Origins of the Stansfield surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 63North West 150Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 1958East Midlands 43West Midlands 47East 23London 2300South East 63South West 23South Wales 7Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 9Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Stansfields lived in london

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    4,700 Stansfield Travel & migration records
    41,000 Stansfields found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Stansfield

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    Common jobs for Stansfields

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

    Commmon female occupations for Stansfields in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    694

    Weaver Cotton

    203

    Weaver

    177

    Dressmaker

    142

    Cotton Winder

    119

    Commmon male occupations for Stansfields in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    467

    Weaver Cotton

    169

    Weaver

    133

    Cotton Spinner

    108

    Carter

    97

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