Origins of the Sells surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 3North West 5Isle of ManYorkshire 24East Midlands 36West Midlands 7East 91London 212South East 122South West 9South Wales 4Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth Wales 2Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Sellses lived in london

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    980 Sells Travel & migration records
    5,300 Sellses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Sellses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Sellses in 1921

    Straw Plaiter

    27

    Dressmaker

    16

    Domestic Servant

    15

    General Servant Domestic

    15

    Laundress

    13

    Commmon male occupations for Sellses in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    45

    Farm Hands

    35

    General Labourer

    33

    Coachmaker

    23

    Farm Labourer

    21

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