1881 census occupation

Carpenter surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

10,324 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 76,954 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,483 people recorded as Carpenter.

Surnames most linked with Carpenter

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	1,483	422,249
2	Jones	1,245	338,678
3	Williams	859	214,615
4	Davies	663	152,295
5	Thomas	614	123,339
6	Evans	610	130,734
7	Taylor	586	191,142
8	Brown	574	197,359
9	White	388	96,053
10	Edwards	380	83,319
11	Roberts	376	112,276
12	Baker	369	65,282
13	Wright	341	95,951
14	Clark	332	90,143
15	Davis	322	65,757
16	Martin	299	73,281
17	Green	295	84,164
18	King	292	65,115
19	Turner	290	83,267
20	Wood	287	95,380
21	Morris	285	66,607
22	Wilson	277	137,750
23	Johnson	276	100,458
24	Phillips	255	53,458
25	Cooper	251	72,708
26	Hall	250	88,053
27	Clarke	247	60,196
28	Cook	246	59,467
29	Moore	245	58,817
30	Bennett	240	49,110
31	Allen	239	56,290
32	Robinson	239	95,300
33	Carter	236	50,099
34	Cox	221	44,382
35	Ward	220	65,299
36	Price	215	52,361
37	Richards	213	45,120
38	Adams	212	43,950
39	Bailey	212	44,948
40	Parker	212	56,883
41	Webb	209	40,508
42	Knight	200	36,756
43	Griffiths	198	48,955
44	Young	198	64,312
45	Thompson	197	89,587
46	Walker	192	100,304
47	Stevens	176	31,223
48	Andrews	173	28,636
49	Collins	173	42,829
50	Cole	166	27,185
51	Rogers	164	38,745
52	Chapman	163	42,456
53	Ellis	162	43,381
54	Jenkins	160	35,237
55	Mitchell	160	60,795
56	Pearce	160	27,443
57	Day	156	27,843
58	Jackson	156	83,594
59	Mills	155	38,788
60	Powell	155	37,321
61	Miller	153	53,567
62	Palmer	153	35,153
63	Barnes	150	36,002
64	Saunders	148	27,328
65	Harding	143	21,596
66	Payne	141	26,886
67	Watts	140	25,021
68	Rees	139	26,024
69	Newman	138	22,210
70	West	137	28,778
71	Scott	134	76,018
72	Ford	133	29,131
73	Parsons	132	22,657
74	Matthews	130	26,049
75	Page	130	23,921
76	Foster	128	40,056
77	Richardson	125	50,857
78	Watson	125	69,539
79	Read	122	19,314
80	Gray	120	42,727
81	Russell	116	36,592
82	Barrett	115	20,042
83	Reynolds	114	25,883
84	Freeman	111	19,062
85	Watkins	111	18,128
86	Tucker	110	16,480
87	Bird	107	22,826
88	Stone	107	21,581
89	Marshall	106	50,203
90	Barker	104	39,196
91	Wheeler	104	18,031
92	George	102	17,545
93	Reed	102	21,815
94	Bell	101	56,099
95	Butler	100	29,165
96	Gilbert	100	16,992
97	Burton	99	25,491
98	May	99	18,022
99	Wells	99	24,900
100	Miles	96	17,637