Origins of the Onions surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 44North West 56Isle of Man 3Yorkshire 84East Midlands 122West Midlands 685East 6London 162South East 58South West 25South Wales 54Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 16Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Onionses lived in west-midlands

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    1,000 Onions Travel & migration records
    17,000 Onionses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Onions

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    Common jobs for Onionses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Onionses in 1921

    Domestic Servant

    47

    Dressmaker

    43

    General Servant Domestic

    42

    Laundress

    30

    Servant

    27

    Commmon male occupations for Onionses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    146

    General Labourer

    72

    Coal Miner Hewer

    40

    Farm Labourer

    36

    Iron Moulder

    36

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