Origins of the Sleight surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 26North West 5Isle of ManYorkshire 175East Midlands 273West Midlands 2East 16London 37South East 14South West 10South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Sleights lived in east-midlands

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    740 Sleight Travel & migration records
    6,400 Sleights found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Sleight

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    Common jobs for Sleights

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

    Commmon female occupations for Sleights in 1921

    Dressmaker

    32

    General Servant Domestic

    22

    Domestic Servant

    18

    House Servant

    13

    Milliner

    13

    Commmon male occupations for Sleights in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    39

    Farm Labourer

    31

    Farmer

    24

    Fish Merchant

    16

    Tailor

    16

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