Origins of the Selway surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 43North WestIsle of Man 1Yorkshire 32East MidlandsWest Midlands 7East 29London 152South East 60South West 256South Wales 63Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Selways lived in south-west

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    640 Selway Travel & migration records
    8,700 Selways found in all Census records

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    What are the most common Selway first names?

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    Common jobs for Selways

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

    Commmon female occupations for Selways in 1921

    Dressmaker

    41

    General Servant

    27

    Laundress

    26

    Cook Domestic

    20

    Domestic Servant

    20

    Commmon male occupations for Selways in 1921

    Coal Miner

    108

    Coal Miner Hewer

    46

    Blacksmith

    43

    Agricultural Labourer

    35

    Farmer

    26

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