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 Sharp, with 67 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
101	Sharp	67	24,950
102	Bird	66	22,826
103	Burgess	66	20,759
104	Cole	66	27,185
105	Field	66	14,896
106	May	66	18,022
107	Newton	66	22,922
108	Stone	66	21,581
109	Pratt	64	17,181
110	Spencer	64	27,278
111	Webster	64	26,040
112	Ball	63	24,730
113	Elliott	63	25,315
114	Hammond	63	17,002
115	Owen	63	35,558
116	Reynolds	62	25,883
117	Watts	62	25,021
118	Willis	62	15,886
119	Fletcher	61	34,136
120	Marsh	61	21,309
121	Read	61	19,314
122	Bradley	60	24,034
123	Butcher	60	12,606
124	Curtis	60	16,949
125	Gibson	60	36,370
126	Pearce	60	27,443
127	Wilkins	60	13,205
128	Freeman	59	19,062
129	Morley	59	11,962
130	Woodward	59	14,736
131	Reed	58	21,815
132	Skinner	58	15,141
133	Baxter	57	17,875
134	Coleman	57	14,894
135	Dixon	57	32,795
136	Ford	56	29,131
137	Harding	56	21,596
138	Jennings	56	15,142
139	Woods	56	18,768
140	Austin	55	14,588
141	Dean	55	20,763
142	French	55	14,624
143	Oliver	55	21,337
144	Warner	55	10,908
145	Whittaker	55	14,193
146	Arnold	53	16,054
147	Baldwin	53	12,774
148	Kent	53	12,591
149	Berry	51	23,740
150	Carr	51	21,558
151	Norman	51	13,722
152	Wallis	51	10,105
153	Goodwin	50	15,759
154	Grant	50	29,695
155	Chambers	49	16,996
156	Mann	49	15,786
157	Parry	49	22,775
158	Preston	49	14,894
159	Simmons	49	12,229
160	Williamson	49	26,852
161	Birch	48	12,264
162	Booth	48	29,559
163	Fuller	48	12,091
164	Nicholls	48	15,623
165	Barton	47	16,190
166	Matthews	47	26,049
167	Osborne	47	14,203
168	Poole	47	14,382
169	Atkinson	46	29,154
170	Moss	46	18,432
171	Weston	46	12,197
172	Ashton	45	14,675
173	Finch	45	9,950
174	Gardner	45	20,306
175	Gilbert	45	16,992
176	Goddard	45	12,016
177	Norris	45	12,839
178	Clayton	44	16,272
179	Collier	44	10,022
180	Goodman	44	8,716
181	Jenkins	44	35,237
182	Tomlinson	44	13,809
183	Walton	44	21,088
184	Anderson	43	59,265
185	Frost	43	16,800
186	Gill	43	20,931
187	Kelly	43	30,644
188	Kirby	43	11,367
189	Moody	43	7,791
190	Riley	43	23,673
191	Simmonds	43	8,010
192	Bradshaw	42	12,284
193	Giles	42	11,369
194	Parkes	42	6,149
195	Atkins	41	11,186
196	Chandler	41	9,606
197	Jordan	41	13,212
198	Piper	41	5,917
199	Slater	41	18,151
200	Barlow	40	16,181