Origins of the Gilding surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 3North WestIsle of ManYorkshire 30East Midlands 53West Midlands 12East 71London 50South East 20South West 26South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Gildings lived in east

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    240 Gilding Travel & migration records
    3,400 Gildings found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Gilding

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    What are the most common Gilding first names?

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    Mary

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    Common jobs for Gildings

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

    Commmon female occupations for Gildings in 1921

    Dressmaker

    20

    Laundress

    20

    General Servant Domestic

    14

    House Servant

    14

    Domestic Servant

    12

    Commmon male occupations for Gildings in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    37

    Bricklayer

    18

    Coal Miner

    15

    Farm Labourer

    14

    General Labourer

    12

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