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LEE

Lee in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Yorkshire

8097

0.2797

1.7114

Lancashire

7497

0.2163

1.3233

London

5279

0.1807

1.1056

Surrey

2792

0.1961

1.2002

Devon

1788

0.2940

1.7991

County Durham

1697

0.1953

1.1947

Kent

1517

0.1522

0.9312

Cheshire

1417

0.2197

1.3445

Warwickshire

1354

0.1838

1.1245

Nottinghamshire

1185

0.3009

1.8414

Derbyshire

1149

0.2512

1.5372

Northumberland

1053

0.2423

1.4824

Essex

1020

0.1769

1.0823

Staffordshire

994

0.1008

0.6168

Hampshire

874

0.1460

0.8931

Sussex

830

0.1685

1.0311

Leicestershire

789

0.2436

1.4905

Somerset

717

0.1525

0.9330

Lincolnshire

639

0.1368

0.8371

Norfolk

612

0.1362

0.8337

Gloucestershire

601

0.1049

0.6418

Shropshire

518

0.2052

1.2558

Worcestershire

479

0.1256

0.7683

Northamptonshire

458

0.1667

1.0199

Hertfordshire

394

0.1957

1.1972

Lanarkshire

390

0.0413

0.2526

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

387

0.0761

0.4655

Cambridgeshire

352

0.1902

1.1640

Suffolk

349

0.0981

0.6001

Berkshire

278

0.1268

0.7757

Cumberland

277

0.1101

0.6739

Buckinghamshire

250

0.1415

0.8661

Cornwall

240

0.0726

0.4440

Dorset

233

0.1215

0.7436

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

221

0.1046

0.6403

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

221

0.0565

0.3455

Bedfordshire

218

0.1441

0.8818

Oxfordshire

206

0.1142

0.6987

Wiltshire

167

0.0646

0.3955

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

152

0.1377

0.8428

Forfarshire (Angus)

135

0.0499

0.3052

Herefordshire

121

0.1010

0.6181

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

117

0.1490

0.9116

Renfrewshire

94

0.0415

0.2541

Huntingdonshire

70

0.1207

0.7384

Royal Navy

67

0.1925

1.1776

Westmorland

54

0.0841

0.5146

Rutland

54

0.2517

1.5404

Ayrshire

49

0.0224

0.1371

Channel Islands

47

0.0543

0.3322

Aberdeenshire

42

0.0155

0.0950

Fife

40

0.0231

0.1415

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

36

0.0538

0.3291

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

30

0.0254

0.1554

Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

26

0.0445

0.2723

Clackmannanshire

25

0.1036

0.6340

Isle of Man

24

0.0442

0.2707

Perthshire

24

0.0183

0.1120

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

22

0.0237

0.1450

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

16

0.0413

0.2530

Elginshire (Morayshire)

15

0.0330

0.2022

Dumfriesshire

14

0.0217

0.1327

Kirkcudbrightshire

13

0.0307

0.1881

Stirlingshire

13

0.0121

0.0738

Dunbartonshire

11

0.0140

0.0857

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

11

0.0250

0.1530

Argyll

7

0.0086

0.0527

Selkirkshire

7

0.0265

0.1621

Nairnshire

6

0.0673

0.4117

Inverness-shire

6

0.0069

0.0421

Banffshire

6

0.0099

0.0606

Wigtownshire

5

0.0129

0.0789

Orkney

5

0.0156

0.0952

Berwickshire

5

0.0141

0.0865

Anglesey / Sir Fon

4

0.0077

0.0473

Roxburghshire

4

0.0076

0.0463

Radnorshire / Sir Faesyfed

4

0.0170

0.1038

Merioneth / Meirionnydd

4

0.0075

0.0458

Buteshire

4

0.0226

0.1383

Caithness

4

0.0100

0.0612

Peeblesshire

3

0.0218

0.1336

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

3

0.0024

0.0149

Sutherland

2

0.0089

0.0545

Kincardineshire

1

0.0028

0.0172

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Islington London

London

553

0.1953

1.1950

Lambeth

Surrey

500

0.1963

1.2011

Birmingham

Warwickshire

400

0.1629

0.9968

St Pancras London

London

389

0.1654

1.0122

Aston

Warwickshire

358

0.1765

1.0798

Manchester

Lancashire

358

0.2296

1.4052

Leeds

Yorkshire

353

0.2159

1.3213

Sheffield

Yorkshire

346

0.3754

2.2971

Nottingham St Mary

Nottinghamshire

339

0.3329

2.0367

Salford

Lancashire

326

0.3197

1.9565

Hackney London

London

300

0.1832

1.1208

Liverpool

Lancashire

291

0.1382

0.8457

Bethnal Green London

London

284

0.2238

1.3693

St Marylebone London

London

279

0.1789

1.0945

Ashton Under Lyne

Lancashire

277

0.3656

2.2371

Ecclesall Bierlow

Yorkshire

274

0.4653

2.8473

Bradford

Yorkshire

269

0.3838

2.3487

Mile End Old Town London

London

267

0.4294

2.6276

Camberwell

Surrey

260

0.1393

0.8525

Shoreditch London

London

258

0.2037

1.2466

Top male forenames

John Lee
William Lee
George Lee
Thomas Lee
James Lee
Joseph Lee
Henry Lee
Charles Lee
Robert Lee
Alfred Lee
Richard Lee
Arthur Lee
Edward Lee
Samuel Lee
Frederick Lee
Walter Lee
Harry Lee
Albert Lee
Frank Lee
Herbert Lee
Edwin Lee
Ernest Lee
Francis Lee
David Lee
Benjamin Lee
Fred Lee
Wm. Lee
Peter Lee
Thos. Lee
Daniel Lee
Tom Lee
Matthew Lee
Isaac Lee
Michael Lee
Mark Lee
Edmund Lee
Percy Lee
Patrick Lee
Andrew Lee
Geo. Lee
Joshua Lee
Jonathan Lee
Stephen Lee
Leonard Lee
Fredk. Lee
Abraham Lee
Fredrick Lee
Ralph Lee
Sidney Lee
Chas. Lee

Top female forenames

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

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