Origins of the Speake surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 4North West 13Isle of ManYorkshire 58East Midlands 5West Midlands 193East 2London 152South East 13South West 28South Wales 14Mid Wales 21West Wales 6North Wales 11Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Speakes lived in west-midlands

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    370 Speake Travel & migration records
    4,800 Speakes found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Speake

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    What are the most common Speake first names?

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    Common jobs for Speakes

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

    Commmon female occupations for Speakes in 1921

    Laundress

    21

    Domestic Servant

    17

    Dressmaker

    16

    Charwoman

    15

    General Servant Domestic

    11

    Commmon male occupations for Speakes in 1921

    Bricklayer

    38

    Carpenter

    20

    Farm Labourer

    19

    Coal Miner

    18

    Agricultural Labourer

    17

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