Origins of the Smales surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 94North West 10Isle of ManYorkshire 576East Midlands 43West Midlands 6East 6London 77South East 23South West 3South Wales 1Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Smaleses lived in yorkshire

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    560 Smales Travel & migration records
    8,200 Smaleses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Smales

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    What are the most common Smales first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Smaleses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Smaleses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    33

    Domestic Servant

    28

    House Servant

    22

    General Servant Domestic

    16

    Housekeeper

    15

    Commmon male occupations for Smaleses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    102

    Agricultural Labourer

    47

    Coal Miner Hewer

    39

    General Labourer

    34

    Farm Labourer

    30

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