Origins of the Cooksey surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 9North West 14Isle of ManYorkshire 83East Midlands 12West Midlands 436East 27London 148South East 111South West 61South Wales 42Mid Wales 16West WalesNorth Wales 15Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Cookseys lived in west-midlands

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    850 Cooksey Travel & migration records
    8,800 Cookseys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Cooksey

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    What are the most common Cooksey first names?

    William

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Cookseys

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

    Commmon female occupations for Cookseys in 1921

    Dressmaker

    22

    General Servant

    21

    Domestic Servant

    18

    General Servant Domestic

    18

    Laundress

    16

    Commmon male occupations for Cookseys in 1921

    Coal Miner

    48

    Boatman

    45

    General Labourer

    34

    Coal Miner Hewer

    32

    Farm Hands

    26

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