Origins of the Wellings surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 17North West 112Isle of ManYorkshire 86East Midlands 23West Midlands 386East 22London 245South East 120South West 50South Wales 20Mid Wales 2West Wales 13North Wales 12Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Wellingses lived in west-midlands

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    940 Wellings Travel & migration records
    12,000 Wellingses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Wellings

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    Common jobs for Wellingses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Wellingses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    45

    General Servant Domestic

    38

    Domestic Servant

    36

    General Servant

    32

    Laundress

    21

    Commmon male occupations for Wellingses in 1921

    Blacksmith

    65

    Agricultural Labourer

    47

    General Labourer

    47

    Coal Miner

    40

    Farm Labourer

    36

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