Origins of the Loveday surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 17North West 19Isle of Man 3Yorkshire 162East Midlands 167West Midlands 43East 256London 458South East 178South West 147South Wales 25Mid Wales 6West WalesNorth Wales 2Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Lovedays lived in london

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    1,700 Loveday Travel & migration records
    18,000 Lovedays found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Loveday

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    Common jobs for Lovedays

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

    Commmon female occupations for Lovedays in 1921

    Dressmaker

    84

    Laundress

    60

    Domestic Servant

    54

    General Servant Domestic

    46

    House Servant

    44

    Commmon male occupations for Lovedays in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    163

    General Labourer

    79

    Farm Labourer

    69

    Carpenter

    61

    Carman

    37

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