Origins of the Hemmings surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 37North West 92Isle of Man 3Yorkshire 124East Midlands 98West Midlands 560East 141London 635South East 304South West 205South Wales 116Mid Wales 7West WalesNorth Wales 12Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Hemmingses lived in london

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    1,700 Hemmings Travel & migration records
    26,000 Hemmingses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Hemmings

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    What are the most common Hemmings first names?

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    Elizabeth

    Mary

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    Common jobs for Hemmingses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Hemmingses in 1921

    Laundress

    129

    Dressmaker

    100

    General Servant Domestic

    77

    Domestic Servant

    70

    General Servant

    46

    Commmon male occupations for Hemmingses in 1921

    General Labourer

    150

    Agricultural Labourer

    99

    Carpenter

    76

    Farm Labourer

    71

    Bricklayer

    54

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