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LISTER

Lister in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Yorkshire

4537

0.1567

5.4969

Lancashire

748

0.0216

0.7568

County Durham

442

0.0509

1.7838

Fife

291

0.1683

5.9021

London

270

0.0092

0.3242

Cumberland

242

0.0962

3.3748

Lincolnshire

211

0.0452

1.5844

Norfolk

165

0.0367

1.2884

Surrey

115

0.0081

0.2834

Suffolk

97

0.0273

0.9562

Derbyshire

93

0.0203

0.7132

Cambridgeshire

90

0.0486

1.7060

Staffordshire

87

0.0088

0.3094

Cheshire

84

0.0130

0.4569

Northumberland

77

0.0177

0.6214

Warwickshire

75

0.0102

0.3571

Nottinghamshire

73

0.0185

0.6503

Shropshire

68

0.0269

0.9450

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

61

0.0156

0.5467

Essex

58

0.0101

0.3528

Kent

55

0.0055

0.1935

Lanarkshire

54

0.0057

0.2005

Perthshire

46

0.0351

1.2305

Forfarshire (Angus)

44

0.0163

0.5702

Sussex

41

0.0083

0.2920

Gloucestershire

33

0.0058

0.2020

Devon

30

0.0049

0.1730

Hampshire

30

0.0050

0.1757

Leicestershire

28

0.0086

0.3032

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

27

0.0128

0.4484

Westmorland

18

0.0280

0.9834

Dunbartonshire

18

0.0229

0.8042

Dumfriesshire

17

0.0263

0.9240

Somerset

16

0.0034

0.1193

Huntingdonshire

15

0.0259

0.9070

Kinross-shire

15

0.2031

7.1245

Worcestershire

15

0.0039

0.1379

Northamptonshire

14

0.0051

0.1787

Dorset

13

0.0068

0.2378

Ayrshire

12

0.0055

0.1925

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

12

0.0024

0.0827

Renfrewshire

10

0.0044

0.1549

Buteshire

9

0.0508

1.7834

Buckinghamshire

9

0.0051

0.1787

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

8

0.0182

0.6378

Wiltshire

8

0.0031

0.1086

Bedfordshire

7

0.0046

0.1623

Aberdeenshire

7

0.0026

0.0907

Hertfordshire

6

0.0030

0.1045

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

6

0.0065

0.2267

Stirlingshire

5

0.0046

0.1628

Selkirkshire

5

0.0189

0.6636

Oxfordshire

4

0.0022

0.0778

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

4

0.0051

0.1787

Royal Navy

4

0.0115

0.4030

Roxburghshire

4

0.0076

0.2651

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

2

0.0052

0.1813

Inverness-shire

1

0.0011

0.0402

Wigtownshire

1

0.0026

0.0904

Berkshire

1

0.0005

0.0160

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Leeds

Yorkshire

323

0.1976

6.9307

Horton In Bradford

Yorkshire

164

0.3628

12.7243

Bradford

Yorkshire

134

0.1912

6.7067

Halifax

Yorkshire

125

0.2941

10.3164

Hipperholme Cum

Yorkshire

123

0.9670

33.9179

Batley

Yorkshire

122

0.4434

15.5541

Bridekirk

Cumberland

110

5.4754

192.0391

Dewsbury

Yorkshire

106

0.3570

12.5229

Attercliffe Cum Darnall

Yorkshire

93

0.3448

12.0955

Sheffield

Yorkshire

82

0.0890

3.1208

Liversedge

Yorkshire

77

0.5975

20.9581

Hunslet

Yorkshire

72

0.1595

5.5946

Mirfield

Yorkshire

70

0.4404

15.4481

Heckmondwike

Yorkshire

66

0.7088

24.8634

Holbeck

Yorkshire

64

0.3337

11.7047

Keighley

Yorkshire

63

0.2042

7.1614

Bowling

Yorkshire

62

0.2162

7.5845

Bishopwearmouth

County Durham

61

0.0818

2.8681

Armley

Yorkshire

60

0.4699

16.4831

Wortley In Bramley

Yorkshire

59

0.2573

9.0260

Top male forenames

John Lister
William Lister
George Lister
Thomas Lister
James Lister
Joseph Lister
Henry Lister
Charles Lister
Robert Lister
Arthur Lister
Edward Lister
Alfred Lister
Samuel Lister
Richard Lister
Walter Lister
Harry Lister
Fred Lister
Albert Lister
Herbert Lister
Frederick Lister
Tom Lister
Benjamin Lister
Frank Lister
David Lister
Ernest Lister
Francis Lister
Wm. Lister
Edwin Lister
Thos. Lister
Sam Lister
Abraham Lister
Isaac Lister
Joe Lister
Willie Lister
Joshua Lister
Jonathan Lister
Geo. Lister
Stephen Lister
Christopher Lister
Ralph Lister
Matthew Lister
Percy Lister
Edmund Lister
Ben Lister
Peter Lister
Daniel Lister
Alexander Lister
Oswald Lister
Fredk. Lister
Leonard Lister

Top female forenames

Mary Lister
Sarah Lister
Elizabeth Lister
Ann Lister
Jane Lister
Hannah Lister
Emma Lister
Annie Lister
Martha Lister
Margaret Lister
Alice Lister
Ellen Lister
Eliza Lister
Harriet Lister
Emily Lister
Ada Lister
Isabella Lister
Clara Lister
Edith Lister
Lucy Lister
Fanny Lister
Maria Lister
Frances Lister
Charlotte Lister
Florence Lister
Louisa Lister
Catherine Lister
Eleanor Lister
Agnes Lister
Anne Lister
Kate Lister
Susannah Lister
Ruth Lister
Susan Lister
Caroline Lister
Esther Lister
Elizth. Lister
Amelia Lister
Grace Lister
Rachel Lister
Sophia Lister
Rebecca Lister
Betty Lister
Nancy Lister
Maud Lister
Amy Lister
Ethel Lister
Laura Lister
Gertrude Lister
Rose Lister

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