Origins of the Tomlins surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 13Isle of ManYorkshire 15East Midlands 23West Midlands 79East 18London 187South East 117South West 70South Wales 35Mid Wales 11West WalesNorth Wales 2Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Tomlinses lived in london

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    520 Tomlins Travel & migration records
    6,400 Tomlinses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Tomlins

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    Common jobs for Tomlinses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Tomlinses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    32

    Laundress

    23

    Domestic Servant

    19

    General Servant Domestic

    16

    House Servant

    16

    Commmon male occupations for Tomlinses in 1921

    Blacksmith

    34

    General Labourer

    26

    Tailor

    26

    Agricultural Labourer

    20

    Coal Miner

    20

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