Origins of the Pook surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 21North West 6Isle of ManYorkshire 11East Midlands 7West Midlands 14East 37London 208South East 161South West 290South Wales 32Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Pooks lived in south-west

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    830 Pook Travel & migration records
    9,000 Pooks found in all Census records

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    What are the most common Pook first names?

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    Common jobs for Pooks

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

    Commmon female occupations for Pooks in 1921

    Laundress

    42

    Dressmaker

    40

    House Servant

    23

    General Servant Domestic

    22

    Cook Domestic

    17

    Commmon male occupations for Pooks in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    44

    Attendant

    42

    General Labourer

    40

    Carpenter

    39

    Farm Labourer

    30

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