Origins of the Sweeting surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 109North West 4Isle of ManYorkshire 271East Midlands 87West Midlands 12East 227London 288South East 134South West 87South Wales 70Mid Wales 14West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Sweetings lived in london

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    1,100 Sweeting Travel & migration records
    12,000 Sweetings found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Sweeting

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    What are the most common Sweeting first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Sweetings

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

    Commmon female occupations for Sweetings in 1921

    Dressmaker

    45

    General Servant Domestic

    33

    Domestic Servant

    31

    Living On Own Means

    31

    General Servant

    29

    Commmon male occupations for Sweetings in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    96

    Farm Labourer

    66

    General Labourer

    50

    Carpenter

    40

    Pewterer

    38

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