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 Collins, with 66 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
101	Collins	66	42,829
102	Dawson	66	32,910
103	Ball	65	24,730
104	Knight	65	36,756
105	Burton	64	25,491
106	Bishop	62	20,827
107	Payne	62	26,886
108	Potter	60	19,384
109	Read	60	19,314
110	Charlton	59	8,568
111	Cole	59	27,185
112	Fox	58	26,486
113	Elliott	57	25,315
114	Stephens	57	16,575
115	Barlow	56	16,181
116	Harding	56	21,596
117	Newton	56	22,922
118	Arnold	55	16,054
119	Cooke	54	16,523
120	Reynolds	54	25,883
121	Stone	54	21,581
122	Wells	54	24,900
123	Whitehead	54	20,246
124	Dodd	53	12,112
125	Marsh	53	21,309
126	Moss	53	18,432
127	Berry	52	23,740
128	Page	51	23,921
129	Reed	51	21,815
130	Sanderson	51	12,425
131	Bowen	50	12,380
132	Dean	50	20,763
133	Sharp	50	24,950
134	Andrews	49	28,636
135	Chambers	49	16,996
136	Frost	49	16,800
137	May	48	18,022
138	Shepherd	48	21,923
139	Warren	48	19,899
140	Briggs	47	16,242
141	Dunn	47	24,868
142	Freeman	47	19,062
143	Riley	47	23,673
144	Rose	47	22,106
145	Walton	47	21,088
146	Webster	47	26,040
147	Burgess	46	20,759
148	Kelly	46	30,644
149	Sheppard	46	10,341
150	Barrett	45	20,042
151	Carr	45	21,558
152	Harper	45	19,184
153	Kay	45	12,865
154	Parsons	45	22,657
155	Saunders	45	27,328
156	Willis	45	15,886
157	Bates	44	19,015
158	George	44	17,545
159	Porter	44	22,471
160	Pritchard	44	16,096
161	Tucker	44	16,480
162	Newman	43	22,210
163	Sutton	43	19,057
164	Dobson	42	13,189
165	Miles	42	17,637
166	Slater	42	18,151
167	Tomlinson	42	13,809
168	Butcher	41	12,606
169	Forster	41	9,799
170	Gardner	41	20,306
171	Hammond	41	17,002
172	Mathews	41	11,043
173	Murray	41	37,222
174	Poole	41	14,382
175	Bryant	40	12,753
176	Davison	40	10,683
177	Turnbull	40	12,629
178	Williamson	40	26,852
179	Yates	40	20,593
180	Bartlett	39	13,054
181	John	39	10,815
182	Woods	39	18,768
183	Baldwin	38	12,774
184	Banks	38	15,330
185	Barber	38	18,022
186	Clayton	38	16,272
187	Coates	38	11,178
188	Jordan	38	13,212
189	Short	38	11,678
190	Todd	38	15,284
191	Baxter	37	17,875
192	Coleman	37	14,894
193	Preston	37	14,894
194	Vaughan	37	10,222
195	Whitehouse	37	7,785
196	Burns	36	20,128
197	Garner	36	9,464
198	Kirby	36	11,367
199	Nelson	36	14,407
200	Pratt	36	17,181