1881 census occupation

Butcher surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

6,353 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 38,031 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 772 people recorded as Butcher.

Surnames most linked with Butcher

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	772	422,249
2	Jones	591	338,678
3	Williams	341	214,615
4	Taylor	339	191,142
5	Brown	307	197,359
6	Wright	240	95,951
7	Thomas	239	123,339
8	Davies	225	152,295
9	Roberts	214	112,276
10	Wood	212	95,380
11	Wilson	211	137,750
12	Robinson	210	95,300
13	Evans	207	130,734
14	White	200	96,053
15	Johnson	199	100,458
16	Walker	185	100,304
17	Turner	184	83,267
18	Hall	183	88,053
19	Thompson	181	89,587
20	Edwards	177	83,319
21	Jackson	176	83,594
22	Cooper	157	72,708
23	Baker	154	65,282
24	Clark	150	90,143
25	Green	144	84,164
26	Ward	138	65,299
27	Watson	134	69,539
28	Morris	128	66,607
29	Clarke	126	60,196
30	Parker	120	56,883
31	Moore	118	58,817
32	Scott	118	76,018
33	Wilkinson	117	45,653
34	Martin	114	73,281
35	Richardson	114	50,857
36	Cook	111	59,467
37	Shaw	107	55,020
38	Young	107	64,312
39	Davis	105	65,757
40	Allen	104	56,290
41	Simpson	104	52,391
42	King	95	65,115
43	Mason	89	40,247
44	Mitchell	89	60,795
45	Barker	88	39,196
46	Bennett	88	49,110
47	Bailey	87	44,948
48	Owen	87	35,558
49	Webb	87	40,508
50	Adams	86	43,950
51	Bell	85	56,099
52	Fisher	85	34,989
53	Carter	82	50,099
54	Phillips	82	53,458
55	Price	81	52,361
56	Butler	80	29,165
57	Foster	78	40,056
58	Palmer	78	35,153
59	Marshall	77	50,203
60	Miller	77	53,567
61	Chapman	75	42,456
62	Griffiths	75	48,955
63	Knight	75	36,756
64	Cox	74	44,382
65	Dawson	72	32,910
66	Dixon	72	32,795
67	Ellis	71	43,381
68	Mills	70	38,788
69	Rogers	70	38,745
70	Richards	69	45,120
71	Webster	68	26,040
72	Booth	67	29,559
73	Day	67	27,843
74	Pearson	66	34,754
75	Fletcher	64	34,136
76	Powell	63	37,321
77	Barnes	62	36,002
78	Robson	62	19,747
79	Page	61	23,921
80	Stevens	61	31,223
81	Atkinson	60	29,154
82	Greenwood	60	23,239
83	Spencer	59	27,278
84	Burton	58	25,491
85	Cole	58	27,185
86	Payne	58	26,886
87	Rhodes	57	13,915
88	Andrews	56	28,636
89	Jenkins	56	35,237
90	Newton	55	22,922
91	Nicholson	55	21,253
92	Collins	54	42,829
93	Pearce	54	27,443
94	Sutton	53	19,057
95	Fox	51	26,486
96	Reynolds	51	25,883
97	Saunders	51	27,328
98	Carr	50	21,558
99	Matthews	50	26,049
100	Schofield	50	16,242