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 Porter, with 95 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
101	Porter	95	22,471
102	Curtis	94	16,949
103	Fox	94	26,486
104	Bartlett	93	13,054
105	Fisher	93	34,989
106	Potter	93	19,384
107	Berry	92	23,740
108	Elliott	90	25,315
109	Arnold	89	16,054
110	Jennings	89	15,142
111	Bishop	88	20,827
112	Owen	88	35,558
113	Brooks	87	29,205
114	Ball	86	24,730
115	Marsh	86	21,309
116	Giles	85	11,369
117	Stephens	85	16,575
118	Mason	84	40,247
119	Webber	84	9,057
120	Burgess	83	20,759
121	Coleman	83	14,894
122	Dyer	83	11,556
123	Wilkinson	83	45,653
124	Perkins	81	13,410
125	Hammond	80	17,002
126	Davey	79	12,184
127	Simpson	79	52,391
128	Warren	78	19,899
129	Field	77	14,896
130	Spencer	77	27,278
131	Fletcher	76	34,136
132	Anderson	75	59,265
133	Frost	75	16,800
134	Gibson	75	36,370
135	Gill	75	20,931
136	Shaw	75	55,020
137	Bond	74	15,814
138	Dawson	74	32,910
139	Pritchard	74	16,096
140	Austin	73	14,588
141	Bryant	73	12,753
142	Kent	73	12,591
143	Skinner	73	15,141
144	Gale	72	8,531
145	Pratt	72	17,181
146	Mann	71	15,786
147	Oliver	70	21,337
148	Simmonds	70	8,010
149	Butcher	69	12,606
150	Gibbs	69	14,676
151	Rice	69	9,235
152	Rose	69	22,106
153	Franklin	68	9,941
154	Moss	68	18,432
155	Wallis	68	10,105
156	Willis	68	15,886
157	Abbott	67	13,211
158	Barber	67	18,022
159	Grant	67	29,695
160	Nicholls	67	15,623
161	Wilkins	67	13,205
162	Griffin	66	14,053
163	Kemp	66	16,605
164	Osborne	66	14,203
165	Sutton	66	19,057
166	Tanner	66	6,702
167	Parry	65	22,775
168	Walters	65	14,268
169	Woods	65	18,768
170	French	64	14,624
171	Poole	64	14,382
172	Simmons	64	12,229
173	Carpenter	63	10,221
174	Dean	63	20,763
175	Bates	62	19,015
176	Randall	62	9,338
177	Sharp	62	24,950
178	Stokes	62	12,605
179	Goodwin	61	15,759
180	Harper	60	19,184
181	Pearson	60	34,754
182	Sheppard	60	10,341
183	Drake	59	8,707
184	Groves	59	8,410
185	Pope	59	10,286
186	Reeves	59	12,269
187	Dennis	58	8,835
188	Norris	58	12,839
189	Chambers	57	16,996
190	Dunn	57	24,868
191	Fuller	57	12,091
192	Hale	56	10,827
193	Gould	55	10,773
194	Robins	55	6,309
195	Waters	55	12,022
196	Wyatt	55	8,737
197	Norman	54	13,722
198	Weeks	54	6,387
199	Gardner	53	20,306
200	Godfrey	53	8,858