Origins of the Tench surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 49North West 68Isle of ManYorkshire 6East Midlands 5West Midlands 63East 12London 106South East 38South West 6South WalesMid Wales 11West WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Tenchs lived in london

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    690 Tench Travel & migration records
    4,200 Tenchs found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Tench

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    What are the most common Tench first names?

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    Common jobs for Tenchs

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

    Commmon female occupations for Tenchs in 1921

    Laundress

    24

    Domestic Servant

    18

    General Servant Domestic

    15

    Dressmaker

    7

    General Servant

    7

    Commmon male occupations for Tenchs in 1921

    General Labourer

    29

    Coal Miner

    11

    Farm Labourer

    11

    Fishmonger

    11

    Agricultural Labourer

    10

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