Origins of the Wainwright surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 120North West 703Isle of Man 5Yorkshire 2672East Midlands 318West Midlands 746East 153London 1493South East 233South West 52South Wales 27Mid Wales 22West Wales 3North Wales 126Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Wainwrights lived in yorkshire

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    7,100 Wainwright Travel & migration records
    63,000 Wainwrights found in all Census records

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    679th most common surname in the UK

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    Common jobs for Wainwrights

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

    Commmon female occupations for Wainwrights in 1921

    Dressmaker

    185

    Domestic Servant

    136

    Laundress

    114

    Living On Own Means

    111

    General Servant Domestic

    97

    Commmon male occupations for Wainwrights in 1921

    Coal Miner

    496

    Farmer

    264

    General Labourer

    208

    Coal Miner Hewer

    185

    Joiner

    174

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