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Origins of the Speare surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 13Isle of ManYorkshire 1East Midlands 1West Midlands 9East 6London 19South East 6South West 42South Wales 2Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Speares lived in south-west

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    380 Speare Travel & migration records
    1,200 Speares found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Speare

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    What are the most common Speare first names?

    William

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    Common jobs for Speares

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

    Common female occupations for Speares in 1921

    Widow

    8

    Dressmaker

    7

    Farmers Daughter

    7

    Farmers Wife

    5

    Laundress

    5

    Common male occupations for Speares in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    14

    Carpenter

    9

    Farmers Son

    8

    Farm Labourer

    7

    Yeoman

    7

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