Origins of the Tiley surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 7North West 3Isle of ManYorkshire 24East Midlands 5West Midlands 10East 18London 157South East 91South West 211South Wales 131Mid Wales 8West WalesNorth Wales 2Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Tileys lived in south-west

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    640 Tiley Travel & migration records
    8,000 Tileys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Tiley

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    What are the most common Tiley first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Tileys

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

    Commmon female occupations for Tileys in 1921

    Laundress

    58

    Dressmaker

    49

    Domestic Servant

    29

    Tailoress

    19

    General Servant Domestic

    17

    Commmon male occupations for Tileys in 1921

    Coal Miner

    41

    Mason

    41

    General Labourer

    39

    Agricultural Labourer

    34

    Plasterer

    34

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