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 Bird, with 39 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
101	Bird	39	22,826
102	Freeman	39	19,062
103	Reed	39	21,815
104	Willis	39	15,886
105	Bond	38	15,814
106	Kirby	38	11,367
107	Neal	38	8,877
108	Oliver	38	21,337
109	Warren	37	19,899
110	Baxter	36	17,875
111	Bradley	36	24,034
112	Harding	36	21,596
113	Dale	35	12,648
114	Kemp	35	16,605
115	Matthews	35	26,049
116	Sharp	35	24,950
117	Simmons	35	12,229
118	Stephens	35	16,575
119	Ball	34	24,730
120	Dunn	34	24,868
121	Smart	34	13,640
122	Wheeler	34	18,031
123	Davey	33	12,184
124	Graham	33	34,451
125	Griffin	33	14,053
126	Berry	32	23,740
127	Nicholls	32	15,623
128	Perkins	32	13,410
129	Shepherd	32	21,923
130	Spencer	32	27,278
131	Abbott	31	13,211
132	Butcher	31	12,606
133	Dodd	31	12,112
134	Marsh	31	21,309
135	Norman	31	13,722
136	Wilkins	31	13,205
137	Bates	30	19,015
138	Carpenter	30	10,221
139	Chambers	30	16,996
140	Daniels	30	9,394
141	Fuller	30	12,091
142	Osborne	30	14,203
143	Sims	30	8,964
144	Slater	30	18,151
145	Whiting	30	5,764
146	Woodward	30	14,736
147	Gilbert	29	16,992
148	May	29	18,022
149	Sutton	29	19,057
150	Waters	29	12,022
151	Hammond	28	17,002
152	John	28	10,815
153	Miles	28	17,637
154	Pritchard	28	16,096
155	Thorpe	28	11,830
156	Tucker	28	16,480
157	Woodcock	28	8,543
158	Arnold	27	16,054
159	Atkins	27	11,186
160	Baldwin	27	12,774
161	Burgess	27	20,759
162	Dean	27	20,763
163	Farmer	27	9,365
164	Finch	27	9,950
165	French	27	14,624
166	Frost	27	16,800
167	Moss	27	18,432
168	Robson	27	19,747
169	Sharpe	27	8,824
170	Barnett	26	13,495
171	Coleman	26	14,894
172	Gould	26	10,773
173	Prior	26	6,916
174	Skinner	26	15,141
175	Stokes	26	12,605
176	Underwood	26	8,092
177	Bush	25	7,400
178	Rayner	25	7,461
179	Reeve	25	6,989
180	Barlow	24	16,181
181	Jennings	24	15,142
182	Morley	24	11,962
183	North	24	9,923
184	Pike	24	8,640
185	Wade	24	11,824
186	Aldridge	23	5,787
187	Gale	23	8,531
188	Garner	23	9,464
189	Morton	23	16,044
190	Orchard	23	3,164
191	Sheppard	23	10,341
192	Tyler	23	8,830
193	Wallis	23	10,105
194	Archer	22	12,355
195	Carr	22	21,558
196	Chandler	22	9,606
197	Gardner	22	20,306
198	Giles	22	11,369
199	Harper	22	19,184
200	Norris	22	12,839