Origins of the Wares surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 4North West 2Isle of ManYorkshire 4East Midlands 6West Midlands 1East 3London 11South East 26South West 4South Wales 1Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Wareses lived in south-east

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    510 Wares Travel & migration records
    2,400 Wareses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Wares

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    What are the most common Wares first names?

    James

    William

    Elizabeth

    Margaret

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    Common jobs for Wareses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Wareses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    23

    General Servant

    17

    Farmer's Wife

    14

    General Serv

    13

    Annuitant

    11

    Commmon male occupations for Wareses in 1921

    Fisherman

    80

    Cooper

    44

    Farmer

    30

    Mason

    13

    Shoemaker

    10

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