Origins of the Lunn surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 187North West 69Isle of Man 5Yorkshire 1883East Midlands 252West Midlands 486East 85London 566South East 475South West 26South Wales 24Mid Wales 2West WalesNorth Wales 7Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Lunns lived in yorkshire

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    4,700 Lunn Travel & migration records
    41,000 Lunns found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Lunn

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    What are the most common Lunn first names?

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    Common jobs for Lunns

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

    Commmon female occupations for Lunns in 1921

    Dressmaker

    146

    Domestic Servant

    105

    General Servant Domestic

    98

    Laundress

    72

    House Servant

    69

    Commmon male occupations for Lunns in 1921

    Coal Miner

    341

    Coal Miner Hewer

    153

    Agricultural Labourer

    147

    General Labourer

    129

    Bricklayer

    101

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