Origins of the Platts surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 91North West 15Isle of Man 1Yorkshire 1261East Midlands 316West Midlands 53East 19London 148South East 72South West 13South Wales 2Mid Wales 4West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Plattses lived in yorkshire

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    1,300 Platts Travel & migration records
    20,000 Plattses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Platts

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    What are the most common Platts first names?

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    Common jobs for Plattses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Plattses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    61

    General Servant Domestic

    40

    House Servant

    38

    Cutler

    37

    Domestic Servant

    35

    Commmon male occupations for Plattses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    237

    Coal Miner Hewer

    105

    Cutler

    72

    Farmer

    68

    Iron Moulder

    67

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