Origins of the Scrafton surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 171North West 8Isle of ManYorkshire 32East Midlands 3West Midlands 3East 4London 27South East 1South WestSouth WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Scraftons lived in north-east

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    140 Scrafton Travel & migration records
    2,100 Scraftons found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Scrafton

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    Common jobs for Scraftons

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

    Commmon female occupations for Scraftons in 1921

    House Servant

    9

    Domestic Servant

    7

    Dressmaker

    5

    Housekeeper

    5

    Farmers Daughter

    4

    Commmon male occupations for Scraftons in 1921

    Joiner

    20

    Mariner

    11

    Mason

    11

    Shipwright

    11

    Stone Mason

    11

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