Origins of the Shooter surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 10North West 10Isle of ManYorkshire 203East Midlands 353West Midlands 9East 4London 25South East 10South West 36South WalesMid Wales 2West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Shooters lived in east-midlands

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    450 Shooter Travel & migration records
    5,800 Shooters found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Shooter

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    What are the most common Shooter first names?

    John

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Shooters

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

    Commmon female occupations for Shooters in 1921

    Dressmaker

    31

    General Servant Domestic

    14

    Worsted Spinner

    12

    General Servant

    9

    Domestic Servant

    8

    Commmon male occupations for Shooters in 1921

    Coal Miner

    106

    Coal Miner Hewer

    77

    General Labourer

    15

    Agricultural Labourer

    12

    Carpenter

    12

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