Origins of the Spoor surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 199North West 1Isle of ManYorkshire 15East Midlands 2West Midlands 13East 44London 32South East 24South West 7South Wales 8Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 3Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Spoors lived in north-east

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    430 Spoor Travel & migration records
    3,600 Spoors found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Spoor

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    What are the most common Spoor first names?

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    Common jobs for Spoors

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

    Commmon female occupations for Spoors in 1921

    Dressmaker

    13

    House Servant

    12

    General Servant Domestic

    11

    Domestic Servant

    9

    Filesmith

    9

    Commmon male occupations for Spoors in 1921

    Blacksmith

    19

    File Cutter

    18

    Stone Mason

    15

    Coal Miner Hewer

    14

    Coal Miner

    13

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