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MERE

Mere in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Somerset

0.0028

26.7105

Kent

0.0004

3.8771

Surrey

0.0002

2.0362

Sussex

0.0004

3.9231

Devon

0.0003

3.1776

Staffordshire

0.0002

1.9594

Royal Navy

0.0029

27.7778

Yorkshire

0.0000

0.3337

Nottinghamshire

0.0003

2.4534

Essex

0.0002

1.6753

London

0.0000

0.3307

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Drayton

Somerset

1.9002

20000.0000

Northfleet

Kent

0.0456

439.5604

West Buckland

Somerset

0.4425

4444.4444

Clapham

Surrey

0.0082

79.3651

Modbury

Devon

0.1288

1250.0000

Stone

Staffordshire

0.0159

152.6718

Royal Navy

0.0198

192.3077

Broadwater

Sussex

0.0089

85.4701

Lewes St John Southover

Sussex

0.0302

294.1176

Netherthong

Yorkshire

0.1068

1000.0000

Nottingham St Mary

Nottinghamshire

0.0010

9.4877

Prittlewell

Essex

0.0125

120.4819

St Giles In Fields

London

0.0099

96.1538

Trull

Somerset

0.1041

1000.0000

Top male forenames

Edward Mere
John Mere
Alfred Mere
Benjamin Mere
Edwin Mere
Ernest Mere
Harry Mere
Henry Mere
James Mere
Michael Mere
Thomas Mere
Walter Mere

Top female forenames

Mary Mere
Sarah Mere
Alice Mere
Betty Mere
Caroline Mere
Emily Mere
Emma Mere
Harriet Mere
Jane Mere
Kate Mere
Susan Mere

Top occupations

Gen Lab
Scholar
Ag Lab
Button Hole Worker
Button Hole Worker (Hand)
Cook Domestic Sert
Crate Maker
Farm Lab
Gardener (7)
Gen Lab Wife
General Lab
General Serv Dom
Hawker
Ironer
Private 7th Hussars Billeted
Servant