Origins of the Cotterill surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 87North West 299Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 359East Midlands 184West Midlands 957East 35London 296South East 62South West 12South Wales 29Mid Wales 5West WalesNorth Wales 21Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Cotterills lived in west-midlands

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    1,400 Cotterill Travel & migration records
    24,000 Cotterills found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Cotterill

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    Common jobs for Cotterills

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

    Commmon female occupations for Cotterills in 1921

    Dressmaker

    61

    Laundress

    60

    Domestic Servant

    53

    Charwoman

    50

    General Servant Domestic

    48

    Commmon male occupations for Cotterills in 1921

    Coal Miner

    181

    General Labourer

    105

    Coal Miner Hewer

    92

    Farmer

    76

    Agricultural Labourer

    67

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