Origins of the Nuttall surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 86North West 382Isle of Man 19Yorkshire 1021East Midlands 250West Midlands 73East 77London 7053South East 97South West 38South Wales 9Mid Wales 6West WalesNorth Wales 77Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Nuttalls lived in london

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    6,300 Nuttall Travel & migration records
    75,000 Nuttalls found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Nuttall

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    660th most common surname in the UK

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    What are the most common Nuttall first names?

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    Common jobs for Nuttalls

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

    Commmon female occupations for Nuttalls in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    1,918

    Weaver Cotton

    380

    Weaver

    343

    Cotton Winder

    341

    Housekeeper

    228

    Commmon male occupations for Nuttalls in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    913

    Coal Miner

    484

    Weaver

    233

    Cotton Spinner

    231

    Weaver Cotton

    225

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