Origins of the Coverdale surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 282North West 2Isle of ManYorkshire 273East Midlands 21West Midlands 5East 34London 64South East 44South West 13South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 2Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Coverdales lived in north-east

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    830 Coverdale Travel & migration records
    8,400 Coverdales found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Coverdale

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    What are the most common Coverdale first names?

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    Common jobs for Coverdales

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

    Commmon female occupations for Coverdales in 1921

    Dressmaker

    36

    House Servant

    24

    General Servant Domestic

    22

    Domestic Servant

    21

    Laundress

    18

    Commmon male occupations for Coverdales in 1921

    Farmer

    80

    Farmers Son

    44

    General Labourer

    28

    Joiner

    26

    Agricultural Labourer

    24

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