1881 census occupation

Carter surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

4,231 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 22,769 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 604 people recorded as Carter.

Surnames most linked with Carter

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	604	422,249
2	Taylor	356	191,142
3	Roberts	191	112,276
4	Brown	185	197,359
5	Johnson	168	100,458
6	Jackson	163	83,594
7	Robinson	156	95,300
8	Wright	156	95,951
9	Wilson	142	137,750
10	Green	134	84,164
11	Wood	134	95,380
12	Thompson	133	89,587
13	Hall	130	88,053
14	Turner	124	83,267
15	Edwards	123	83,319
16	Walker	123	100,304
17	Bennett	110	49,110
18	Cooper	103	72,708
19	Shaw	101	55,020
20	White	99	96,053
21	Ward	97	65,299
22	Booth	95	29,559
23	Morris	84	66,607
24	Parker	82	56,883
25	Bailey	80	44,948
26	Baker	75	65,282
27	Clarke	75	60,196
28	Simpson	75	52,391
29	Spencer	75	27,278
30	Ashton	71	14,675
31	Marshall	70	50,203
32	Mills	70	38,788
33	Greenwood	69	23,239
34	Moore	68	58,817
35	Price	68	52,361
36	Yates	68	20,593
37	Allen	67	56,290
38	Barlow	67	16,181
39	Dawson	67	32,910
40	Ellis	67	43,381
41	Wilkinson	66	45,653
42	Owen	64	35,558
43	Fletcher	63	34,136
44	Foster	63	40,056
45	Cook	61	59,467
46	Chadwick	60	13,091
47	Mitchell	59	60,795
48	Rigby	57	8,697
49	Butterworth	56	10,743
50	Richardson	56	50,857
51	Cox	55	44,382
52	Buckley	54	16,269
53	Knight	54	36,756
54	Pearson	53	34,754
55	Schofield	53	16,242
56	Brooks	52	29,205
57	Sutcliffe	52	11,839
58	Berry	51	23,740
59	Atkinson	50	29,154
60	Riley	50	23,673
61	Ashworth	49	11,942
62	Barker	49	39,196
63	Barnes	49	36,002
64	Dean	49	20,763
65	Kelly	49	30,644
66	Sutton	49	19,057
67	Mason	48	40,247
68	Whitehead	48	20,246
69	Young	48	64,312
70	Reynolds	47	25,883
71	Walton	47	21,088
72	Woods	47	18,768
73	Kay	46	12,865
74	Mellor	46	10,568
75	Hargreaves	45	12,498
76	Miller	45	53,567
77	Ball	44	24,730
78	Knowles	44	15,989
79	Parkinson	44	14,360
80	Fisher	43	34,989
81	Warburton	43	7,375
82	Whittaker	43	14,193
83	Bradshaw	42	12,284
84	Rimmer	42	4,861
85	Webster	42	26,040
86	Williamson	42	26,852
87	Andrews	41	28,636
88	Clayton	41	16,272
89	Slater	41	18,151
90	Bradley	40	24,034
91	Briggs	40	16,242
92	Wild	40	12,250
93	Barton	39	16,190
94	Burton	39	25,491
95	Newton	39	22,922
96	Walsh	38	15,864
97	Butler	37	29,165
98	Marsh	37	21,309
99	Potter	37	19,384
100	Barber	36	18,022