Origins of the Hookway surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 6North WestIsle of ManYorkshire 15East Midlands 8West Midlands 28East 10London 94South East 73South West 339South Wales 17Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Hookways lived in south-west

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    550 Hookway Travel & migration records
    5,900 Hookways found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Hookway

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    What are the most common Hookway first names?

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    Common jobs for Hookways

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

    Commmon female occupations for Hookways in 1921

    Dressmaker

    31

    Laundress

    21

    Domestic Servant

    16

    Farmers Daughter

    14

    General Servant Domestic

    13

    Commmon male occupations for Hookways in 1921

    Farmer

    41

    Carpenter

    31

    Farmers Son

    28

    Agricultural Labourer

    23

    Blacksmith

    18

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