1881 census occupation

Carpet Weaver surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

296 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 925 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Greenwood, with 39 people recorded as Carpet Weaver.

Surnames most linked with Carpet Weaver

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	Greenwood	39	23,239
2	Firth	33	9,950
3	Sutcliffe	24	11,839
4	Auty	17	1,010
5	Field	17	14,896
6	Blackburn	15	11,287
7	Hardiman	12	879
8	Moule	11	1,034
9	Stansfield	11	4,622
10	Crawshaw	10	2,335
11	Millward	10	3,360
12	Townend	10	2,567
13	Ainsworth	9	5,936
14	Denton	9	5,488
15	Newsome	9	2,152
16	Sunderland	9	3,436
17	Ackroyd	8	2,802
18	Kilburn	8	1,542
19	Perks	8	3,122
20	Woodhead	8	5,606
21	Allenby	7	426
22	Clee	7	628
23	Cockroft	7	1,266
24	Denham	7	2,637
25	Etherington	7	2,255
26	Exley	7	1,422
27	Gledhill	7	4,452
28	Goodall	7	6,418
29	Jagger	7	2,370
30	Midgley	7	4,013
31	Milnes	7	2,654
32	Poutney	7	90
33	Tolson	7	856
34	Whiteley	7	5,390
35	Wilkes	7	5,191
36	Branford	6	263
37	Brooke	6	4,465
38	France	6	4,551
39	Pearsall	6	604
40	Robertshaw	6	2,449
41	Sanger	6	793
42	Silk	6	1,470
43	Thatcher	6	2,746
44	Whitworth	6	5,013
45	Wormald	6	1,346
46	Akroyd	5	557
47	Allatt	5	341
48	Barth	5	146
49	Bayes	5	893
50	Brearley	5	1,868
51	Chatterton	5	1,698
52	Halstead	5	2,494
53	Illingworth	5	3,395
54	Perrins	5	918
55	Rollings	5	924
56	Tidswell	5	724
57	Whatley	5	1,159
58	Whitley	5	2,406
59	Whittall	5	616
60	Wyer	5	624
61	Bolland	4	992
62	Burgin	4	1,173
63	Coley	4	1,785
64	Cull	4	1,488
65	Curtiss	4	459
66	Dark	4	1,097
67	Dews	4	697
68	Dugard	4	168
69	Fincher	4	393
70	Gaukrodger	4	163
71	Jerome	4	536
72	Muir	4	11,554
73	Oldroyd	4	1,515
74	Pountney	4	582
75	Rushworth	4	2,480
76	Southall	4	2,270
77	Thewlis	4	664
78	Uttley	4	1,454
79	Willey	4	2,688
80	Womersley	4	930
81	Aitken	3	7,962
82	Asquith	3	1,753
83	Bairstow	3	1,066
84	Bayliff	3	181
85	Beams	3	316
86	Benn	3	1,710
87	Billingsley	3	419
88	Blakeley	3	1,241
89	Blamire	3	338
90	Brearey	3	91
91	Brimfield	3	105
92	Camm	3	970
93	Coulton	3	1,050
94	Crampton	3	1,463
95	Dransfield	3	1,059
96	Fieldhouse	3	1,435
97	Gillam	3	1,152
98	Hallas	3	1,120
99	Jevons	3	532
100	Manger	3	373