Origins of the Scales surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 116North West 29Isle of ManYorkshire 243East Midlands 53West Midlands 4East 119London 386South East 157South West 7South WalesMid Wales 8West WalesNorth Wales 4Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Scaleses lived in london

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    3,100 Scales Travel & migration records
    16,000 Scaleses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Scales

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    What are the most common Scales first names?

    William

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Scaleses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Scaleses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    73

    Laundress

    50

    General Servant Domestic

    46

    Domestic Servant

    41

    General Servant

    31

    Commmon male occupations for Scaleses in 1921

    Butcher

    79

    General Labourer

    72

    Agricultural Labourer

    63

    Farm Labourer

    61

    Farmer

    55

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