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LESTER

Lester in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Staffordshire

589

0.0597

3.7944

London

585

0.0200

1.2721

Lancashire

474

0.0137

0.8687

Surrey

257

0.0181

1.1470

Warwickshire

256

0.0347

2.2074

Kent

239

0.0240

1.5233

Leicestershire

211

0.0651

4.1384

Yorkshire

186

0.0064

0.4082

Essex

180

0.0312

1.9829

Derbyshire

140

0.0306

1.9446

Nottinghamshire

130

0.0330

2.0973

Oxfordshire

125

0.0693

4.4017

Cheshire

116

0.0180

1.1427

Hampshire

106

0.0177

1.1246

Somerset

97

0.0206

1.3104

Worcestershire

93

0.0244

1.5487

Wiltshire

89

0.0344

2.1884

Sussex

72

0.0146

0.9287

Gloucestershire

65

0.0113

0.7207

Bedfordshire

60

0.0397

2.5198

Berkshire

55

0.0251

1.5934

Shropshire

52

0.0206

1.3089

Dorset

52

0.0271

1.7230

Buckinghamshire

44

0.0249

1.5827

Suffolk

36

0.0101

0.6427

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

35

0.0296

1.8823

Lincolnshire

33

0.0071

0.4488

Northamptonshire

29

0.0106

0.6705

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

28

0.0055

0.3497

Cumberland

25

0.0099

0.6315

County Durham

24

0.0028

0.1754

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

24

0.0114

0.7219

Norfolk

24

0.0053

0.3394

Devon

21

0.0035

0.2194

Cambridgeshire

16

0.0086

0.5493

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

16

0.0041

0.2597

Hertfordshire

14

0.0070

0.4417

Lanarkshire

12

0.0013

0.0807

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

11

0.0140

0.8899

Northumberland

11

0.0025

0.1608

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

8

0.0072

0.4605

Westmorland

8

0.0125

0.7916

Channel Islands

8

0.0092

0.5871

Cornwall

7

0.0021

0.1345

Royal Navy

6

0.0172

1.0949

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

6

0.0049

0.3096

Renfrewshire

5

0.0022

0.1403

Isle of Man

5

0.0092

0.5855

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

5

0.0114

0.7220

Stirlingshire

5

0.0046

0.2948

Herefordshire

4

0.0033

0.2121

Forfarshire (Angus)

4

0.0015

0.0939

Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

3

0.0051

0.3262

Perthshire

3

0.0023

0.1454

Anglesey / Sir Fon

1

0.0019

0.1227

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

1

0.0015

0.0949

Fife

1

0.0006

0.0367

Huntingdonshire

1

0.0017

0.1095

Rutland

1

0.0047

0.2962

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Islington London

London

72

0.0254

1.6154

Leicester St Margaret

Leicestershire

64

0.0810

5.1475

Sedgley

Staffordshire

62

0.1693

10.7538

Birmingham

Warwickshire

60

0.0244

1.5524

Stoke Upon Trent

Staffordshire

57

0.0545

3.4629

Walsall Foreign

Staffordshire

52

0.1021

6.4854

Ashton Under Lyne

Lancashire

49

0.0647

4.1088

Wolverhampton

Staffordshire

48

0.0633

4.0218

Wednesbury

Staffordshire

48

0.1948

12.3737

Coventry Holy Trinity

Warwickshire

48

0.2182

13.8620

St Pancras London

London

47

0.0200

1.2698

Bermondsey

Surrey

44

0.0506

3.2140

West Ham

Essex

42

0.0330

2.0957

Bethnal Green London

London

41

0.0323

2.0524

Long Whatton

Leicestershire

37

5.2707

334.8416

Foleshill

Warwickshire

36

0.4645

29.5058

Deptford St Paul

Kent

34

0.0442

2.8096

Chelsea London

London

33

0.0375

2.3815

Everton

Lancashire

32

0.0290

1.8400

Nuneaton

Warwickshire

32

0.3749

23.8184

Top male forenames

William Lester
John Lester
George Lester
Thomas Lester
James Lester
Charles Lester
Henry Lester
Joseph Lester
Edward Lester
Frederick Lester
Arthur Lester
Samuel Lester
Walter Lester
Albert Lester
Alfred Lester
Richard Lester
Robert Lester
Frank Lester
Harry Lester
Francis Lester
Edwin Lester
Herbert Lester
Ernest Lester
Isaac Lester
Thos. Lester
David Lester
Wm. Lester
Tom Lester
Jesse Lester
Benjamin Lester
Peter Lester
Abraham Lester
Sidney Lester
Stephen Lester
Josiah Lester
Michael Lester
Percy Lester
Leonard Lester
Fredk. Lester
Thorley Lester
Hubert Lester
Horace Lester
Oliver Lester
Andrew Lester
Anthony Lester
Harold Lester
Fred Lester
Christopher Lester
Chas. Lester
Percival Lester

Top female forenames

Mary Lester
Sarah Lester
Elizabeth Lester
Ann Lester
Jane Lester
Emma Lester
Annie Lester
Eliza Lester
Ellen Lester
Emily Lester
Alice Lester
Martha Lester
Hannah Lester
Louisa Lester
Harriet Lester
Maria Lester
Florence Lester
Fanny Lester
Caroline Lester
Edith Lester
Charlotte Lester
Ada Lester
Margaret Lester
Catherine Lester
Susan Lester
Kate Lester
Harriett Lester
Anne Lester
Clara Lester
Rose Lester
Gertrude Lester
Amy Lester
Agnes Lester
Frances Lester
Amelia Lester
Lucy Lester
Matilda Lester
Lydia Lester
Susannah Lester
Esther Lester
Rebecca Lester
Laura Lester
Elizth. Lester
Sophia Lester
Julia Lester
Rachel Lester
Beatrice Lester
Lizzie Lester
Selina Lester
Jessie Lester

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