1881 census occupation

Boiler Maker surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,286 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 2,591 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Graham, with 32 people recorded as Boiler Maker.

Surnames most linked with Boiler Maker

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	Graham	32	34,451
2	Newton	27	22,922
3	Burns	19	20,128
4	Campbell	19	50,681
5	Dickinson	16	12,771
6	Swift	15	9,258
7	Stewart	14	46,990
8	Hamilton	13	22,515
9	Davidson	12	25,224
10	Rowland	12	8,511
11	Atherton	11	5,404
12	Eastwood	11	7,069
13	Grundy	11	6,133
14	Hanson	11	9,652
15	Weaver	11	7,782
16	Whitehouse	11	7,785
17	Downs	9	5,327
18	Parkes	9	6,149
19	Pollitt	9	2,309
20	Prince	9	6,765
21	Westwood	9	5,023
22	Fitzgerald	8	5,205
23	Kellett	8	2,599
24	Marriott	8	6,689
25	Plant	8	6,612
26	Seddon	8	4,863
27	Vernon	8	4,912
28	Bourne	7	5,806
29	Brindle	7	2,155
30	Collinson	7	3,519
31	Court	7	3,820
32	Grainger	7	4,619
33	Hampson	7	5,411
34	Oakes	7	4,336
35	Phipps	7	4,439
36	Rawlinson	7	3,581
37	Round	7	2,746
38	Samuel	7	3,580
39	Thomson	7	40,265
40	Unsworth	7	3,437
41	Winstanley	7	3,022
42	Wolstenholme	7	2,392
43	Yearsley	7	603
44	Anthony	6	3,465
45	Benn	6	1,710
46	Boden	6	2,424
47	Boyd	6	10,455
48	Cowmeadow	6	112
49	Douglass	6	1,911
50	Fraser	6	26,732
51	Galloway	6	5,152
52	Gaunt	6	2,944
53	Jukes	6	1,814
54	Maddock	6	2,739
55	Male	6	1,769
56	Oxley	6	4,199
57	Partington	6	4,237
58	Probert	6	2,362
59	Rudge	6	2,344
60	Spink	6	2,417
61	Sutherland	6	15,089
62	Tromans	6	671
63	Willetts	6	1,677
64	Wordsworth	6	732
65	Allcroft	5	227
66	Allerton	5	690
67	Anderton	5	3,550
68	Birchall	5	2,945
69	Blair	5	7,768
70	Boot	5	1,411
71	Bostock	5	2,810
72	Bruffell	5	33
73	Bulmer	5	2,373
74	Burkhill	5	136
75	Cardew	5	254
76	Case	5	2,978
77	Cleary	5	1,235
78	Cowling	5	2,629
79	Crowe	5	2,867
80	Cuthbert	5	4,302
81	Danks	5	1,310
82	Dennison	5	2,314
83	Donnelly	5	3,764
84	Elwell	5	854
85	Fenny	5	237
86	Gerrard	5	3,826
87	Jameson	5	3,306
88	Jefferies	5	3,300
89	Kendrick	5	2,880
90	Maddison	5	2,931
91	Maslen	5	627
92	Mottershead	5	1,007
93	Parks	5	3,126
94	Peddie	5	802
95	Pennell	5	869
96	Phelps	5	2,973
97	Ravenscroft	5	1,019
98	Reece	5	2,614
99	Truby	5	168
100	Wardman	5	768