Origins of the Smailes surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 346North West 15Isle of ManYorkshire 57East Midlands 1West Midlands 5East 3London 25South East 2South West 22South Wales 6Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Smaileses lived in north-east

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    370 Smailes Travel & migration records
    5,000 Smaileses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Smailes

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    Common jobs for Smaileses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Smaileses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    22

    General Servant

    14

    General Servant Domestic

    10

    At Home

    9

    Laundress

    8

    Commmon male occupations for Smaileses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    93

    Fisherman

    39

    Coal Miner Hewer

    26

    Joiner

    20

    Agricultural Labourer

    15

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