Origins of the Shawyer surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 16North West 1Isle of ManYorkshire 10East Midlands 7West Midlands 5East 16London 82South East 181South West 12South Wales 1Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Shawyers lived in south-east

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    420 Shawyer Travel & migration records
    3,900 Shawyers found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Shawyer

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    What are the most common Shawyer first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Shawyers

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

    Commmon female occupations for Shawyers in 1921

    Laundress

    36

    Dressmaker

    15

    Housemaid Domestic

    15

    Domestic Servant

    12

    General Servant Domestic

    12

    Commmon male occupations for Shawyers in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    57

    Ab

    47

    Guard

    29

    Farm Labourer

    26

    Mate

    22

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