Origins of the Nice surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 4North West 1Isle of ManYorkshire 36East Midlands 24West Midlands 18East 349London 340South East 132South West 14South Wales 1Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Nices lived in east

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    830 Nice Travel & migration records
    8,700 Nices found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Nice

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    What are the most common Nice first names?

    William

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Nices

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

    Commmon female occupations for Nices in 1921

    Dressmaker

    48

    General Servant Domestic

    25

    Laundress

    24

    Tailoress

    24

    Domestic Servant

    16

    Commmon male occupations for Nices in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    96

    Farm Labourer

    53

    Blacksmith

    31

    General Labourer

    31

    Butcher

    30

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