Articles tagged ‘Office of National Statistics’

New stats on London’s population

By Chris | October 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

London has one of the most cosmopolitan populations of any big city in the world and one that’s constantly changing with waves of new immigrants arriving as anyone will tell you. In the part of North London where I live, Eastern Europeans, Somalians and people from other muslim countries have moved in quite rapidly in [...]

 

What’s in a name

By Chris | December 21st, 2006 | Add a Comment »

The Office of National Statistics has released the top 100 names for new born boys and girls in the UK in 2006. Jack is the favourite boys name for British parents for the fifth year in a row, followed by Thomas , Joshua, Oliver and Harry.
One interesting fact from looking at the list is that [...]