Origins of the Worth surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 69North West 251Isle of Man 8Yorkshire 593East Midlands 202West Midlands 90East 153London 421South East 202South West 574South Wales 12Mid Wales 14West Wales 2North Wales 18Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Worths lived in yorkshire

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    4,900 Worth Travel & migration records
    30,000 Worths found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Worth

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    What are the most common Worth first names?

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    Common jobs for Worths

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

    Commmon female occupations for Worths in 1921

    Dressmaker

    129

    Laundress

    75

    House Servant

    72

    Domestic Servant

    66

    General Servant Domestic

    63

    Commmon male occupations for Worths in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    145

    Farmer

    109

    General Labourer

    109

    Carpenter

    82

    Butcher

    79

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