Origins of the Kitchen surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 171North West 304Isle of Man 14Yorkshire 1499East Midlands 394West Midlands 102East 79London 1013South East 200South West 125South Wales 3Mid Wales 8West Wales 3North Wales 21Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Kitchens lived in yorkshire

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    6,100 Kitchen Travel & migration records
    48,000 Kitchens found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Kitchen

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    What are the most common Kitchen first names?

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    Common jobs for Kitchens

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

    Commmon female occupations for Kitchens in 1921

    Dressmaker

    195

    House Servant

    133

    Domestic Servant

    128

    General Servant Domestic

    124

    Laundress

    117

    Commmon male occupations for Kitchens in 1921

    Farmer

    225

    Agricultural Labourer

    204

    Farm Labourer

    167

    General Labourer

    151

    Joiner

    126

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