1881 census occupation

Blacksmith surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

7,281 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 51,217 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 1,085 people recorded as Blacksmith.

Surnames most linked with Blacksmith

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	Jones	1,085	338,678
2	Smith	988	422,249
3	Williams	663	214,615
4	Davies	541	152,295
5	Thomas	452	123,339
6	Brown	435	197,359
7	Evans	430	130,734
8	Taylor	422	191,142
9	Roberts	336	112,276
10	Wilson	292	137,750
11	Johnson	281	100,458
12	Robinson	274	95,300
13	Jackson	263	83,594
14	Edwards	252	83,319
15	Thompson	249	89,587
16	Hall	246	88,053
17	White	244	96,053
18	Walker	233	100,304
19	Turner	229	83,267
20	Wright	227	95,951
21	Wood	212	95,380
22	Baker	197	65,282
23	Griffiths	190	48,955
24	Cooper	189	72,708
25	Green	188	84,164
26	Watson	184	69,539
27	Davis	180	65,757
28	Ward	176	65,299
29	Price	175	52,361
30	Cook	173	59,467
31	Morris	171	66,607
32	Scott	165	76,018
33	Clark	160	90,143
34	Parker	159	56,883
35	Moore	153	58,817
36	Clarke	147	60,196
37	Wilkinson	145	45,653
38	Bell	142	56,099
39	King	139	65,115
40	Phillips	137	53,458
41	Bennett	135	49,110
42	Martin	135	73,281
43	Richardson	133	50,857
44	Carter	128	50,099
45	Young	127	64,312
46	Rogers	126	38,745
47	Jenkins	125	35,237
48	Allen	123	56,290
49	Bailey	123	44,948
50	Cox	122	44,382
51	Chapman	114	42,456
52	Foster	114	40,056
53	Owen	111	35,558
54	Rees	110	26,024
55	Ellis	108	43,381
56	Dixon	107	32,795
57	Richards	107	45,120
58	Simpson	107	52,391
59	Pearson	103	34,754
60	Powell	103	37,321
61	Marshall	101	50,203
62	Shaw	98	55,020
63	Brooks	94	29,205
64	Mills	94	38,788
65	Gibson	90	36,370
66	Mitchell	90	60,795
67	Ford	89	29,131
68	Parry	89	22,775
69	Miller	88	53,567
70	Webb	88	40,508
71	Atkinson	87	29,154
72	Gray	87	42,727
73	Robson	87	19,747
74	Barnes	86	36,002
75	Day	86	27,843
76	Fisher	86	34,989
77	Mason	85	40,247
78	Booth	84	29,559
79	Stevens	84	31,223
80	Adams	82	43,950
81	Palmer	82	35,153
82	Graham	81	34,451
83	Watkins	81	18,128
84	Barker	80	39,196
85	Bird	78	22,826
86	Spencer	78	27,278
87	Pearce	76	27,443
88	Armstrong	74	22,891
89	Bradley	74	24,034
90	Owens	73	14,922
91	Nicholson	72	21,253
92	Watts	70	25,021
93	Gill	69	20,931
94	Oliver	69	21,337
95	Russell	69	36,592
96	Anderson	68	59,265
97	Butler	68	29,165
98	Fletcher	68	34,136
99	Matthews	68	26,049
100	West	68	28,778