Origins of the De La Hey surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth WestIsle of ManYorkshireEast MidlandsWest Midlands 2EastLondonSouth EastSouth WestSouth WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most De La Heys lived in west-midlands

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    150 De La Hey Travel & migration records
    85 De La Heys found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for De la heys

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    Commmon female occupations for De la heys in 1921

    Living On Own Means

    3

    Private Means

    2

    Assistant - Matron Of Home

    1

    Certificated Mistress

    1

    General Servant Domestic

    1

    Commmon male occupations for De la heys in 1921

    Clerk In Holy Orders

    2

    Farm Lab

    2

    Railway Waggon Maker

    2

    Cadet For Pilot (Farmer F)

    1

    Clergyman C Of E

    1

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