Origins of the Scarfe surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 71North West 4Isle of ManYorkshire 192East Midlands 31West Midlands 4East 107London 142South East 51South West 6South Wales 6Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Scarfes lived in yorkshire

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    470 Scarfe Travel & migration records
    6,000 Scarfes found in all Census records

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    What are the most common Scarfe first names?

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    Common jobs for Scarfes

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

    Commmon female occupations for Scarfes in 1921

    Dressmaker

    28

    General Servant Domestic

    17

    Domestic Servant

    14

    Laundress

    14

    General Servant

    12

    Commmon male occupations for Scarfes in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    66

    Farm Labourer

    35

    General Labourer

    19

    Bricklayer

    18

    Tailor

    14

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