Origins of the Leaves surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 2North West 1Isle of ManYorkshire 2East Midlands 5West Midlands 10East 4London 43South East 29South West 46South Wales 3Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Leaveses lived in south-west

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    60 Leaves Travel & migration records
    1,700 Leaveses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Leaves

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    Common jobs for Leaveses

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    Commmon female occupations for Leaveses in 1921

    Domestic Servant

    12

    House Servant

    5

    Agricultural Labourer's Daughter

    4

    Charwoman

    4

    Cook Domestic

    4

    Commmon male occupations for Leaveses in 1921

    Farm Labourer

    10

    Agricultural Labourer

    9

    Cutler

    6

    Agricultural Labr

    5

    Agricultural Laborer

    4

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