Origins of the Cleverly surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 19North West 6Isle of ManYorkshire 5East Midlands 1West Midlands 19East 8London 73South East 58South West 177South Wales 37Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Cleverlys lived in south-west

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    490 Cleverly Travel & migration records
    6,000 Cleverlys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Cleverly

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    Common jobs for Cleverlys

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    Commmon female occupations for Cleverlys in 1921

    Dressmaker

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    32

    Servant

    22

    Domestic Servant

    20

    Laundress

    19

    Commmon male occupations for Cleverlys in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    49

    Mason

    43

    General Labourer

    32

    Lab

    27

    Blacksmith

    22

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