Origins of the Sweet surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 131North West 13Isle of ManYorkshire 87East Midlands 62West Midlands 114East 84London 446South East 223South West 594South Wales 153Mid Wales 18West WalesNorth Wales 6Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Sweets lived in south-west

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    7,000 Sweet Travel & migration records
    28,000 Sweets found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Sweet

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    What are the most common Sweet first names?

    William

    John

    Mary

    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Sweets

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

    Commmon female occupations for Sweets in 1921

    Dressmaker

    110

    Laundress

    82

    General Servant Domestic

    62

    Domestic Servant

    61

    Charwoman

    54

    Commmon male occupations for Sweets in 1921

    General Labourer

    99

    Carpenter

    98

    Agricultural Labourer

    91

    Farm Labourer

    89

    Coal Miner

    75

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