1881 census occupation

Agricultural Labourer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

4,538 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 28,032 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 602 people recorded as Agricultural Labourer.

Surnames most linked with Agricultural 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	602	422,249
2	Jones	472	338,678
3	Williams	292	214,615
4	Taylor	255	191,142
5	Brown	230	197,359
6	Davies	219	152,295
7	Evans	177	130,734
8	Johnson	175	100,458
9	Roberts	165	112,276
10	White	165	96,053
11	Turner	151	83,267
12	Wright	146	95,951
13	Clark	139	90,143
14	Cook	135	59,467
15	Hall	135	88,053
16	Edwards	134	83,319
17	King	126	65,115
18	Wilson	126	137,750
19	Martin	124	73,281
20	Cooper	122	72,708
21	Green	120	84,164
22	Robinson	120	95,300
23	Ward	119	65,299
24	Baker	117	65,282
25	Clarke	109	60,196
26	Thompson	104	89,587
27	Moore	98	58,817
28	Carter	95	50,099
29	Walker	95	100,304
30	Allen	92	56,290
31	Parker	92	56,883
32	Bailey	89	44,948
33	Morris	89	66,607
34	Phillips	86	53,458
35	Bennett	85	49,110
36	Price	85	52,361
37	Marshall	83	50,203
38	Watson	81	69,539
39	Davis	79	65,757
40	Richardson	79	50,857
41	Chapman	78	42,456
42	Cox	77	44,382
43	Rogers	77	38,745
44	Young	73	64,312
45	Barker	72	39,196
46	Knight	72	36,756
47	Andrews	71	28,636
48	Mills	71	38,788
49	Mason	70	40,247
50	Webb	70	40,508
51	Scott	69	76,018
52	Mitchell	68	60,795
53	Pearce	68	27,443
54	Day	67	27,843
55	Page	67	23,921
56	Adams	66	43,950
57	Foster	66	40,056
58	Reynolds	65	25,883
59	Rose	65	22,106
60	Read	64	19,314
61	Collins	63	42,829
62	Powell	61	37,321
63	Stevens	61	31,223
64	Brooks	60	29,205
65	Butler	60	29,165
66	Palmer	60	35,153
67	Owen	59	35,558
68	Fox	58	26,486
69	Wells	58	24,900
70	Burton	57	25,491
71	Russell	56	36,592
72	Simpson	55	52,391
73	Curtis	52	16,949
74	Parsons	52	22,657
75	Saunders	52	27,328
76	Bell	51	56,099
77	Fisher	51	34,989
78	Gray	51	42,727
79	Payne	51	26,886
80	Watts	51	25,021
81	Pratt	50	17,181
82	Barnes	49	36,002
83	Cole	49	27,185
84	Miller	49	53,567
85	Newman	49	22,210
86	Gibson	48	36,370
87	Bishop	47	20,827
88	Gibbs	46	14,676
89	Mann	46	15,786
90	George	43	17,545
91	Atkinson	42	29,154
92	Barrett	42	20,042
93	Pearson	42	34,754
94	West	42	28,778
95	Elliott	41	25,315
96	Reeves	41	12,269
97	Watkins	41	18,128
98	Dixon	40	32,795
99	Potter	40	19,384
100	Stone	40	21,581