1881 census occupation

A B surnames in the 1881 census

This page lists surnames most often recorded with the occupation A B in 1881. Occupational titles are shown as recorded and transcribed, so similar jobs, variant spellings and mistakes can appear separately.

Occupation summary

421 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 602 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Hansen, with 12 people recorded as A B.

Surnames most linked with A B

These figures count people whose occupation was recorded under this exact title. A related job may appear under a separate spelling, so this is best read as a census snapshot rather than a cleaned modern job category.

#	Surname	People	1881 total
1	Hansen	12	551
2	Briant	6	809
3	Collings	6	3,489
4	Olsen	6	557
5	Barr	5	7,263
6	Brand	5	4,412
7	Petersen	5	184
8	Blight	4	1,327
9	Brice	4	2,446
10	Spry	4	879
11	Burchill	3	323
12	Callaway	3	798
13	Chard	3	1,687
14	Clift	3	1,622
15	Cotter	3	1,124
16	Delaney	3	1,916
17	Eades	3	1,527
18	Forsyth	3	6,415
19	Munro	3	13,414
20	Nicholl	3	1,558
21	Nielsen	3	96
22	Odonnell	3	3,098
23	Orr	3	1,213
24	Philp	3	2,044
25	Puckey	3	285
26	Roche	3	1,246
27	Smithers	3	1,621
28	Spear	3	1,407
29	Toomey	3	577
30	Triggs	3	1,010
31	Warn	3	541
32	Wingett	3	117
33	Abela	2	3
34	Adair	2	920
35	Annis	2	490
36	August	2	129
37	Bain	2	7,490
38	Barrington	2	977
39	Barrows	2	755
40	Bearne	2	256
41	Binney	2	461
42	Blank	2	279
43	Blann	2	135
44	Blatchford	2	702
45	Board	2	1,095
46	Boxhall	2	98
47	Boyland	2	265
48	Britt	2	528
49	Brooking	2	725
50	Buchan	2	3,893
51	Budge	2	1,512
52	Bulley	2	702
53	Bye	2	1,508
54	Byles	2	518
55	Chiverton	2	554
56	Clancy	2	843
57	Congdon	2	596
58	Costick	2	56
59	Coyle	2	2,040
60	Crates	2	178
61	Darch	2	549
62	Denman	2	1,347
63	Dill	2	170
64	Dodridge	2	140
65	Doody	2	538
66	Dorey	2	761
67	Exon	2	160
68	Farwell	2	271
69	Folkes	2	429
70	Follett	2	689
71	Fortune	2	1,562
72	Foweraker	2	74
73	Glanville	2	1,225
74	Goodenough	2	851
75	Greene	2	802
76	Greenhill	2	1,294
77	Greep	2	99
78	Greer	2	1,010
79	Gunner	2	977
80	Halloran	2	241
81	Harber	2	686
82	Harford	2	971
83	Jensen	2	194
84	Jenson	2	254
85	Kelland	2	522
86	Manger	2	373
87	Martell	2	294
88	Morshead	2	79
89	Mutch	2	1,340
90	Nancarrow	2	432
91	Northmore	2	276
92	Oakford	2	142
93	Obee	2	207
94	Olsson	2	49
95	Padbury	2	448
96	Pawley	2	849
97	Perring	2	615
98	Phippard	2	153
99	Portsmouth	2	373
100	Pratley	2	838