Origins of the Parfitt surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 18North West 16Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 111East Midlands 22West Midlands 47East 187London 507South East 387South West 678South Wales 630Mid Wales 5West WalesNorth Wales 12Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Parfitts lived in south-west

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    25,000 Parfitts found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Parfitt

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    Mary

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    Common jobs for Parfitts

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

    Commmon female occupations for Parfitts in 1921

    Dressmaker

    114

    Laundress

    80

    General Servant Domestic

    72

    Domestic Servant

    64

    Cook Domestic

    48

    Commmon male occupations for Parfitts in 1921

    Coal Miner

    413

    Coal Miner Hewer

    206

    General Labourer

    88

    Agricultural Labourer

    87

    Gardener

    70

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