Origins of the Sargeant surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 59North West 43Isle of Man 4Yorkshire 158East Midlands 109West Midlands 512East 365London 798South East 295South West 89South Wales 17Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth Wales 11Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Sargeants lived in london

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    3,400 Sargeant Travel & migration records
    26,000 Sargeants found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Sargeant

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    What are the most common Sargeant first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Sargeants

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

    Commmon female occupations for Sargeants in 1921

    Dressmaker

    119

    Laundress

    74

    Domestic Servant

    68

    General Servant Domestic

    57

    Living On Own Means

    53

    Commmon male occupations for Sargeants in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    107

    General Labourer

    95

    Bricklayer

    81

    Butcher

    78

    Carpenter

    74

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