Origins of the Raikes surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 11North West 8Isle of ManYorkshire 11East MidlandsWest Midlands 4East 8London 28South East 13South West 71South Wales 11Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Raikeses lived in south-west

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    790 Raikes Travel & migration records
    1,700 Raikeses found in all Census records

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    Robert

    Henry Cecil

    Elizabeth

    Mary

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    Common jobs for Raikeses

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    Commmon female occupations for Raikeses in 1921

    Living On Own Means

    17

    Living On Her Own Means

    13

    Private Means

    9

    General Servant

    7

    Scholar At Home

    6

    Commmon male occupations for Raikeses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    14

    Coal Miner Hewer

    10

    Student

    7

    Colliery Haulier

    5

    Solicitor

    5

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