Origins of the Spooner surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 223North West 80Isle of ManYorkshire 532East Midlands 169West Midlands 592East 586London 1138South East 647South West 100South Wales 57Mid Wales 5West WalesNorth Wales 10Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Spooners lived in london

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    4,800 Spooner Travel & migration records
    44,000 Spooners found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Spooner

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    What are the most common Spooner first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Spooners

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

    Commmon female occupations for Spooners in 1921

    Dressmaker

    195

    General Servant Domestic

    135

    Domestic Servant

    120

    General Servant

    91

    Laundress

    87

    Commmon male occupations for Spooners in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    242

    Coal Miner

    223

    General Labourer

    156

    Farm Labourer

    143

    Bricklayer

    122

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