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Origins of the Sentance surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth WestIsle of ManYorkshire 31East Midlands 157West Midlands 2East 4London 35South East 25South West 8South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Sentances lived in east-midlands

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    150 Sentance Travel & migration records
    2,400 Sentances found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Sentance

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    What are the most common Sentance first names?

    William

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    Mary

    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Sentances

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

    Common female occupations for Sentances in 1921

    General Servant Domestic

    12

    Housekeeper

    8

    Domestic Servant

    7

    Dressmaker

    7

    General Servant

    6

    Common male occupations for Sentances in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    35

    Farm Labourer

    16

    General Labourer

    12

    Farm Servant

    10

    Platelayer

    9

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