Origins of the Nettle surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 10Isle of ManYorkshire 2East Midlands 12West Midlands 11East 11London 34South East 18South West 75South Wales 1Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Nettles lived in south-west

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    520 Nettle Travel & migration records
    2,600 Nettles found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Nettle

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    Common jobs for Nettles

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

    Commmon female occupations for Nettles in 1921

    Tailoress

    17

    Drapers Assistant

    10

    Dressmaker

    9

    Laundress

    9

    General Servant Domestic

    8

    Commmon male occupations for Nettles in 1921

    Copper Miner

    23

    Tin Miner

    16

    Carpenter

    12

    Shipwright

    10

    Miner

    9

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