Origins of the Dodworth surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 19North West 2Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 108East Midlands 2West Midlands 1East 3London 9South East 11South WestSouth WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Dodworths lived in yorkshire

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    98 Dodworth Travel & migration records
    1,100 Dodworths found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Dodworths

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    Commmon female occupations for Dodworths in 1921

    Cutler

    19

    Living On Own Means

    5

    Domestic Servant

    3

    Tailoress

    3

    Char Woman

    2

    Commmon male occupations for Dodworths in 1921

    Cutler

    20

    Table Blade Forger

    17

    Carter

    14

    School Boy

    6

    Confectioner

    5

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