Origins of the Cliff surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 118North West 172Isle of ManYorkshire 629East Midlands 142West Midlands 701East 41London 501South East 108South West 70South Wales 9Mid Wales 2West WalesNorth Wales 19Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Cliffs lived in west-midlands

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    4,300 Cliff Travel & migration records
    28,000 Cliffs found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Cliff

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    What are the most common Cliff first names?

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    Common jobs for Cliffs

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

    Commmon female occupations for Cliffs in 1921

    Dressmaker

    133

    House Servant

    77

    Domestic Servant

    69

    General Servant Domestic

    68

    General Servant

    63

    Commmon male occupations for Cliffs in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    111

    Blacksmith

    96

    Coal Miner

    96

    Farmer

    92

    General Labourer

    84

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