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English Counties on the IGI
The majority of entries on the IGI - with the exception of counties such as Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire where there were Shakespeares established from an early period - relate to the 19th or late 18th century.
These give a guide to the geographical distribution of the surname (it must be remembered that in a large number of cases entries are duplicated, sometimes frequently):
| County | No of Entries | Early (pre 1600 entries) |
| Bedford | 95 | Yes |
| Berkshire | 6 | |
| Cambridge | None | |
| Cheshire | 10 | |
| Cornwall | 3 | |
| Cumberland | None | |
| Cumbria | None | |
| Derby | 58 | |
| Devon | 11 | |
| Dorset | 1 | |
| Durham | 3 | |
| Essex | 73 | Yes |
| Gloucester | 200+ | Yes |
| Hampshire | 39 | |
| Hereford | 2 | |
| Hertford | 38 | |
| Huntingdon | None | |
| Kent | 56 | Yes |
| Lancashire | 105 | |
| Leicester | 134 | |
| Lincoln | None | |
| London (Greater) | 200+ | |
| Monmouth | 3 | |
| Norfolk | None | |
| Northampton | 28 | |
| Northumberland | 7 | |
| Nottingham | 31 | Yes |
| Oxford | 179 | Yes |
| Rutland | None | |
| Shropshire | 75 | |
| Somerset | 9 | |
| Stafford | 200+ | |
| Suffolk | 8 | |
| Surrey | 28 | Yes |
| Sussex | 3 | |
| Warwick | 200+ | Yes |
| Westmoreland | None | |
| Wiltshire | 24 | |
| Worcester | 200+ | |
| Yorkshire | 91 |
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