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LYON

Lyon in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lancashire

1754

0.0506

2.4144

London

489

0.0167

0.7987

Lanarkshire

436

0.0461

2.2020

Yorkshire

426

0.0147

0.7022

Lincolnshire

313

0.0670

3.1975

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

294

0.0751

3.5847

Aberdeenshire

285

0.1053

5.0265

Surrey

246

0.0173

0.8246

Forfarshire (Angus)

138

0.0510

2.4331

Banffshire

137

0.2261

10.7879

Cheshire

128

0.0198

0.9471

Ayrshire

112

0.0512

2.4444

Renfrewshire

100

0.0442

2.1077

Kent

95

0.0095

0.4548

Warwickshire

88

0.0119

0.5699

County Durham

84

0.0097

0.4612

Stirlingshire

71

0.0659

3.1443

Cambridgeshire

71

0.0384

1.8310

Fife

54

0.0312

1.4900

Suffolk

50

0.0141

0.6705

Northamptonshire

50

0.0182

0.8683

Kincardineshire

47

0.1321

6.3042

Northumberland

41

0.0094

0.4501

Sussex

40

0.0081

0.3875

Norfolk

39

0.0087

0.4143

Staffordshire

37

0.0038

0.1790

Hampshire

37

0.0062

0.2949

Elginshire (Morayshire)

36

0.0793

3.7845

Dunbartonshire

34

0.0433

2.0666

Roxburghshire

34

0.0643

3.0660

Essex

30

0.0052

0.2482

Argyll

29

0.0357

1.7016

Devon

29

0.0048

0.2276

Buteshire

29

0.1638

7.8178

Nottinghamshire

28

0.0071

0.3393

Berkshire

28

0.0128

0.6093

Clackmannanshire

27

0.1119

5.3400

Orkney

26

0.0809

3.8602

Perthshire

24

0.0183

0.8734

Somerset

24

0.0051

0.2435

Worcestershire

20

0.0052

0.2502

Derbyshire

18

0.0039

0.1878

Westmorland

16

0.0249

1.1892

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

15

0.0341

1.6270

Gloucestershire

14

0.0024

0.1166

Huntingdonshire

13

0.0224

1.0694

Selkirkshire

12

0.0454

2.1665

Hertfordshire

11

0.0055

0.2607

Cumberland

10

0.0040

0.1897

Inverness-shire

10

0.0115

0.5470

Caithness

9

0.0225

1.0737

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

9

0.0073

0.3488

Dumfriesshire

9

0.0139

0.6655

Royal Navy

7

0.0201

0.9595

Dorset

7

0.0037

0.1742

Shropshire

6

0.0024

0.1134

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

6

0.0155

0.7399

Rutland

6

0.0280

1.3348

Bedfordshire

5

0.0033

0.1577

Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

5

0.0054

0.2570

Channel Islands

3

0.0035

0.1654

Leicestershire

3

0.0009

0.0442

Buckinghamshire

3

0.0017

0.0811

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

3

0.0025

0.1212

Oxfordshire

3

0.0017

0.0793

Wiltshire

2

0.0008

0.0369

Isle of Man

2

0.0037

0.1759

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

2

0.0025

0.1215

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

2

0.0018

0.0865

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

1

0.0005

0.0226

Zetland (Shetland)

1

0.0034

0.1599

Herefordshire

1

0.0008

0.0398

Peeblesshire

1

0.0073

0.3473

Sutherland

1

0.0045

0.2124

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Barony

Lanarkshire

130

0.0544

2.5943

Aberdeen Old Machar

Aberdeenshire

105

0.1859

8.8698

Govan

Lanarkshire

99

0.0424

2.0217

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

95

0.0566

2.7021

Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

92

0.0584

2.7882

Eccleston In Prescot

Lancashire

90

0.5172

24.6771

Toxteth Park

Lancashire

86

0.0733

3.4960

Prescot

Lancashire

86

1.3718

65.4590

Liverpool

Lancashire

76

0.0361

1.7225

West Derby

Lancashire

73

0.0720

3.4347

Lambeth

Surrey

66

0.0259

1.2364

Everton

Lancashire

62

0.0561

2.6778

Holy Trinity

Yorkshire

61

0.0876

4.1803

Whiston

Lancashire

61

2.2559

107.6407

Dundee

Forfarshire (Angus)

58

0.0574

2.7392

Falkirk

Stirlingshire

55

0.2181

10.4056

Skelmersdale

Lancashire

52

0.9001

42.9504

Camberwell

Surrey

50

0.0268

1.2786

Islington London

London

50

0.0177

0.8426

Huyton With Roby

Lancashire

45

1.1078

52.8603

Top male forenames

John Lyon
William Lyon
James Lyon
Thomas Lyon
George Lyon
Henry Lyon
Joseph Lyon
Charles Lyon
Edward Lyon
Robert Lyon
Alfred Lyon
Samuel Lyon
Richard Lyon
Peter Lyon
Arthur Lyon
Walter Lyon
Frederick Lyon
Albert Lyon
Wm. Lyon
Harry Lyon
David Lyon
Matthew Lyon
Herbert Lyon
Ernest Lyon
Francis Lyon
Daniel Lyon
Alexander Lyon
Job Lyon
Frank Lyon
Andrew Lyon
Thos. Lyon
Fred Lyon
Hugh Lyon
Isaac Lyon
Geo. Lyon
Benjamin Lyon
Ralph Lyon
Leonard Lyon
Abraham Lyon
Chas. Lyon
Michael Lyon
Edwd. Lyon
Louis Lyon
Elias Lyon
Jonathan Lyon
Harold Lyon
Robt. Lyon
Jno. Lyon
Stephen Lyon
Adam Lyon

Top female forenames

Mary Lyon
Elizabeth Lyon
Sarah Lyon
Ann Lyon
Ellen Lyon
Jane Lyon
Margaret Lyon
Alice Lyon
Annie Lyon
Martha Lyon
Hannah Lyon
Emma Lyon
Eliza Lyon
Catherine Lyon
Edith Lyon
Anne Lyon
Emily Lyon
Kate Lyon
Ada Lyon
Harriet Lyon
Esther Lyon
Fanny Lyon
Louisa Lyon
Agnes Lyon
Maria Lyon
Florence Lyon
Clara Lyon
Charlotte Lyon
Frances Lyon
Isabella Lyon
Lucy Lyon
Susan Lyon
Caroline Lyon
Rose Lyon
Jessie Lyon
Rebecca Lyon
Margt. Lyon
Elizth. Lyon
Amelia Lyon
Betsy Lyon
Rachel Lyon
Julia Lyon
Gertrude Lyon
Laura Lyon
Janet Lyon
Marian Lyon
Lydia Lyon
Eleanor Lyon
Ethel Lyon
Marion Lyon

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