Origins of the Dyas surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 2North West 16Isle of ManYorkshire 77East Midlands 77West Midlands 115East 8London 54South East 22South West 18South Wales 7Mid WalesWest Wales 1North Wales 11Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Dyases lived in west-midlands

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    660 Dyas Travel & migration records
    3,900 Dyases found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Dyases

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    Commmon female occupations for Dyases in 1921

    Dressmaker

    18

    General Servant Domestic

    15

    Domestic Servant

    11

    House Servant

    9

    Servant

    9

    Commmon male occupations for Dyases in 1921

    Coal Miner

    27

    Butcher

    21

    Coal Miner Hewer

    19

    Farm Labourer

    15

    Agricultural Labourer

    11

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