Origins of the Cleaver surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 7North West 78Isle of ManYorkshire 120East Midlands 191West Midlands 803East 109London 495South East 171South West 98South Wales 33Mid Wales 10West Wales 2North Wales 6Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Cleavers lived in west-midlands

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    2,900 Cleaver Travel & migration records
    26,000 Cleavers found in all Census records

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    What are the most common Cleaver first names?

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    Common jobs for Cleavers

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

    Commmon female occupations for Cleavers in 1921

    Dressmaker

    99

    Laundress

    96

    Domestic Servant

    72

    General Servant Domestic

    60

    House Servant

    48

    Commmon male occupations for Cleavers in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    185

    General Labourer

    113

    Farm Labourer

    97

    Tailor

    80

    Butcher

    68

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