1881 census occupation

Charwoman surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

9,656 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 61,515 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,284 people recorded as Charwoman.

Surnames most linked with Charwoman

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	1,284	422,249
2	Jones	1,044	338,678
3	Williams	732	214,615
4	Taylor	560	191,142
5	Brown	559	197,359
6	Davies	518	152,295
7	Evans	441	130,734
8	Thomas	386	123,339
9	Johnson	358	100,458
10	Roberts	330	112,276
11	Wright	317	95,951
12	White	307	96,053
13	Wilson	296	137,750
14	Robinson	286	95,300
15	Green	284	84,164
16	Hall	273	88,053
17	Edwards	270	83,319
18	Clark	264	90,143
19	Thompson	257	89,587
20	Wood	254	95,380
21	Walker	246	100,304
22	King	236	65,115
23	Davis	234	65,757
24	Turner	232	83,267
25	Martin	212	73,281
26	Baker	209	65,282
27	Cooper	209	72,708
28	Jackson	209	83,594
29	Allen	206	56,290
30	Ward	198	65,299
31	Morris	190	66,607
32	Clarke	184	60,196
33	Cook	178	59,467
34	Collins	173	42,829
35	Moore	172	58,817
36	Parker	171	56,883
37	Phillips	171	53,458
38	Griffiths	160	48,955
39	Bennett	157	49,110
40	Murphy	154	23,790
41	Price	148	52,361
42	Watson	143	69,539
43	Mitchell	141	60,795
44	Shaw	138	55,020
45	Richardson	136	50,857
46	Scott	136	76,018
47	Ellis	135	43,381
48	Bailey	133	44,948
49	Kelly	133	30,644
50	Rogers	133	38,745
51	Carter	132	50,099
52	Marshall	130	50,203
53	Webb	130	40,508
54	Richards	129	45,120
55	Chapman	127	42,456
56	Mills	125	38,788
57	Miller	124	53,567
58	Mason	122	40,247
59	Cox	120	44,382
60	Knight	120	36,756
61	Adams	118	43,950
62	Pearce	118	27,443
63	Young	117	64,312
64	Barker	116	39,196
65	Simpson	110	52,391
66	West	109	28,778
67	Foster	107	40,056
68	Bell	106	56,099
69	Day	106	27,843
70	Ford	105	29,131
71	Brooks	103	29,205
72	Palmer	103	35,153
73	Stevens	103	31,223
74	Fisher	102	34,989
75	Russell	99	36,592
76	Wilkinson	98	45,653
77	Butler	97	29,165
78	Barnes	96	36,002
79	Owen	95	35,558
80	Fox	93	26,486
81	Watts	93	25,021
82	Dixon	92	32,795
83	Powell	92	37,321
84	Riley	91	23,673
85	Jenkins	90	35,237
86	Saunders	90	27,328
87	Ball	88	24,730
88	Cole	88	27,185
89	Fletcher	88	34,136
90	Gray	85	42,727
91	Matthews	85	26,049
92	Newman	85	22,210
93	Parry	84	22,775
94	Pearson	83	34,754
95	Spencer	83	27,278
96	Burns	82	20,128
97	Reynolds	81	25,883
98	Atkinson	80	29,154
99	Dunn	79	24,868
100	Payne	79	26,886