Origins of the Brookes surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 115North West 812Isle of Man 8Yorkshire 1348East Midlands 310West Midlands 2912East 137London 1794South East 427South West 322South Wales 113Mid Wales 29West Wales 2North Wales 76Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Brookeses lived in west-midlands

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    6,000 Brookes Travel & migration records
    84,000 Brookeses found in all Census records

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    461st most common surname in the UK

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    What are the most common Brookes first names?

    William

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Brookeses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Brookeses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    251

    General Servant Domestic

    183

    Domestic Servant

    161

    Laundress

    152

    General Servant

    118

    Commmon male occupations for Brookeses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    337

    Agricultural Labourer

    278

    Coal Miner Hewer

    223

    General Labourer

    222

    Bricklayer

    194

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