1881 census occupation

Ag Labourer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

3,413 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 18,569 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 489 people recorded as Ag Labourer.

Surnames most linked with Ag Labourer

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	489	422,249
2	Brown	192	197,359
3	Clark	148	90,143
4	White	136	96,053
5	Turner	134	83,267
6	Baker	122	65,282
7	King	120	65,115
8	Wright	120	95,951
9	Cook	107	59,467
10	Ward	100	65,299
11	Green	97	84,164
12	Hall	95	88,053
13	Carter	94	50,099
14	Richardson	93	50,857
15	Allen	88	56,290
16	Cooper	87	72,708
17	Davis	86	65,757
18	Morris	86	66,607
19	Clarke	82	60,196
20	Collins	81	42,829
21	Cox	79	44,382
22	Chapman	77	42,456
23	Parker	73	56,883
24	Webb	64	40,508
25	Marshall	63	50,203
26	Bennett	62	49,110
27	Bailey	59	44,948
28	Foster	59	40,056
29	Mitchell	59	60,795
30	Adams	58	43,950
31	Brooks	58	29,205
32	Mills	58	38,788
33	Cole	56	27,185
34	Rogers	55	38,745
35	Mason	54	40,247
36	Page	54	23,921
37	Andrews	53	28,636
38	Saunders	53	27,328
39	Barnes	52	36,002
40	Payne	52	26,886
41	Sharp	52	24,950
42	Powell	51	37,321
43	West	51	28,778
44	Reynolds	50	25,883
45	Bell	49	56,099
46	Newman	48	22,210
47	Stevens	48	31,223
48	Barker	47	39,196
49	Fisher	47	34,989
50	Miles	45	17,637
51	Reed	45	21,815
52	Berry	44	23,740
53	Knight	44	36,756
54	Matthews	44	26,049
55	Palmer	43	35,153
56	Gilbert	42	16,992
57	Barrett	41	20,042
58	Bishop	41	20,827
59	Parsons	41	22,657
60	Wells	41	24,900
61	Butcher	40	12,606
62	Gardner	38	20,306
63	Gray	38	42,727
64	Reeve	37	6,989
65	Day	36	27,843
66	Pritchard	36	16,096
67	Russell	36	36,592
68	Tucker	36	16,480
69	Watts	36	25,021
70	Harding	35	21,596
71	Wheeler	35	18,031
72	Bird	34	22,826
73	Ford	34	29,131
74	Manning	34	9,465
75	Warner	34	10,908
76	Willis	33	15,886
77	Barnett	32	13,495
78	Watkins	32	18,128
79	Betts	31	6,392
80	Kemp	31	16,605
81	Bartlett	30	13,054
82	Elliott	30	25,315
83	Rose	30	22,106
84	Stone	30	21,581
85	Arnold	29	16,054
86	Drew	29	7,882
87	Hammond	29	17,002
88	Mead	29	6,960
89	Neal	29	8,877
90	Barber	28	18,022
91	Bond	28	15,814
92	Burgess	28	20,759
93	Goodwin	28	15,759
94	Harper	28	19,184
95	Porter	28	22,471
96	Skinner	28	15,141
97	Wyatt	28	8,737
98	Chandler	27	9,606
99	Curtis	27	16,949
100	Finch	27	9,950