Origins of the Pickup surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 20North West 64Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 447East Midlands 28West Midlands 25East 26London 3552South East 23South West 9South Wales 1Mid Wales 2West WalesNorth Wales 18Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Pickups lived in london

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    3,200 Pickup Travel & migration records
    36,000 Pickups found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Pickup

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    What are the most common Pickup first names?

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    Common jobs for Pickups

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

    Commmon female occupations for Pickups in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    1,265

    Weaver Cotton

    256

    Weaver

    255

    Cotton Winder

    220

    House Keeper

    141

    Commmon male occupations for Pickups in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    645

    Coal Miner

    175

    Weaver

    172

    Farmer

    171

    Weaver Cotton

    154

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