Origins of the Attewell surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 4North WestIsle of ManYorkshire 37East Midlands 260West Midlands 2East 14London 122South East 56South West 33South Wales 50Mid Wales 7West Wales 1North Wales 2Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Attewells lived in east-midlands

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    340 Attewell Travel & migration records
    5,800 Attewells found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Attewell

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    What are the most common Attewell first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Attewells

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

    Common female occupations for Attewells in 1921

    Dressmaker

    32

    Laundress

    23

    Domestic Servant

    18

    Cook Domestic

    9

    General Servant Domestic

    9

    Common male occupations for Attewells in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    48

    Frame Work Knitter

    30

    Farm Labourer

    20

    General Labourer

    20

    Coal Miner

    19

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