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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 128North West 272Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 204East Midlands 237West Midlands 139East 106London 346South East 156South West 151South Wales 25Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth Wales 38Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Speeds lived in london

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    3,200 Speed Travel & migration records
    24,000 Speeds found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Speed

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    What are the most common Speed first names?

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    Common jobs for Speeds

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

    Common female occupations for Speeds in 1921

    Dressmaker

    102

    Domestic Servant

    80

    General Servant Domestic

    68

    House Servant

    58

    Laundress

    56

    Common male occupations for Speeds in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    166

    Farm Labourer

    109

    Coal Miner

    89

    General Labourer

    84

    Farmer

    80

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