Origins of the Stenning surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 3Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 8East Midlands 7West Midlands 13East 38London 288South East 451South West 12South Wales 3Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 2Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Stennings lived in south-east

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    750 Stenning Travel & migration records
    8,900 Stennings found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Stenning

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    What are the most common Stenning first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Stennings

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

    Commmon female occupations for Stennings in 1921

    Dressmaker

    48

    General Servant Domestic

    31

    Domestic Servant

    28

    Cook Domestic

    26

    Laundress

    26

    Commmon male occupations for Stennings in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    77

    Gardener

    50

    Carpenter

    44

    Farm Labourer

    44

    General Labourer

    44

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