Origins of the Swinyard surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 11Isle of ManYorkshireEast Midlands 5West MidlandsEast 1London 45South East 49South WestSouth WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Swinyards lived in south-east

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    120 Swinyard Travel & migration records
    1,000 Swinyards found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Swinyards

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

    Commmon female occupations for Swinyards in 1921

    General Servant Domestic

    8

    Dressmaker

    5

    Tobacco Pipe Finisher

    5

    Domestic Servant

    4

    Housemaid Domestic

    4

    Commmon male occupations for Swinyards in 1921

    Tobacco Pipe Maker

    18

    Pipe Maker

    9

    Boiler Maker

    7

    Farm Labourer

    6

    Agricultural Labourer

    5

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