Origins of the Paget surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 36North West 8Isle of ManYorkshire 148East Midlands 70West Midlands 117East 54London 282South East 85South West 128South Wales 71Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth Wales 4Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Pagets lived in london

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    3,200 Paget Travel & migration records
    15,000 Pagets found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Paget

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    What are the most common Paget first names?

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    Mary

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    Common jobs for Pagets

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

    Commmon female occupations for Pagets in 1921

    Living On Own Means

    57

    Dressmaker

    42

    Laundress

    41

    Domestic Servant

    37

    General Servant Domestic

    35

    Commmon male occupations for Pagets in 1921

    General Labourer

    79

    Coal Miner

    66

    Agricultural Labourer

    52

    Carpenter

    42

    Bricklayer

    40

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