Origins of the Heafield surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 1Isle of ManYorkshire 24East Midlands 48West Midlands 82East 1London 25South East 1South West 4South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Heafields lived in west-midlands

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    120 Heafield Travel & migration records
    1,600 Heafields found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Heafield

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    What are the most common Heafield first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Heafields

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

    Commmon female occupations for Heafields in 1921

    Dressmaker

    6

    Housekeeper

    6

    Domestic Servant

    4

    General Servant

    3

    General Servant Domestic

    3

    Commmon male occupations for Heafields in 1921

    Coal Miner

    14

    Carpenter

    9

    Coal Miner Hewer

    9

    Farmer

    9

    Bricklayer

    8

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