Origins of the Andersson surname

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    In 1921, most Anderssons lived in london

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    17,000 Andersson Travel & migration records
    430 Anderssons found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Andersson

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    What are the most common Andersson first names?

    Anders

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    Anna

    Maria

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    Common jobs for Anderssons

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

    Commmon female occupations for Anderssons in 1921

    Cook

    2

    Shoe Binder

    2

    Steward

    2

    Cloth Weaver

    1

    Coock

    1

    Commmon male occupations for Anderssons in 1921

    Able Seaman

    101

    Farmer

    51

    Dr.

    41

    Fireman

    40

    Fiskar

    36

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