Origins of the Offord surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 22North West 3Isle of ManYorkshire 54East Midlands 28West Midlands 12East 336London 476South East 128South West 8South Wales 1Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 2Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Offords lived in london

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    840 Offord Travel & migration records
    10,000 Offords found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Offord

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    What are the most common Offord first names?

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    Mary

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    Common jobs for Offords

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

    Common female occupations for Offords in 1921

    Dressmaker

    54

    Laundress

    31

    General Servant Domestic

    27

    Housekeeper

    23

    General Servant

    22

    Common male occupations for Offords in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    65

    Carpenter

    52

    Blacksmith

    43

    Bricklayer

    36

    Farm Labourer

    35

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