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LEECH

Leech in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lancashire

1237

0.0357

2.1898

Cheshire

591

0.0916

5.6239

Staffordshire

453

0.0459

2.8190

Yorkshire

359

0.0124

0.7610

London

356

0.0122

0.7478

Suffolk

337

0.0947

5.8120

Derbyshire

165

0.0361

2.2139

Gloucestershire

156

0.0272

1.6709

Norfolk

146

0.0325

1.9947

Essex

130

0.0225

1.3834

Surrey

117

0.0082

0.5044

Worcestershire

89

0.0233

1.4317

Cumberland

81

0.0322

1.9763

Shropshire

74

0.0293

1.7993

Warwickshire

71

0.0096

0.5914

County Durham

60

0.0069

0.4237

Oxfordshire

40

0.0222

1.3606

Northumberland

40

0.0092

0.5647

Hampshire

37

0.0062

0.3792

Kent

32

0.0032

0.1970

Cambridgeshire

31

0.0168

1.0281

Leicestershire

29

0.0090

0.5494

Northamptonshire

27

0.0098

0.6030

Sussex

25

0.0051

0.3115

Somerset

24

0.0051

0.3132

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

20

0.0181

1.1122

Bedfordshire

19

0.0126

0.7708

Lanarkshire

13

0.0014

0.0844

Devon

11

0.0018

0.1110

Buckinghamshire

11

0.0062

0.3822

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

10

0.0085

0.5195

Anglesey / Sir Fon

9

0.0174

1.0668

Berkshire

9

0.0041

0.2519

Hertfordshire

8

0.0040

0.2438

Wiltshire

6

0.0023

0.1425

Westmorland

6

0.0093

0.5735

Cornwall

5

0.0015

0.0928

Royal Navy

4

0.0115

0.7051

Huntingdonshire

4

0.0069

0.4232

Isle of Man

4

0.0074

0.4525

Merioneth / Meirionnydd

4

0.0075

0.4592

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

4

0.0008

0.0483

Wigtownshire

3

0.0077

0.4746

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

3

0.0014

0.0872

Ayrshire

3

0.0014

0.0842

Lincolnshire

2

0.0004

0.0263

Dorset

2

0.0010

0.0640

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

2

0.0022

0.1322

Nottinghamshire

2

0.0005

0.0312

Inverness-shire

2

0.0023

0.1407

Dunbartonshire

1

0.0013

0.0782

Perthshire

1

0.0008

0.0468

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

1

0.0003

0.0157

Fife

1

0.0006

0.0355

Channel Islands

1

0.0012

0.0709

Herefordshire

1

0.0008

0.0512

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

1

0.0015

0.0917

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Ashton Under Lyne

Lancashire

248

0.3273

20.0880

Newcastle Under Lyme

Staffordshire

110

0.6304

38.6874

Manchester

Lancashire

91

0.0584

3.5822

Hulme

Lancashire

65

0.0898

5.5116

Hackney London

London

64

0.0391

2.3980

Dukinfield

Cheshire

58

0.1946

11.9445

Toxteth Park

Lancashire

58

0.0494

3.0322

Salford

Lancashire

55

0.0539

3.3105

Oldham

Lancashire

53

0.0474

2.9070

Islington London

London

48

0.0170

1.0403

St Pancras London

London

42

0.0179

1.0961

Chorlton On Medlock

Lancashire

36

0.0654

4.0117

Ardwick

Lancashire

36

0.1151

7.0655

Wolverhampton

Staffordshire

35

0.0462

2.8328

Wolstanton Chesterton

Staffordshire

35

0.6944

42.6154

Tideswell

Derbyshire

34

1.7128

105.1005

Dudley

Worcestershire

33

0.0712

4.3665

Leeds

Yorkshire

33

0.0202

1.2389

Birmingham

Warwickshire

32

0.0130

0.7998

Handsworth

Staffordshire

32

0.1317

8.0798

Top male forenames

John Leech
William Leech
James Leech
Thomas Leech
George Leech
Joseph Leech
Henry Leech
Samuel Leech
Charles Leech
Robert Leech
Edward Leech
Arthur Leech
Alfred Leech
Frederick Leech
Richard Leech
Albert Leech
Walter Leech
Herbert Leech
Harry Leech
Peter Leech
David Leech
Benjamin Leech
Ernest Leech
Frank Leech
Wm. Leech
Isaac Leech
Edwin Leech
Francis Leech
Jonathan Leech
Ralph Leech
Stephen Leech
Fred Leech
Thos. Leech
Nathaniel Leech
Fredk. Leech
Daniel Leech
Enoch Leech
Chas. Leech
Edmund Leech
Levi Leech
Jno. Leech
Earnest Leech
Fredrick Leech
Willm. Leech
Robt. Leech
Adam Leech
Jacob Leech
Job Leech
Michael Leech
Reuben Leech

Top female forenames

Mary Leech
Sarah Leech
Elizabeth Leech
Alice Leech
Jane Leech
Ann Leech
Ellen Leech
Emma Leech
Eliza Leech
Hannah Leech
Annie Leech
Harriet Leech
Emily Leech
Martha Leech
Louisa Leech
Catherine Leech
Margaret Leech
Maria Leech
Edith Leech
Ada Leech
Florence Leech
Frances Leech
Amelia Leech
Clara Leech
Harriett Leech
Fanny Leech
Caroline Leech
Anne Leech
Lucy Leech
Agnes Leech
Charlotte Leech
Rose Leech
Esther Leech
Isabella Leech
Kate Leech
Rachel Leech
Matilda Leech
Amy Leech
Lydia Leech
Anna Leech
Beatrice Leech
Eleanor Leech
Susan Leech
Betsy Leech
Susannah Leech
Julia Leech
Ruth Leech
Minnie Leech
Maud Leech
Jessie Leech

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