Origins of the Booker surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 35North West 68Isle of ManYorkshire 881East Midlands 386West Midlands 231East 121London 814South East 654South West 101South Wales 2Mid Wales 3West WalesNorth Wales 3Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Bookers lived in yorkshire

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    3,800 Booker Travel & migration records
    37,000 Bookers found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Booker

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    What are the most common Booker first names?

    William

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    Common jobs for Bookers

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    Commmon female occupations for Bookers in 1921

    Dressmaker

    135

    General Servant Domestic

    108

    Laundress

    107

    Domestic Servant

    104

    House Servant

    81

    Commmon male occupations for Bookers in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    307

    Coal Miner

    193

    Carpenter

    173

    General Labourer

    164

    Farm Labourer

    150

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