Origins of the Mode surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 31North West 1Isle of ManYorkshire 3East MidlandsWest MidlandsEast 1London 18South East 16South WestSouth WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Modes lived in north-east

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    210 Mode Travel & migration records
    540 Modes found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Mode

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    What are the most common Mode first names?

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    William

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    Sarah

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    Common jobs for Modes

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

    Commmon female occupations for Modes in 1921

    Dressmaker

    5

    Domestic Servant

    3

    General Servant

    3

    Assistant Chandler

    2

    Charwoman

    2

    Commmon male occupations for Modes in 1921

    Lighterman

    10

    Unskilled Occupations In Manufacture Of Textiles

    4

    Brewer

    3

    Coal Miner

    3

    Farm Hands

    3

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