Origins of the Etches surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 22Isle of ManYorkshire 77East Midlands 117West Midlands 10East 21London 57South East 73South West 5South WalesMid Wales 1West WalesNorth Wales 4Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Etcheses lived in east-midlands

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    490 Etches Travel & migration records
    3,700 Etcheses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Etches

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    What are the most common Etches first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Etcheses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Etcheses in 1921

    Widow

    18

    House Keeper

    12

    Living On Own Means

    10

    General Servant Domestic

    9

    Dressmaker

    8

    Commmon male occupations for Etcheses in 1921

    Butcher

    23

    Jobbing Grinder

    16

    Grinder

    14

    Farmer

    13

    House Painter

    10

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