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 Elliott, with 36 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
101	Elliott	36	25,315
102	Grundy	36	6,133
103	Murphy	36	23,790
104	Parr	36	7,480
105	Parry	36	22,775
106	Shepherd	36	21,923
107	Carr	35	21,558
108	Ratcliffe	35	8,266
109	Burgess	34	20,759
110	Ford	34	29,131
111	Gray	34	42,727
112	Greenhalgh	34	6,131
113	Harding	34	21,596
114	Nuttall	34	7,536
115	Woodward	34	14,736
116	Barrett	33	20,042
117	Pritchard	33	16,096
118	Rose	33	22,106
119	Boardman	32	4,810
120	Dickinson	32	12,771
121	Hampson	32	5,411
122	Murray	32	37,222
123	Platt	32	7,918
124	Duckworth	31	5,788
125	Fox	31	26,486
126	Garner	31	9,464
127	Gibson	31	36,370
128	Ogden	31	8,483
129	Owens	31	14,922
130	Warren	31	19,899
131	Clough	30	6,676
132	Collier	30	10,022
133	Dunn	30	24,868
134	Hardman	30	6,003
135	Ingham	30	7,443
136	Bolton	29	12,910
137	Burns	29	20,128
138	Graham	29	34,451
139	Nelson	29	14,407
140	Seddon	29	4,863
141	Tomlinson	29	13,809
142	Banks	28	15,330
143	Bond	28	15,814
144	Crossley	28	8,227
145	Miles	28	17,637
146	Eastwood	27	7,069
147	Gill	27	20,931
148	Hale	27	10,827
149	Massey	27	7,642
150	Stott	27	9,356
151	Swift	27	9,258
152	Whalley	27	4,728
153	Ashcroft	26	4,008
154	Bamford	26	4,516
155	Bradbury	26	8,665
156	Freeman	26	19,062
157	Moss	26	18,432
158	Rhodes	26	13,915
159	Worthington	26	5,992
160	Bridge	25	6,077
161	Burrows	25	13,086
162	Dodd	25	12,112
163	Entwistle	25	5,210
164	Hanson	25	9,652
165	Kershaw	25	9,666
166	Proctor	25	7,340
167	Royle	25	3,945
168	Walmsley	25	6,180
169	Ainsworth	24	5,936
170	Gardner	24	20,306
171	Glover	24	12,759
172	Harper	24	19,184
173	Kirkham	24	4,177
174	Potts	24	10,001
175	Prescott	24	4,227
176	Weston	24	12,197
177	Dyson	23	9,699
178	Fielding	23	6,661
179	Goodwin	23	15,759
180	Mercer	23	7,893
181	Morton	23	16,044
182	Preston	23	14,894
183	Rothwell	23	5,489
184	Stevenson	23	21,015
185	Thorpe	23	11,830
186	Arnold	22	16,054
187	Bibby	22	3,233
188	Birch	22	12,264
189	Brierley	22	5,333
190	Dewhurst	22	3,553
191	Edge	22	5,166
192	Griffin	22	14,053
193	Pilling	22	3,614
194	Wade	22	11,824
195	Clegg	21	10,197
196	Greaves	21	8,773
197	Tattersall	21	4,165
198	Travis	21	3,520
199	Whitworth	21	5,013
200	Aspinall	20	4,111