinghamshire

23

0.0130

0.2469

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

20

0.0181

0.3436

Elginshire (Morayshire)

20

0.0441

0.8352

Selkirkshire

18

0.0681

1.2910

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

15

0.0388

0.7348

Herefordshire

14

0.0117

0.2216

Royal Navy

13

0.0373

0.7079

Channel Islands

10

0.0116

0.2190

Nairnshire

10

0.1121

2.1259

Buteshire

10

0.0565

1.0709

Dumfriesshire

9

0.0139

0.2644

Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty)

8

0.0100

0.1890

Kirkcudbrightshire

8

0.0189

0.3586

Anglesey / Sir Fon

7

0.0135

0.2563

Zetland (Shetland)

6

0.0201

0.3812

Argyll

5

0.0061

0.1166

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

4

0.0019

0.0359

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

4

0.0032

0.0616

Orkney

3

0.0093

0.1769

Radnorshire / Sir Faesyfed

3

0.0127

0.2413

Inverness-shire

2

0.0023

0.0435

Isle of Man

2

0.0037

0.0699

Peeblesshire

2

0.0146

0.2759

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

2

0.0030

0.0566

Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

1

0.0017

0.0324

Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

1

0.0014

0.0266

Rutland

1

0.0047

0.0884

Sutherland

1

0.0045

0.0844

Caithness

1

0.0025

0.0474

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

231

0.1467

2.7811

Dundee

Forfarshire (Angus)

184

0.1821

3.4522

Bishopwearmouth

County Durham

142

0.1903

3.6083

Gateshead

County Durham

140

0.2151

4.0784

Birmingham

Warwickshire

138

0.0562

1.0654

Liverpool

Lancashire

128

0.0608

1.1525

Manchester

Lancashire

126

0.0808

1.5322

West Derby

Lancashire

118

0.1164

2.2056

Barony

Lanarkshire

112

0.0468

0.8879

Bethnal Green London

London

109

0.0859

1.6282

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

107

0.0638

1.2090

Islington London

London

100

0.0353

0.6695

Leeds

Yorkshire

99

0.0606

1.1481

Nottingham St Mary

Nottinghamshire

98

0.0962

1.8241

Hulme

Lancashire

96

0.1326

2.5145

Lancaster

Lancashire

94

0.4557

8.6392

South Leith

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

89

0.2021

3.8309

Lambeth

Surrey

86

0.0338

0.6400

Govan

Lanarkshire

81

0.0347

0.6571

St Pancras London

London

77

0.0327

0.6207

Top male forenames

John Lamb
William Lamb
Thomas Lamb
James Lamb
George Lamb
Joseph Lamb
Robert Lamb
Charles Lamb
Henry Lamb
Richard Lamb
Edward Lamb
Alfred Lamb
Arthur Lamb
Walter Lamb
Samuel Lamb
Frederick Lamb
Albert Lamb
Ernest Lamb
Harry Lamb
Francis Lamb
Herbert Lamb
Edwin Lamb
Frank Lamb
Peter Lamb
David Lamb
Benjamin Lamb
Wm. Lamb
Patrick Lamb
Christopher Lamb
Thos. Lamb
Michael Lamb
Daniel Lamb
Tom Lamb
Isaac Lamb
Matthew Lamb
Percy Lamb
Robt. Lamb
Stephen Lamb
Alexander Lamb
Fred Lamb
Geo. Lamb
Ralph Lamb
Edmund Lamb
Chas. Lamb
Mark Lamb
Fredrick Lamb
Abraham Lamb
Jesse Lamb
Andrew Lamb
Owen Lamb

Top female forenames

Mary Lamb
Elizabeth Lamb
Sarah Lamb
Jane Lamb
Ann Lamb
Margaret Lamb
Ellen Lamb
Alice Lamb
Annie Lamb
Hannah Lamb
Emma Lamb
Eliza Lamb
Martha Lamb
Emily Lamb
Isabella Lamb
Harriet Lamb
Ada Lamb
Charlotte Lamb
Catherine Lamb
Florence Lamb
Louisa Lamb
Maria Lamb
Edith Lamb
Agnes Lamb
Anne Lamb
Caroline Lamb
Clara Lamb
Fanny Lamb
Kate Lamb
Lucy Lamb
Frances Lamb
Rose Lamb
Esther Lamb
Harriett Lamb
Elizth. Lamb
Eleanor Lamb
Rebecca Lamb
Ruth Lamb
Amelia Lamb
Jessie Lamb
Susan Lamb
Amy Lamb
Matilda Lamb
Maud Lamb
Julia Lamb
Sophia Lamb
Helen Lamb
Minnie Lamb
Betsy Lamb
Dorothy Lamb

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