Origins of the Flannigan surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 49North West 3Isle of ManYorkshire 26East MidlandsWest Midlands 17East 4London 22South East 5South West 4South Wales 11Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Flannigans lived in north-east

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    8,300 Flannigan Travel & migration records
    4,500 Flannigans found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Flannigan

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    Common jobs for Flannigans

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

    Commmon female occupations for Flannigans in 1921

    Domestic Servant

    27

    Hawker

    21

    Servant

    18

    Mill Worker

    17

    Housekeeper

    16

    Commmon male occupations for Flannigans in 1921

    General Labourer

    77

    Coal Miner

    61

    Shoemaker

    25

    Drover

    24

    Hawker

    23

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