Origins of the Fairs surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 91North West 7Isle of ManYorkshire 20East Midlands 18West Midlands 5East 56London 68South East 91South West 13South Wales 5Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Fairses lived in south-east

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    350 Fairs Travel & migration records
    4,500 Fairses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Fairses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Fairses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    21

    Tailoress

    18

    Laundress

    14

    Domestic Servant

    13

    General Servant Domestic

    12

    Commmon male occupations for Fairses in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    37

    Coal Miner

    26

    Gardener

    19

    Farm Labourer

    12

    General Labourer

    12

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