Origins of the Padfield surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 1North West 7Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 25East Midlands 3West Midlands 10East 49London 72South East 74South West 407South Wales 240Mid Wales 2West WalesNorth Wales 3Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Padfields lived in south-west

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    800 Padfield Travel & migration records
    8,600 Padfields found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Padfield

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    What are the most common Padfield first names?

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    Common jobs for Padfields

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

    Commmon female occupations for Padfields in 1921

    Dressmaker

    31

    Domestic Servant

    29

    General Servant Domestic

    24

    General Servant

    17

    Pauper

    17

    Commmon male occupations for Padfields in 1921

    Coal Miner

    190

    Coal Miner Hewer

    77

    Farmer

    47

    General Labourer

    28

    Carpenter

    24

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