Origins of the Weight surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 18North West 29Isle of ManYorkshire 39East Midlands 13West Midlands 24East 62London 335South East 129South West 43South Wales 27Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Weights lived in london

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    1,100 Weight Travel & migration records
    6,600 Weights found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Weights

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    Commmon female occupations for Weights in 1921

    Dressmaker

    39

    Dress Maker

    18

    Domestic Servant

    16

    General Servant Domestic

    16

    Servant

    16

    Commmon male occupations for Weights in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    31

    Carpenter

    23

    Tailor

    21

    Coal Miner

    19

    Clerk

    18

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