Origins of the Moorhouse surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 63North West 74Isle of Man 6Yorkshire 2592East Midlands 113West Midlands 102East 40London 1226South East 81South West 15South Wales 3Mid Wales 5West Wales 6North Wales 8Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Moorhouses lived in yorkshire

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    4,000 Moorhouse Travel & migration records
    37,000 Moorhouses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Moorhouse

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    What are the most common Moorhouse first names?

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    Common jobs for Moorhouses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Moorhouses in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    275

    Dressmaker

    124

    Worsted Weaver

    83

    Weaver

    82

    Woollen Weaver

    79

    Commmon male occupations for Moorhouses in 1921

    Farmer

    175

    Coal Miner

    165

    Cotton Weaver

    121

    Stone Mason

    117

    Woollen Weaver

    96

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