Origins of the Pattison surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 1786North West 102Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 542East Midlands 90West Midlands 160East 105London 411South East 138South West 37South Wales 1Mid Wales 14West WalesNorth Wales 19Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Pattisons lived in north-east

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    6,700 Pattison Travel & migration records
    45,000 Pattisons found in all Census records

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    959th most common surname in the UK

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    Common jobs for Pattisons

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

    Commmon female occupations for Pattisons in 1921

    Dressmaker

    200

    Domestic Servant

    103

    House Servant

    102

    General Servant Domestic

    87

    Laundress

    74

    Commmon male occupations for Pattisons in 1921

    Coal Miner

    334

    Coal Miner Hewer

    156

    Joiner

    153

    General Labourer

    145

    Blacksmith

    130

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