No. of surname entries by county

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Place Census 1881 Baptism & Birth Marriages Burials & Death Memorial Inscriptions Wills & Probate Miscellaneous
Aberdeen 0 0 7 9 9 0 13 291
Anglesey 0 51827 18 22 23 0 0 55
Angus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242
Antrim 0 0 43 29 29 0 0 625
Argyll 0 0 5 14 15 0 0 188
Armagh 0 0 5 14 14 0 0 419
Australia 0 0 40 111 110 0 2 18
Australian Capital Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ayr 0 0 0 11 12 0 0 389
Banff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74
Bedfordshire 0 152538 229 203 355813 0 19 228
Berkshire 192520 222519 223 148127 431289 2770 1 2286
Berwick 0 0 0 13 13 0 0 76
Breconshire 9801 59288 34 16713 520 0 0 5882
Buckinghamshire 167152 177959 127631 71034 158089 0 142 739
Bute 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Caernarvonshire 0 118664 172 46 52 0 0 67
Caithness 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59
Cambridgeshire 519055 187579 415155 350940 463226 0 29 296
Cardiganshire 0 71485 40 62 161091 0 0 44
Carmarthenshire 0 123874 131 50 44 0 0 130
Channel Islands 0 0 9 15 0 0 1 0
Cheshire 0 656325 675 2892 309412 96163 0 1518
Clackmannon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
Cork 0 0 5 14 15 0 0 1230
Cornwall 1990789 332701 1047018 507196 269389 225552 0 1154
Cumberland 0 260067 230 275 280 0 0 553
Denbighshire 3837 110601 131 39 65 0 0 135
Derbyshire 871968 460705 221480 652184 338722 0 0 3133
Derry 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 336
Devon 0 617639 1153 2040 4073 0 2 16300
Dorset 379282 193974 231139 164607 357291 20665 1 34436
Down 0 0 18 7 7 0 0 594
Dublin 0 0 28 2 0 0 0 838
Dumfries 0 0 3 24 26 0 0 185
Dunbarton 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 82
Durham 1346559 894397 151093 406018 511269 0 1 382
Elgin 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Essex 700051 586512 1013 947 791092 98928 7 884
Fife 0 0 4 8 9 0 0 255
Flintshire 0 79396 94 101 128 0 0 103
Forfar 0 0 4 11 10 0 0 0
Glamorgan 390499 515736 690 120574 316615 84046 0 33440
Gloucestershire 675178 587969 891 7790 167595 0 1 11816
Greater London 0 0 1535 2653 2230 0 36 1313
Guernsey 0 39852 16 14 13 0 0 63
Gwynedd 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Haddington 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Hampshire 672930 605694 240366 3443 714904 639 5 4849
Herefordshire 353174 121711 121 207697 75794 0 0 3796
Hertfordshire 771 204997 252 251 137330 0 9 564
Huntingdonshire 865 58872 76 65 230700 0 67 97
Inverness 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 243
Ireland 0 0 35 31 25 0 0 37
Isle of Man 0 56147 3 31 44 0 0 46
Isle of Wight 78756 0 109 80 52 0 1 323
Jersey 0 63866 0 16 18 0 0 111
Kent 366744 1012788 4300 2203 170087 0 121 2641
Kerry 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 355
Kildare 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 328
Kincardine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
Kinross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Kirkcudbright 0 0 23 31 31 0 0 67
Lanark 0 0 25 39 38 0 0 1203
Lancashire 611622 3579907 9027 76092 186957 0 6 5917
Leicestershire 440106 329930 374 27248 349980 0 49 526
Limerick 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 667
Lincolnshire 171556 469673 5146 36260 838378 30826 27 13724
Merionethshire 0 53786 19 0 3 0 0 131
Middlesex 0 2985538 5536 174102 35527 0 58 7041
Midlothian 0 0 0 27 24 0 0 663
Monmouthshire 13387 215010 3160 1915 7438 0 0 1997
Montgomeryshire 790 67392 89955 29688 72686 0 0 333
Moray 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 59
New South Wales 0 0 20 0 1012 0 0 98204
Norfolk 7302 453714 2136 656 122072 5583 22 1566
Northamptonshire 213335 278090 278 396 210360 0 77999 473
Northern Territory 0 0 0 0 86 0 0 0
Northumberland 1054651 444941 174578 123645 304276 0 0 437
Nottinghamshire 0 397440 426 472 281611 3589 1 748
Oxfordshire 0 182656 218 1661 213407 0 19 720
Peebles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
Pembrokeshire 0 93904 209 121 113 0 3 126
Perth 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 271
Queensland 0 0 0 0 426 0 0 78
Radnorshire 25971 23854 36 17019 11230 0 0 1255
Renfrew 0 0 5 24 24 0 0 476
Ross and Cromarty 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 84
Roxburgh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 61
Rutland 64999 21636 10 83 0 0 8584 59
Scotland 0 0 54 75 82 0 0 18
Selkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Shropshire 246595 257072 493 9137 167687 0 31055 402381
Somerset 461563 481752 3083 659922 753484 95055 5 58246
South Australia 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 52
Staffordshire 3008 1003756 5202 604963 793463 0 1182 2101
Stirling 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 222
Suffolk 0 362928 130479 145351 1156845 0 11766 23187
Surrey 613857 1461015 2412 1897 465380 0 126 2691
Sussex 164784 541852 311238 6423 554092 0 12120 46398
Sutherland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
Tasmania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
unknown 0 32132 1885 1102 982 0 80 27068
unknown code 0 0 10 12 12 0 0 0
Victoria 0 0 0 0 294390 0 0 470795
Wales 0 0 0 3 14 0 0 8
Warwickshire 85690 750668 27212 280330 561715 45322 31 4622
Western Australia 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 44
Westmorland 0 64691 68 39 46 0 0 102
Wiltshire 0 261627 259249 248088 235225 222550 4 213179
Worcestershire 18652 389322 1183 330639 567286 0 0 1210
York, City of 0 0 0 6 40500 0 0 14
Yorkshire 0 0 0 6 40500 0 0 14
Yorkshire E. Riding 0 0 1 2 41395 0 0 27
Yorkshire N. Riding 417687 0 31546 6677 454906 0 0 34
Yorkshire W. Riding 1256775 0 378161 171207 1419394 0 1 6692