Origins of the Gunns surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 2North West 10Isle of Man 1Yorkshire 9East Midlands 9West Midlands 3East 64London 44South East 37South West 2South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Gunnses lived in east

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    84 Gunns Travel & migration records
    1,600 Gunnses found in all Census records

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    What are the most common Gunns first names?

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    Mary

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    Common jobs for Gunnses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Gunnses in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    7

    Dressmaker

    6

    Domestic Servant

    5

    General Servant Domestic

    4

    Cook Domestic

    3

    Commmon male occupations for Gunnses in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    16

    Carpenter

    9

    General Labourer

    8

    Bricklayer

    7

    Cotton Weaver

    6

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