Origins of the Reader surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 37North West 31Isle of Man 1Yorkshire 177East Midlands 95West Midlands 302East 319London 769South East 568South West 56South Wales 25Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth Wales 11Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Readers lived in london

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    2,700 Reader Travel & migration records
    26,000 Readers found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Reader

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    What are the most common Reader first names?

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    Common jobs for Readers

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

    Commmon female occupations for Readers in 1921

    Dressmaker

    97

    General Servant Domestic

    84

    Domestic Servant

    78

    Laundress

    73

    General Servant

    59

    Commmon male occupations for Readers in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    214

    General Labourer

    118

    Farm Labourer

    111

    Carpenter

    85

    Tailor

    62

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