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Origins of the Cooker surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 13North West 50Isle of ManYorkshire 85East Midlands 14West Midlands 28East 40London 113South East 71South West 27South Wales 12Mid Wales 4West WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Cookers lived in london

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    630 Cooker Travel & migration records
    4,000 Cookers found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Cooker

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    What are the most common Cooker first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Cookers

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

    Common female occupations for Cookers in 1921

    Dressmaker

    28

    Domestic Servant

    17

    House Keeper

    14

    House Servant

    14

    Laundress

    14

    Common male occupations for Cookers in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    27

    Coal Miner

    14

    Farm Labourer

    10

    General Labourer

    10

    Bricklayer

    9

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