1881 census occupation

Bricklayer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

7,725 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 54,058 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,114 people recorded as Bricklayer.

Surnames most linked with Bricklayer

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	1,114	422,249
2	Jones	716	338,678
3	Brown	505	197,359
4	Taylor	470	191,142
5	Williams	326	214,615
6	Johnson	318	100,458
7	Wright	290	95,951
8	Robinson	263	95,300
9	White	247	96,053
10	Wilson	243	137,750
11	Ward	239	65,299
12	Wood	238	95,380
13	Jackson	231	83,594
14	Green	230	84,164
15	Cooper	223	72,708
16	Hall	222	88,053
17	King	217	65,115
18	Davies	214	152,295
19	Walker	209	100,304
20	Evans	207	130,734
21	Martin	198	73,281
22	Turner	197	83,267
23	Cook	196	59,467
24	Roberts	195	112,276
25	Carter	192	50,099
26	Clark	192	90,143
27	Edwards	192	83,319
28	Moore	189	58,817
29	Clarke	187	60,196
30	Baker	186	65,282
31	Thompson	186	89,587
32	Davis	183	65,757
33	Allen	179	56,290
34	Mills	175	38,788
35	Price	168	52,361
36	Knight	167	36,756
37	Richardson	165	50,857
38	Parker	161	56,883
39	Webb	159	40,508
40	Morris	149	66,607
41	Bailey	148	44,948
42	Adams	140	43,950
43	Cox	138	44,382
44	Marshall	136	50,203
45	Young	134	64,312
46	Barnes	132	36,002
47	Bennett	132	49,110
48	Chapman	131	42,456
49	Ellis	129	43,381
50	Collins	128	42,829
51	Scott	122	76,018
52	Sutton	122	19,057
53	Barker	120	39,196
54	Watson	111	69,539
55	Rogers	110	38,745
56	Russell	110	36,592
57	Simpson	109	52,391
58	Pearson	106	34,754
59	Powell	106	37,321
60	Fox	100	26,486
61	Shaw	100	55,020
62	Stevens	99	31,223
63	Miller	98	53,567
64	Day	97	27,843
65	Palmer	97	35,153
66	Andrews	96	28,636
67	Foster	95	40,056
68	Fisher	93	34,989
69	Mason	93	40,247
70	Newman	91	22,210
71	Mitchell	90	60,795
72	Saunders	89	27,328
73	Wells	89	24,900
74	Gray	88	42,727
75	Wilkinson	88	45,653
76	Brooks	87	29,205
77	Bell	86	56,099
78	Burton	86	25,491
79	Potter	85	19,384
80	Griffiths	84	48,955
81	Phillips	84	53,458
82	Wheeler	84	18,031
83	West	82	28,778
84	Harper	81	19,184
85	Bishop	80	20,827
86	Butler	76	29,165
87	Parsons	74	22,657
88	Briggs	73	16,242
89	Page	73	23,921
90	Porter	69	22,471
91	Barrett	68	20,042
92	Bates	68	19,015
93	Gibbs	68	14,676
94	Payne	68	26,886
95	Warren	68	19,899
96	Dawson	67	32,910
97	Kemp	67	16,605
98	Miles	67	17,637
99	Richards	67	45,120
100	Rose	67	22,106