Origins of the Leiper surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 30North West 5Isle of ManYorkshire 3East MidlandsWest MidlandsEast 11London 21South East 12South West 2South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Leipers lived in north-east

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    930 Leiper Travel & migration records
    4,200 Leipers found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Leiper

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    Common jobs for Leipers

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

    Commmon female occupations for Leipers in 1921

    General Serv

    24

    Dressmaker

    21

    Domestic Serv

    19

    Domestic Servant

    19

    Fisherman Daur

    18

    Commmon male occupations for Leipers in 1921

    Fisherman

    184

    White Fisher

    96

    Farmer

    40

    Line Fisherman

    27

    Whitefisher

    26

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