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WISE

Wise in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

London

1021

0.0349

1.6767

Kent

574

0.0576

2.7628

Surrey

572

0.0402

1.9279

Yorkshire

543

0.0188

0.8999

Berkshire

449

0.2048

9.8237

Oxfordshire

262

0.1452

6.9676

Lancashire

218

0.0063

0.3017

Hampshire

214

0.0357

1.7146

Warwickshire

168

0.0228

1.0940

Northamptonshire

160

0.0582

2.7937

Somerset

156

0.0332

1.5916

Sussex

145

0.0294

1.4124

Wiltshire

142

0.0550

2.6369

Buckinghamshire

141

0.0798

3.8302

Cumberland

137

0.0545

2.6133

Staffordshire

135

0.0137

0.6568

Lincolnshire

118

0.0253

1.2120

Gloucestershire

117

0.0204

0.9797

Devon

115

0.0189

0.9073

County Durham

0.0104

0.4968

Hertfordshire

0.0372

1.7870

Worcestershire

0.0189

0.9055

Cheshire

0.0107

0.5133

Northumberland

0.0129

0.6181

Cornwall

0.0145

0.6963

Nottinghamshire

0.0119

0.5727

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

0.0199

0.9541

Essex

0.0064

0.3078

Leicestershire

0.0111

0.5332

Bedfordshire

0.0238

1.1418

Lanarkshire

0.0026

0.1270

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

0.0049

0.2358

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

0.0059

0.2820

Fife

0.0127

0.6103

Cambridgeshire

0.0119

0.5704

Huntingdonshire

0.0293

1.4061

Forfarshire (Angus)

0.0044

0.2127

Norfolk

0.0022

0.1068

Derbyshire

0.0022

0.1049

Dorset

0.0052

0.2502

Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

0.0073

0.3507

Aberdeenshire

0.0033

0.1596

Westmorland

0.0109

0.5231

Royal Navy

0.0201

0.9647

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

0.0051

0.2437

Channel Islands

0.0069

0.3325

Suffolk

0.0014

0.0674

Kirkcudbrightshire

0.0118

0.5672

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

0.0078

0.3720

Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

0.0051

0.2464

Rutland

0.0140

0.6710

Shropshire

0.0008

0.0380

Renfrewshire

0.0009

0.0424

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

0.0009

0.0435

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

0.0013

0.0611

Ayrshire

0.0005

0.0219

Buteshire

0.0056

0.2710

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lambeth

Surrey

103

0.0404

1.9400

Kensington London

London

0.0603

2.8948

Islington London

London

0.0286

1.3725

St Pancras London

London

0.0327

1.5710

Birmingham

Warwickshire

0.0269

1.2896

Newington

Surrey

0.0565

2.7119

Faversham

Kent

0.6102

29.2767

Paddington London

London

0.0503

2.4119

Camberwell

Surrey

0.0279

1.3369

Hackney London

London

0.0305

1.4646

Shoreditch London

London

0.0387

1.8564

Battersea

Surrey

0.0437

2.0977

Reading St Giles

Berkshire

0.2092

10.0352

St George Hanover

London

0.1154

5.5361

Holy Trinity

Yorkshire

0.0618

2.9628

Hammersmith London

London

0.0584

2.8001

Bermondsey

Surrey

0.0483

2.3169

Chiswick

London

0.2568

12.3227

Reading St Mary

Berkshire

0.2277

10.9263

Deptford St Paul

Kent

0.0507

2.4338

Top male forenames

William Wise
John Wise
George Wise
James Wise
Thomas Wise
Charles Wise
Henry Wise
Joseph Wise
Edward Wise
Alfred Wise
Arthur Wise
Frederick Wise
Robert Wise
Harry Wise
Albert Wise
Walter Wise
Richard Wise
Samuel Wise
Ernest Wise
Frank Wise
David Wise
Francis Wise
Edwin Wise
Herbert Wise
Benjamin Wise
Wm. Wise
Thos. Wise
Christopher Wise
Fredrick Wise
Tom Wise
Isaac Wise
Mark Wise
Daniel Wise
Sidney Wise
Fredk. Wise
Sydney Wise
Chas. Wise
Matthew Wise
Edmund Wise
Fred Wise
Stephen Wise
Robt. Wise
Percy Wise
Geo. Wise
Reuben Wise
Alexander Wise
Oliver Wise
Andrew Wise
Edgar Wise
Anthony Wise

Top female forenames

Mary Wise
Elizabeth Wise
Sarah Wise
Ann Wise
Eliza Wise
Jane Wise
Emma Wise
Ellen Wise
Annie Wise
Emily Wise
Alice Wise
Louisa Wise
Hannah Wise
Charlotte Wise
Edith Wise
Harriet Wise
Martha Wise
Fanny Wise
Florence Wise
Ada Wise
Kate Wise
Maria Wise
Caroline Wise
Amelia Wise
Margaret Wise
Frances Wise
Lucy Wise
Harriett Wise
Rose Wise
Agnes Wise
Anne Wise
Susan Wise
Catherine Wise
Esther Wise
Minnie Wise
Gertrude Wise
Matilda Wise
Sophia Wise
Laura Wise
Amy Wise
Elizth. Wise
Jessie Wise
Susannah Wise
Clara Wise
Lizzie Wise
Isabella Wise
Eleanor Wise
Rebecca Wise
Ethel Wise
Henrietta Wise

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General Serv
Cook
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None
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