Origins of the Appleyard surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 53North West 75Isle of Man 3Yorkshire 2049East Midlands 255West Midlands 26East 53London 316South East 124South West 19South Wales 7Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth Wales 3Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Appleyards lived in yorkshire

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    2,700 Appleyard Travel & migration records
    28,000 Appleyards found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Appleyards

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

    Commmon female occupations for Appleyards in 1921

    Dressmaker

    128

    General Servant Domestic

    52

    Living On Own Means

    51

    Worsted Spinner

    47

    Housekeeper

    46

    Commmon male occupations for Appleyards in 1921

    Farmer

    100

    Coal Miner

    82

    Joiner

    75

    Bricklayer

    62

    Fisherman

    60

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