Origins of the Kettle surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 46North West 308Isle of Man 3Yorkshire 81East Midlands 125West Midlands 276East 266London 530South East 231South West 30South Wales 19Mid Wales 3West WalesNorth Wales 28Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Kettles lived in london

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    2,800 Kettle Travel & migration records
    26,000 Kettles found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Kettle

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    What are the most common Kettle first names?

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    Common jobs for Kettles

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

    Commmon female occupations for Kettles in 1921

    Dressmaker

    112

    Domestic Servant

    91

    General Servant Domestic

    87

    Laundress

    78

    House Servant

    70

    Commmon male occupations for Kettles in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    207

    Farm Labourer

    110

    General Labourer

    109

    Bricklayer

    101

    Blacksmith

    64

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