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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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