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LYE

Lye in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Somerset

223

0.0474

17.5330

London

90

0.0031

1.1390

Yorkshire

83

0.0029

1.0600

Wiltshire

81

0.0314

11.5915

Kent

44

0.0044

1.6321

Surrey

35

0.0025

0.9091

Essex

29

0.0050

1.8593

Hampshire

29

0.0048

1.7906

Gloucestershire

26

0.0045

1.6777

County Durham

25

0.0029

1.0635

Lancashire

18

0.0005

0.1920

Worcestershire

16

0.0042

1.5506

Staffordshire

15

0.0015

0.5624

Berkshire

14

0.0064

2.3605

Sussex

13

0.0026

0.9758

Warwickshire

12

0.0016

0.6022

Herefordshire

9

0.0075

2.7779

Lincolnshire

7

0.0015

0.5541

Bedfordshire

7

0.0046

1.7109

Cheshire

6

0.0009

0.3440

Devon

5

0.0008

0.3040

Renfrewshire

4

0.0018

0.6532

Dorset

4

0.0021

0.7713

Channel Islands

3

0.0035

1.2813

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

2

0.0004

0.1454

Cornwall

2

0.0006

0.2236

Oxfordshire

1

0.0006

0.2049

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

1

0.0005

0.1751

Leicestershire

1

0.0003

0.1141

Radnorshire / Sir Faesyfed

1

0.0042

1.5686

Shropshire

1

0.0004

0.1465

Inverness-shire

1

0.0011

0.4238

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

1

0.0015

0.5523

Cumberland

1

0.0004

0.1470

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Crewkerne

Somerset

23

0.4606

170.2443

Tonbridge

Kent

17

0.0473

17.4843

Martock

Somerset

16

0.5234

193.4704

Lyncombe Widcombe

Somerset

16

0.1300

48.0480

Butleigh

Somerset

16

2.0699

765.5502

Wardleworth

Lancashire

15

0.0757

27.9955

Hedworth Monkton Jarrow

County Durham

14

0.0372

13.7511

Dunkerton

Somerset

14

1.3739

507.2464

Walthamstow

Essex

14

0.0675

24.9377

Shoreditch London

London

13

0.0103

3.7954

Walcot

Somerset

13

0.0519

19.1910

Clifton

Gloucestershire

12

0.0414

15.3178

Middleham

Yorkshire

12

1.4652

540.5405

Leeds

Yorkshire

12

0.0073

2.7141

Battersea

Surrey

11

0.0102

3.7833

Poplar London

London

11

0.0200

7.3761

Kidderminster Borough

Worcestershire

11

0.0493

18.2149

Seend

Wiltshire

11

2.1484

797.1014

Headingley Cum Burley

Yorkshire

10

0.0537

19.8413

Stone Easton

Somerset

10

2.8011

1030.9278

Top male forenames

William Lye
Thomas Lye
George Lye
John Lye
Henry Lye
James Lye
Robert Lye
Charles Lye
Joseph Lye
Francis Lye
Alfred Lye
Arthur Lye
Walter Lye
Frederick Lye
Frank Lye
Albert Lye
Edward Lye
Harry Lye
Edwin Lye
Samuel Lye
Edmund Lye
Benjamin Lye
Herbert Lye
Richard Lye
Chas. Lye
Isaac Lye
Leonard Lye
Geo. Lye
Mary Lye
Nathaniel Lye
Sidney Lye
Emmanuel Lye
Elizabeth Lye
Benjn. Lye
Christopher Lye
Leonil Lye
Wm.John Lye
Laurie Lye
Earnest Lye
Allan Lye
Jno. Lye
Jas. Lye
Frederich Lye
J. Lye
Ernest Lye
Apelles Lye
Benjaman Lye
Archibald Lye
Geo.A. Lye
Frederic Lye

Top female forenames

Mary Lye
Elizabeth Lye
Sarah Lye
Jane Lye
Alice Lye
Ellen Lye
Annie Lye
Eliza Lye
Louisa Lye
Ann Lye
Emily Lye
Martha Lye
Edith Lye
Margaret Lye
Sophia Lye
Kate Lye
Frances Lye
Emma Lye
Ada Lye
Clara Lye
Charlotte Lye
Harriet Lye
Isabella Lye
Caroline Lye
Anne Lye
Ethel Lye
Francis Lye
Susan Lye
Agnes Lye
Amy Lye
Bertha Lye
Matilda Lye
Bessie Lye
Fanny Lye
Florence Lye
Maria Lye
Esther Lye
Georgina Lye
Hannah Lye
Harriett Lye
Henrietta Lye
Lizzie Lye
Selina Lye
Susanna Lye
Nellie Lye
Rose Lye
Lucy Lye
Laura Lye
Amelia Lye
Nadine Lye

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