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LEEK

Leek in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Staffordshire

280

0.0284

5.8683

Yorkshire

253

0.0087

1.8062

Warwickshire

131

0.0178

3.6748

Lancashire

129

0.0037

0.7691

Worcestershire

80

0.0210

4.3340

London

61

0.0021

0.4315

Suffolk

55

0.0155

3.1946

Shropshire

48

0.0190

3.9307

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

45

0.0213

4.4038

Cumberland

29

0.0115

2.3830

Kent

27

0.0027

0.5598

Derbyshire

25

0.0055

1.1297

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

23

0.0045

0.9345

Surrey

23

0.0016

0.3339

Nottinghamshire

22

0.0056

1.1547

County Durham

20

0.0023

0.4756

Cheshire

19

0.0029

0.6089

Herefordshire

19

0.0159

3.2782

Lanarkshire

16

0.0017

0.3500

Lincolnshire

16

0.0034

0.7080

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

15

0.0191

3.9478

Hampshire

13

0.0022

0.4487

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

10

0.0149

3.0874

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

9

0.0023

0.4753

Cornwall

8

0.0024

0.4999

Berkshire

7

0.0032

0.6598

Radnorshire / Sir Faesyfed

7

0.0297

6.1382

Merioneth / Meirionnydd

5

0.0094

1.9331

Northumberland

5

0.0012

0.2377

Gloucestershire

5

0.0009

0.1804

Leicestershire

5

0.0015

0.3190

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

5

0.0045

0.9364

Devon

5

0.0008

0.1699

Hertfordshire

4

0.0020

0.4106

Buckinghamshire

4

0.0023

0.4681

Westmorland

4

0.0062

1.2877

Northamptonshire

3

0.0011

0.2257

Norfolk

3

0.0007

0.1380

Huntingdonshire

3

0.0052

1.0689

Essex

2

0.0003

0.0717

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

1

0.0011

0.2226

Wigtownshire

1

0.0026

0.5328

Roxburghshire

1

0.0019

0.3906

Oxfordshire

1

0.0006

0.1146

Dunbartonshire

1

0.0013

0.2633

Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

1

0.0014

0.2900

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Stoke Upon Trent

Staffordshire

51

0.0488

10.0798

Birmingham

Warwickshire

46

0.0187

3.8720

Wolverhampton

Staffordshire

46

0.0607

12.5388

Aston

Warwickshire

46

0.0227

4.6864

Sheffield

Yorkshire

23

0.0250

5.1578

Millom

Cumberland

20

0.2595

53.6337

Wigan

Lancashire

18

0.0372

7.6795

Audley

Staffordshire

17

0.1742

36.0093

Bilston

Staffordshire

16

0.0837

17.3029

Willenhall

Staffordshire

16

0.0866

17.9031

Lilleshall

Shropshire

14

0.3629

74.9866

Castleford

Yorkshire

14

0.1328

27.4456

Darlaston

Staffordshire

14

0.1027

21.2314

Worlington

Suffolk

13

4.4369

915.4930

Scarborough

Yorkshire

13

0.0494

10.2145

Ombersley

Worcestershire

12

0.5647

116.7315

Llanover

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

12

0.1664

34.3840

Codsall

Staffordshire

11

0.7846

162.2419

Southwell

Nottinghamshire

11

0.3838

79.3079

Hackney London

London

11

0.0067

1.3881

Top male forenames

William Leek
John Leek
Thomas Leek
James Leek
George Leek
Henry Leek
Joseph Leek
Edward Leek
Charles Leek
Arthur Leek
Robert Leek
Frederick Leek
Samuel Leek
Alfred Leek
Richard Leek
Harry Leek
Walter Leek
David Leek
Albert Leek
Benjamin Leek
Edwin Leek
Geo. Leek
Chas. Leek
Stephen Leek
Isaac Leek
Herbert Leek
Gomer Leek
Frank Leek
Spencer Leek
Wm. Leek
Mark Leek
Tom Leek
Willm. Leek
Daniel Leek
Christopher Leek
Jesse Leek
Ralph Leek
Abraham Leek
Richd. Leek
Lewis Leek
Oliver Leek
Fredrick Leek
Percy Leek
Fred Leek
Enoch Leek
Edmund Leek
Earnest Leek
Luke Leek
Mathew Leek
Wm.C. Leek

Top female forenames

Mary Leek
Sarah Leek
Elizabeth Leek
Ann Leek
Eliza Leek
Annie Leek
Hannah Leek
Jane Leek
Emma Leek
Martha Leek
Ellen Leek
Alice Leek
Margaret Leek
Emily Leek
Charlotte Leek
Harriet Leek
Ada Leek
Agnes Leek
Caroline Leek
Clara Leek
Catherine Leek
Florence Leek
Louisa Leek
Amelia Leek
Harriett Leek
Lucy Leek
Rebecca Leek
Maria Leek
Fanny Leek
Amy Leek
Frances Leek
Edith Leek
Rose Leek
Anne Leek
Ethel Leek
Isabella Leek
Esther Leek
Gertrude Leek
Rosetta Leek
Rachel Leek
Kate Leek
Anna Leek
Susannah Leek
Agness Leek
Rosamond Leek
Margret Leek
Jessie Leek
Julia Leek
Deborah Leek
Barbara Leek

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