Origins of the Copestake surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 11Isle of Man 1Yorkshire 61East Midlands 98West Midlands 375East 28London 112South East 14South West 25South Wales 7Mid Wales 5West WalesNorth Wales 4Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Copestakes lived in west-midlands

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    310 Copestake Travel & migration records
    6,800 Copestakes found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Copestake

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    Common jobs for Copestakes

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

    Commmon female occupations for Copestakes in 1921

    Dressmaker

    24

    House Servant

    18

    At Home

    16

    Domestic Servant

    11

    General Servant

    11

    Commmon male occupations for Copestakes in 1921

    Coal Miner

    55

    Carter

    20

    Farmer

    20

    Collier

    18

    Potter

    18

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