Origins of the Percy surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 367North West 121Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 140East Midlands 48West Midlands 120East 173London 638South East 338South West 152South Wales 44Mid Wales 5West WalesNorth Wales 22Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Percys lived in london

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    5,900 Percy Travel & migration records
    27,000 Percys found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Percys

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

    Commmon female occupations for Percys in 1921

    Dressmaker

    157

    General Servant Domestic

    78

    Laundress

    78

    General Servant

    61

    Living On Own Means

    61

    Commmon male occupations for Percys in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    135

    General Labourer

    112

    Coal Miner

    99

    Tailor

    78

    Blacksmith

    69

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