Origins of the Mail surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 11North West 1Isle of ManYorkshire 37East Midlands 7West Midlands 6East 14London 20South East 9South West 15South Wales 10Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Mails lived in yorkshire

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    360 Mail Travel & migration records
    2,400 Mails found in all Census records

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    What are the most common Mail first names?

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    Common jobs for Mails

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

    Common female occupations for Mails in 1921

    At Home

    13

    Charwoman

    10

    General Servant Domestic

    8

    Cook

    7

    General Servant

    7

    Common male occupations for Mails in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    23

    Fisherman

    19

    Farm Labourer

    12

    General Labourer

    10

    Mason

    10

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