The Eakins Family History

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The Eakins Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Eakins
1841 Census 94
1851 Census 86
1861 Census 99
1871 Census 91
1891 Census 185

Most Frequent Forenames for the Eakins Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
WILLIAM Eakins 8 10 7 6 9
JOHN Eakins 7 11 10 5 4
ELIZABETH Eakins 4 4 9 4 6
GEORGE Eakins 4 3 5 4 9
MARY Eakins 8 1 4 5 4
THOMAS Eakins 6 1 4 3 6
ELIZA Eakins 5 4 5 5 0
SARAH Eakins 3 4 1 5 3
JANE Eakins 4 2 4 3 2
EMMA Eakins 5 2 4 1 2
ANN Eakins 1 6 2 2 2
HENRY Eakins 1 1 3 1 3
JOSEPH Eakins 4 1 2 2 0
ADA Eakins 0 0 0 0 1
AGNES Eakins 0 0 0 0 1
ALBERT JOHN Eakins 0 0 0 0 1
ALFRED Eakins 1 1 1 0 1
ALFRED E Eakins 0 0 0 0 1
ALICE Eakins 0 0 0 1 4
ALICE A Eakins 0 0 0 0 1

Etmology and History of the Surname: Eakins

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