Origins of the Hinks surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 6North West 28Isle of ManYorkshire 75East Midlands 55West Midlands 294East 30London 137South East 132South West 51South Wales 7Mid Wales 5West WalesNorth Wales 5Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Hinkses lived in west-midlands

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    1,000 Hinks Travel & migration records
    12,000 Hinkses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Hinkses

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    Commmon female occupations for Hinkses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    62

    Domestic Servant

    38

    Laundress

    36

    Charwoman

    22

    General Servant Domestic

    20

    Commmon male occupations for Hinkses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    74

    Agricultural Labourer

    60

    Carpenter

    47

    Coal Miner Hewer

    37

    Farmer

    36

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