Origins of the Kipling surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 395North West 52Isle of ManYorkshire 154East Midlands 35West Midlands 11East 42London 84South East 29South West 7South Wales 1Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Kiplings lived in north-east

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    890 Kipling Travel & migration records
    7,400 Kiplings found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Kipling

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    What are the most common Kipling first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Kiplings

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

    Commmon female occupations for Kiplings in 1921

    Dressmaker

    36

    General Servant Domestic

    20

    Living On Own Means

    14

    General Servant

    11

    At Home

    10

    Commmon male occupations for Kiplings in 1921

    Farmer

    55

    Coal Miner

    52

    Agricultural Labourer

    31

    Coal Miner Hewer

    24

    Farm Labourer

    23

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