Origins of the Whitehouse surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 193North West 151Isle of Man 9Yorkshire 857East Midlands 228West Midlands 4952East 136London 634South East 266South West 106South Wales 87Mid Wales 8West WalesNorth Wales 47Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Whitehouses lived in west-midlands

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    8,900 Whitehouse Travel & migration records
    82,000 Whitehouses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Whitehouse

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    633rd most common surname in the UK

    We have for the Whitehouse surname. The oldest one dates back to 1539.

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    What are the most common Whitehouse first names?

    William

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Whitehouses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Whitehouses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    234

    Domestic Servant

    208

    General Servant Domestic

    160

    General Servant

    134

    Laundress

    113

    Commmon male occupations for Whitehouses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    676

    General Labourer

    231

    Coal Miner Hewer

    211

    Iron Moulder

    163

    Blacksmith

    156

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