Origins of the Hitchings surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 2North West 20Isle of ManYorkshire 32East Midlands 25West Midlands 46East 30London 193South East 140South West 311South Wales 96Mid Wales 34West Wales 1North Wales 6Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Hitchingses lived in south-west

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    1,200 Hitchings Travel & migration records
    10,000 Hitchingses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Hitchings

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    What are the most common Hitchings first names?

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    Elizabeth

    Mary

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    Common jobs for Hitchingses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Hitchingses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    55

    General Servant

    31

    General Servant Domestic

    29

    Laundress

    23

    Servant

    23

    Commmon male occupations for Hitchingses in 1921

    Coal Miner Hewer

    52

    Farmer

    45

    Plasterer

    45

    Agricultural Labourer

    42

    Coal Miner

    38

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