Origins of the Amos surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 223North West 100Isle of ManYorkshire 245East Midlands 184West Midlands 459East 510London 995South East 1077South West 280South Wales 125Mid Wales 42West Wales 2North Wales 40Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Amoses lived in south-east

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    5,700 Amos Travel & migration records
    49,000 Amoses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Amos

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    Common jobs for Amoses

    Men and women often performed different types of jobs, so these are displayed by gender to maintain their historical accuracy.

    Commmon female occupations for Amoses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    254

    Domestic Servant

    157

    Laundress

    150

    General Servant Domestic

    121

    Housekeeper

    96

    Commmon male occupations for Amoses in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    309

    General Labourer

    193

    Coal Miner

    183

    Farm Labourer

    158

    Bricklayer

    145

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