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 Watts, with 49 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
101	Watts	49	25,021
102	Wells	49	24,900
103	Gill	47	20,931
104	West	47	28,778
105	Ball	46	24,730
106	Kay	46	12,865
107	Read	46	19,314
108	Bradley	45	24,034
109	Freeman	45	19,062
110	Rose	45	22,106
111	Elliott	44	25,315
112	North	44	9,923
113	Reed	44	21,815
114	Shepherd	44	21,923
115	Blackburn	43	11,287
116	Brooks	43	29,205
117	Chadwick	43	13,091
118	Clayton	43	16,272
119	Gibson	43	36,370
120	Jennings	43	15,142
121	Porter	43	22,471
122	Stone	43	21,581
123	Hammond	42	17,002
124	Parry	42	22,775
125	Parsons	42	22,657
126	Todd	42	15,284
127	Tomlinson	42	13,809
128	Warren	42	19,899
129	Barrett	41	20,042
130	Bishop	41	20,827
131	Ford	41	29,131
132	French	41	14,624
133	Marsh	41	21,309
134	Slater	41	18,151
135	Walton	41	21,088
136	Whitehead	41	20,246
137	Anderson	40	59,265
138	Field	40	14,896
139	Newman	40	22,210
140	Pritchard	39	16,096
141	Berry	38	23,740
142	Gray	38	42,727
143	Moss	38	18,432
144	Curtis	37	16,949
145	Dunn	37	24,868
146	Gardner	37	20,306
147	Gibbs	37	14,676
148	Harper	37	19,184
149	Poole	37	14,382
150	Woodward	37	14,736
151	Coates	36	11,178
152	Potter	35	19,384
153	Vickers	35	7,669
154	Whittaker	35	14,193
155	Williamson	35	26,852
156	Banks	34	15,330
157	Dickinson	34	12,771
158	Harding	34	21,596
159	Hargreaves	34	12,498
160	Oliver	34	21,337
161	Sharp	34	24,950
162	Watkins	34	18,128
163	Yates	34	20,593
164	Bates	33	19,015
165	Dean	33	20,763
166	Ratcliffe	33	8,266
167	Russell	33	36,592
168	Wade	33	11,824
169	Abbott	32	13,211
170	Cooke	32	16,523
171	Griffin	32	14,053
172	May	32	18,022
173	Parkinson	32	14,360
174	Stanley	32	11,524
175	Sykes	32	14,399
176	Thorpe	32	11,830
177	Wheeler	32	18,031
178	Arnold	31	16,054
179	Davison	31	10,683
180	Goodwin	31	15,759
181	Slade	31	5,958
182	Swift	31	9,258
183	Willis	31	15,886
184	Bentley	30	12,662
185	Chambers	30	16,996
186	Davey	30	12,184
187	Frost	30	16,800
188	Pollard	30	10,901
189	Sanderson	30	12,425
190	Thornton	30	15,067
191	Tucker	30	16,480
192	Austin	29	14,588
193	Bartlett	29	13,054
194	Barton	29	16,190
195	Bird	29	22,826
196	Briggs	29	16,242
197	Fuller	29	12,091
198	Gilbert	29	16,992
199	Kemp	29	16,605
200	Nicholls	29	15,623