Origins of the Hobby surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 9North WestIsle of ManYorkshire 6East Midlands 7West Midlands 41East 2London 79South East 117South West 65South Wales 19Mid Wales 14West Wales 7North WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Hobbys lived in south-east

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    490 Hobby Travel & migration records
    4,100 Hobbys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Hobby

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    What are the most common Hobby first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Hobbys

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

    Common female occupations for Hobbys in 1921

    Dressmaker

    21

    Cook

    13

    Housemaid Domestic

    12

    Laundress

    11

    Domestic Servant

    10

    Common male occupations for Hobbys in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    29

    Farmer

    22

    Farmers Son

    22

    Gardener

    17

    General Labourer

    17

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