1881 census occupation

Ag Lab surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

13,529 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 232,831 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 4,490 people recorded as Ag Lab.

Surnames most linked with Ag Lab

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	Smith	4,490	422,249
2	Jones	2,071	338,678
3	Brown	1,840	197,359
4	Taylor	1,675	191,142
5	Williams	1,342	214,615
6	Wright	1,153	95,951
7	White	1,151	96,053
8	Clark	1,132	90,143
9	Johnson	1,106	100,458
10	Green	1,102	84,164
11	King	988	65,115
12	Baker	951	65,282
13	Turner	927	83,267
14	Cook	899	59,467
15	Cooper	881	72,708
16	Carter	859	50,099
17	Roberts	854	112,276
18	Hall	851	88,053
19	Davies	826	152,295
20	Wilson	821	137,750
21	Evans	820	130,734
22	Clarke	812	60,196
23	Edwards	776	83,319
24	Robinson	775	95,300
25	Martin	772	73,281
26	Cox	763	44,382
27	Chapman	741	42,456
28	Ward	731	65,299
29	Webb	699	40,508
30	Wood	670	95,380
31	Thompson	655	89,587
32	Allen	645	56,290
33	Parker	637	56,883
34	Walker	626	100,304
35	Davis	621	65,757
36	Moore	617	58,817
37	Bailey	598	44,948
38	Knight	580	36,756
39	Thomas	577	123,339
40	Collins	560	42,829
41	Jackson	548	83,594
42	Adams	541	43,950
43	Palmer	521	35,153
44	Barnes	515	36,002
45	Richardson	515	50,857
46	Saunders	498	27,328
47	Morris	495	66,607
48	Young	493	64,312
49	Marshall	488	50,203
50	Watson	480	69,539
51	Day	473	27,843
52	Stevens	472	31,223
53	Bennett	471	49,110
54	Phillips	459	53,458
55	Payne	457	26,886
56	Watts	446	25,021
57	Scott	445	76,018
58	Newman	440	22,210
59	Barker	433	39,196
60	Ellis	431	43,381
61	Andrews	430	28,636
62	Rogers	429	38,745
63	Miller	427	53,567
64	Bird	426	22,826
65	Cole	424	27,185
66	Foster	412	40,056
67	Page	412	23,921
68	Price	412	52,361
69	Mason	407	40,247
70	Gray	399	42,727
71	Mills	390	38,788
72	Powell	386	37,321
73	Pearce	384	27,443
74	Reynolds	383	25,883
75	Wells	381	24,900
76	Butler	380	29,165
77	Kemp	377	16,605
78	Mitchell	371	60,795
79	Bell	369	56,099
80	Bishop	366	20,827
81	Brooks	363	29,205
82	Miles	362	17,637
83	West	360	28,778
84	Fisher	355	34,989
85	Butcher	352	12,606
86	Fuller	347	12,091
87	Read	342	19,314
88	Reed	342	21,815
89	Ford	340	29,131
90	Parsons	337	22,657
91	Burton	331	25,491
92	Frost	331	16,800
93	Hammond	329	17,002
94	Warren	327	19,899
95	Sutton	325	19,057
96	Russell	316	36,592
97	Curtis	315	16,949
98	Freeman	315	19,062
99	Simpson	310	52,391
100	Woods	310	18,768