1881 census occupation

Civil Engineer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

520 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 646 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Fraser, with 7 people recorded as Civil Engineer.

Surnames most linked with Civil Engineer

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	Fraser	7	26,732
2	Muir	6	11,554
3	Gooch	5	2,622
4	Abernethy	4	697
5	Fairlie	4	740
6	Flintoff	4	319
7	Paddon	4	736
8	Prentice	4	3,537
9	Ransome	4	946
10	Stanford	4	2,483
11	Angus	3	4,299
12	Ashwell	3	1,037
13	Beckwith	3	1,750
14	Brereton	3	1,243
15	Colson	3	571
16	Crampton	3	1,463
17	Daglish	3	615
18	Donaldson	3	8,554
19	Kite	3	1,701
20	Paton	3	6,710
21	Rumble	3	1,122
22	Schenk	3	60
23	Simon	3	1,714
24	Stockman	3	419
25	Willett	3	2,352
26	Alldridge	2	323
27	Armour	2	1,883
28	Aylmer	2	188
29	Barkley	2	388
30	Berkley	2	405
31	Bidder	2	227
32	Birkinshaw	2	564
33	Blackall	2	369
34	Blandy	2	130
35	Brothers	2	576
36	Butterton	2	84
37	Chalmers	2	7,140
38	Cobbe	2	99
39	Colyer	2	775
40	Cooley	2	771
41	Copland	2	1,675
42	Copperthwaite	2	100
43	Cribb	2	456
44	Cudworth	2	440
45	Drysdale	2	2,559
46	Duckham	2	308
47	Edmond	2	1,007
48	Everest	2	1,024
49	Findlay	2	6,210
50	Fitt	2	778
51	Fitzmaurice	2	284
52	Forde	2	235
53	Galbraith	2	2,740
54	Ganson	2	167
55	Gatward	2	389
56	Girdlestone	2	369
57	Gow	2	396
58	Grew	2	289
59	Hardie	2	3,925
60	Hargrove	2	160
61	Izard	2	259
62	Ker	2	293
63	Macgregor	2	1,615
64	Maylor	2	180
65	Mildred	2	117
66	Monson	2	154
67	Muirhead	2	2,321
68	Peggs	2	313
69	Peirce	2	1,007
70	Pinkerton	2	736
71	Podmore	2	1,073
72	Reade	2	891
73	Reah	2	195
74	Remington	2	413
75	Rofe	2	260
76	Rumball	2	242
77	Russ	2	808
78	Scoones	2	162
79	Sharrock	2	938
80	Sugg	2	288
81	Templeton	2	2,215
82	Urquhart	2	4,219
83	Warriner	2	879
84	Wavell	2	138
85	Yeadon	2	820
86	Abercrombie	1	540
87	Adley	1	230
88	Aikin	1	111
89	Ainslie	1	809
90	Aird	1	1,571
91	Airy	1	100
92	Albano	1	1
93	Allfrey	1	156
94	Allies	1	72
95	Alloway	1	234
96	Alpe	1	109
97	Ancrum	1	104
98	Andre	1	80
99	Anglin	1	55
100	Annandale	1	168