Origins of the Lever surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 16North West 174Isle of Man 4Yorkshire 222East Midlands 63West Midlands 52East 48London 1603South East 164South West 200South Wales 3Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth Wales 15Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Levers lived in london

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    3,900 Lever Travel & migration records
    26,000 Levers found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Levers

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    Commmon female occupations for Levers in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    298

    Dressmaker

    82

    Living On Own Means

    72

    Cotton Winder

    61

    Laundress

    59

    Commmon male occupations for Levers in 1921

    General Labourer

    99

    Carpenter

    87

    Coal Miner

    75

    Cotton Spinner

    75

    Cotton Weaver

    73

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