Origins of the Stroud surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 31North West 10Isle of ManYorkshire 56East Midlands 23West Midlands 73East 219London 970South East 600South West 184South Wales 103Mid Wales 18West WalesNorth Wales 3Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Strouds lived in london

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    3,900 Stroud Travel & migration records
    32,000 Strouds found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Stroud

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    What are the most common Stroud first names?

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    Common jobs for Strouds

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

    Commmon female occupations for Strouds in 1921

    Laundress

    167

    Dressmaker

    164

    General Servant Domestic

    88

    Domestic Servant

    66

    General Servant

    65

    Commmon male occupations for Strouds in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    172

    General Labourer

    122

    Farm Hands

    109

    Carpenter

    102

    Butcher

    96

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