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THORN

Thorn in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

London

827

0.0283

1.8943

Surrey

422

0.0296

1.9840

Devon

397

0.0653

4.3689

Hampshire

309

0.0516

3.4534

Gloucestershire

272

0.0475

3.1770

Somerset

263

0.0559

3.7428

Buckinghamshire

156

0.0883

5.9110

Essex

152

0.0264

1.7639

Kent

148

0.0148

0.9937

Berkshire

120

0.0547

3.6622

Wiltshire

119

0.0461

3.0824

Hertfordshire

104

0.0516

3.4563

Lancashire

101

0.0029

0.1950

Bedfordshire

92

0.0608

4.0701

Dorset

87

0.0454

3.0366

Warwickshire

76

0.0103

0.6903

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

73

0.0144

0.9604

Lanarkshire

60

0.0064

0.4250

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

58

0.0275

1.8379

Norfolk

56

0.0125

0.8343

County Durham

55

0.0063

0.4235

Yorkshire

51

0.0018

0.1179

Cornwall

43

0.0130

0.8701

Northumberland

40

0.0092

0.6159

Sussex

35

0.0071

0.4755

Leicestershire

33

0.0102

0.6818

Cambridgeshire

30

0.0162

1.0850

Channel Islands

29

0.0335

2.2419

Derbyshire

21

0.0046

0.3073

Worcestershire

20

0.0052

0.3508

Staffordshire

20

0.0020

0.1357

Herefordshire

18

0.0150

1.0056

Lincolnshire

18

0.0039

0.2579

Shropshire

18

0.0071

0.4773

Oxfordshire

17

0.0094

0.6306

Northamptonshire

17

0.0062

0.4140

Cheshire

17

0.0026

0.1764

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

10

0.0026

0.1710

Royal Navy

9

0.0259

1.7301

Aberdeenshire

8

0.0030

0.1979

Forfarshire (Angus)

7

0.0026

0.1731

Wigtownshire

6

0.0155

1.0351

Rutland

6

0.0280

1.8720

Nottinghamshire

6

0.0015

0.1020

Ayrshire

6

0.0027

0.1837

Suffolk

5

0.0014

0.0940

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

5

0.0045

0.3032

Dunbartonshire

4

0.0051

0.3410

Cumberland

4

0.0016

0.1064

Clackmannanshire

4

0.0166

1.1095

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

3

0.0038

0.2557

Inverness-shire

2

0.0023

0.1534

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

2

0.0045

0.3042

Roxburghshire

2

0.0038

0.2529

Caithness

1

0.0025

0.1673

Fife

1

0.0006

0.0387

Orkney

1

0.0031

0.2082

Huntingdonshire

1

0.0017

0.1154

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

1

0.0015

0.1000

Isle of Man

1

0.0018

0.1234

Argyll

1

0.0012

0.0823

Dumfriesshire

1

0.0015

0.1037

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

1

0.0008

0.0544

Renfrewshire

1

0.0004

0.0296

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Camberwell

Surrey

70

0.0375

2.5104

Islington London

London

68

0.0240

1.6071

Hackney London

London

67

0.0409

2.7376

St Marylebone London

London

62

0.0397

2.6602

Kensington London

London

59

0.0363

2.4310

Southampton St Mary

Hampshire

55

0.1461

9.7752

Lambeth

Surrey

53

0.0208

1.3924

Chelsea London

London

53

0.0602

4.0291

Shoreditch London

London

51

0.0403

2.6951

West Ham

Essex

49

0.0385

2.5756

St Pancras London

London

46

0.0196

1.3091

Thornbury

Gloucestershire

42

1.0722

71.7581

Bermondsey

Surrey

41

0.0471

3.1548

Bristol St Philip Jacob

Gloucestershire

39

0.0723

4.8382

Croydon

Surrey

37

0.0468

3.1337

Portsea

Hampshire

36

0.0307

2.0529

Battersea

Surrey

36

0.0335

2.2412

Mile End Old Town

London

34

0.0737

4.9342

South Stoneham

Hampshire

32

0.2464

16.4872

Paddington London

London

32

0.0298

1.9936

Top male forenames

William Thorn
John Thorn
George Thorn
Thomas Thorn
James Thorn
Henry Thorn
Charles Thorn
Joseph Thorn
Alfred Thorn
Frederick Thorn
Richard Thorn
Samuel Thorn
Albert Thorn
Arthur Thorn
Walter Thorn
Robert Thorn
Edward Thorn
Harry Thorn
Edwin Thorn
Frank Thorn
Ernest Thorn
David Thorn
Wm. Thorn
Francis Thorn
Herbert Thorn
Fredrick Thorn
Alexander Thorn
Jesse Thorn
Edmund Thorn
Oliver Thorn
Benjamin Thorn
Thos. Thorn
Fred Thorn
Mark Thorn
Peter Thorn
Job Thorn
Tom Thorn
Daniel Thorn
Sidney Thorn
Geo. Thorn
Percy Thorn
Edgar Thorn
Louis Thorn
Isaac Thorn
Chas. Thorn
Sydney Thorn
Stephen Thorn
Jessie Thorn
Jabez Thorn
Horace Thorn

Top female forenames

Mary Thorn
Elizabeth Thorn
Sarah Thorn
Eliza Thorn
Ellen Thorn
Ann Thorn
Emma Thorn
Annie Thorn
Jane Thorn
Emily Thorn
Alice Thorn
Louisa Thorn
Harriet Thorn
Maria Thorn
Hannah Thorn
Kate Thorn
Florence Thorn
Edith Thorn
Fanny Thorn
Charlotte Thorn
Clara Thorn
Susan Thorn
Caroline Thorn
Harriett Thorn
Lucy Thorn
Ada Thorn
Rose Thorn
Martha Thorn
Anne Thorn
Catherine Thorn
Agnes Thorn
Amelia Thorn
Sophia Thorn
Bessie Thorn
Margaret Thorn
Minnie Thorn
Jessie Thorn
Isabella Thorn
Gertrude Thorn
Henrietta Thorn
Rebecca Thorn
Frances Thorn
Elizth. Thorn
Julia Thorn
Amy Thorn
Anna Thorn
Eleanor Thorn
Matilda Thorn
Helen Thorn
Grace Thorn

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Wife
General Labourer
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None
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