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Origins of the Ewans surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 1North West 2Isle of ManYorkshire 4East Midlands 1West Midlands 5East 10London 11South East 10South West 13South Wales 3Mid Wales 12West WalesNorth Wales 7Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Ewanses lived in south-west

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    200 Ewans Travel & migration records
    980 Ewanses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Ewanses

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

    Common female occupations for Ewanses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    7

    Domestic Servant

    6

    Laundress

    6

    None

    5

    Servant

    5

    Common male occupations for Ewanses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    26

    Shoemaker

    7

    Agricultural Labourer

    6

    Tailor

    5

    Coalminer

    4

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