Origins of the Sperring surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 14Isle of ManYorkshire 3East Midlands 17West Midlands 39East 12London 92South East 50South West 165South Wales 21Mid Wales 6West WalesNorth Wales 3Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Sperrings lived in south-west

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    470 Sperring Travel & migration records
    4,700 Sperrings found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Sperring

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    Common jobs for Sperrings

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

    Commmon female occupations for Sperrings in 1921

    Dressmaker

    34

    Laundress

    29

    Domestic Servant

    12

    General Servant Domestic

    12

    General Servant

    11

    Commmon male occupations for Sperrings in 1921

    Coal Miner

    43

    Carpenter

    30

    Engineer

    27

    General Labourer

    16

    Agricultural Labourer

    15

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