1881 census occupation

Baker surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

4,587 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 19,763 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 492 people recorded as Baker.

Surnames most linked with Baker

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	492	422,249
2	Brown	229	197,359
3	White	162	96,053
4	Green	129	84,164
5	Baker	123	65,282
6	King	111	65,115
7	Johnson	106	100,458
8	Clarke	101	60,196
9	Walker	99	100,304
10	Clark	98	90,143
11	Turner	98	83,267
12	Wright	98	95,951
13	Moore	97	58,817
14	Ward	94	65,299
15	Allen	93	56,290
16	Cook	92	59,467
17	Martin	91	73,281
18	Cooper	87	72,708
19	Davis	87	65,757
20	Cox	80	44,382
21	Bailey	79	44,948
22	Webb	77	40,508
23	Young	77	64,312
24	Scott	74	76,018
25	Miller	73	53,567
26	Parker	73	56,883
27	Morris	72	66,607
28	Carter	71	50,099
29	Adams	70	43,950
30	Mitchell	70	60,795
31	Bennett	68	49,110
32	Collins	68	42,829
33	Barnes	65	36,002
34	Ford	63	29,131
35	Saunders	63	27,328
36	Stone	63	21,581
37	Palmer	62	35,153
38	Chapman	55	42,456
39	Knight	55	36,756
40	Pearce	55	27,443
41	Andrews	54	28,636
42	Mills	53	38,788
43	Cole	52	27,185
44	Richardson	51	50,857
45	Rogers	50	38,745
46	Wells	49	24,900
47	Barker	48	39,196
48	Watts	48	25,021
49	Fox	46	26,486
50	Marshall	46	50,203
51	Payne	46	26,886
52	Simpson	46	52,391
53	Elliott	45	25,315
54	Stevens	45	31,223
55	Gray	43	42,727
56	Harding	43	21,596
57	Curtis	42	16,949
58	West	42	28,778
59	Bishop	41	20,827
60	Reynolds	41	25,883
61	Parsons	39	22,657
62	Day	38	27,843
63	Newman	38	22,210
64	Spencer	38	27,278
65	Shepherd	37	21,923
66	Butler	36	29,165
67	Willis	36	15,886
68	Watkins	35	18,128
69	Wheeler	35	18,031
70	Woodward	35	14,736
71	Norris	34	12,839
72	Skinner	34	15,141
73	Ball	33	24,730
74	Bond	33	15,814
75	Newton	32	22,922
76	Russell	32	36,592
77	Anderson	31	59,265
78	Barber	31	18,022
79	Burgess	31	20,759
80	Dean	31	20,763
81	George	31	17,545
82	Norman	31	13,722
83	Freeman	30	19,062
84	French	30	14,624
85	Gardner	30	20,306
86	Jennings	30	15,142
87	Jordan	30	13,212
88	Poole	30	14,382
89	Robertson	30	50,348
90	Barnett	29	13,495
91	Bartlett	29	13,054
92	Burton	29	25,491
93	Griffin	29	14,053
94	Rose	29	22,106
95	Webster	29	26,040
96	Woods	29	18,768
97	Bird	28	22,826
98	Marsh	28	21,309
99	Porter	28	22,471
100	Pratt	28	17,181