Origins of the Quayle surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 30North West 114Isle of Man 908Yorkshire 79East Midlands 12West Midlands 28East 4London 724South East 25South West 13South Wales 1Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth Wales 7Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Quayles lived in isle-of-man

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    2,900 Quayle Travel & migration records
    18,000 Quayles found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Quayles

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

    Commmon female occupations for Quayles in 1921

    Dressmaker

    148

    General Servant Domestic

    77

    House Servant

    76

    Domestic Servant

    67

    General Servant

    53

    Commmon male occupations for Quayles in 1921

    Able Seaman

    233

    Farmer

    161

    Fireman

    160

    Fisherman

    135

    Tailor

    129

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