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LEAY

Leay in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Cheshire

42

0.0065

25.0104

London

16

0.0005

2.1031

Lancashire

9

0.0003

0.9970

Somerset

6

0.0013

4.9000

Cornwall

2

0.0006

2.3223

Nottinghamshire

1

0.0003

0.9752

Kent

1

0.0001

0.3853

Essex

1

0.0002

0.6659

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Tranmere

Cheshire

13

0.0549

210.6969

Bromborough

Cheshire

12

0.8962

3428.5714

Whitechapel London

London

10

0.0347

133.3333

Liscard

Cheshire

8

0.0689

264.0264

Birkenhead

Cheshire

6

0.0117

44.8096

Midsomer Norton

Somerset

6

0.1354

521.7391

Litherland

Lancashire

5

0.0690

264.5503

Islington London

London

3

0.0011

4.0689

St Minver

Cornwall

2

0.1984

769.2308

Upper Lower

Lancashire

2

0.9050

3333.3333

Upton By Birkenhead

Cheshire

2

0.3215

1250.0000

Lower Bebington

Cheshire

1

0.0261

100.0000

Pemberton

Lancashire

1

0.0072

27.7778

St Anne Soho London

London

1

0.0060

23.0415

St Marylebone London

London

1

0.0006

2.4618

East Retford

Nottinghamshire

1

0.0293

112.3596

Wavertree

Lancashire

1

0.0090

34.6021

West Ham

Essex

1

0.0008

3.0166

Westminster St James

London

1

0.0033

12.7877

Guston Charlton

Kent

1

0.5988

2500.0000

Top male forenames

Joseph Leay
William Leay
James Leay
John Leay
Richard Leay
Edwin Leay
Fredk.G.C. Leay
Gabriel Leay
Isaac Leay
Judah Leay
Peter Leay
Philip Leay
Robert Leay
Solomon Leay
Thomas Leay

Top female forenames

Mary Leay
Elizabeth Leay
Ann Leay
Charlotte Leay
Ellen Leay
Anne Leay
Annie Leay
Margaret Leay
Edith Leay
Eliza Leay
Ada Leay
Laura Leay
Emily Leay
Maria Leay
Nancy Leay
Rachel Leay
Sarah Leay
Sylvia Leay
Jane Leay
Helen Leay
Esther Leay
Emma Leay
Elizth. Leay
Catherine Leay
Catharine Leay
Alice Leay

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