1881 census occupation

Clerk surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

5,033 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 22,694 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 501 people recorded as Clerk.

Surnames most linked with Clerk

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	501	422,249
2	Taylor	247	191,142
3	Brown	223	197,359
4	Hall	150	88,053
5	Johnson	150	100,458
6	Wilson	150	137,750
7	Thompson	141	89,587
8	Jackson	139	83,594
9	Wright	139	95,951
10	Wood	137	95,380
11	Edwards	136	83,319
12	Walker	130	100,304
13	Robinson	126	95,300
14	Green	123	84,164
15	Clark	118	90,143
16	White	118	96,053
17	Davis	110	65,757
18	Turner	103	83,267
19	King	102	65,115
20	Baker	99	65,282
21	Ward	97	65,299
22	Moore	88	58,817
23	Watson	87	69,539
24	Scott	83	76,018
25	Miller	79	53,567
26	Cooper	78	72,708
27	Morris	78	66,607
28	Martin	77	73,281
29	Richardson	76	50,857
30	Clarke	75	60,196
31	Phillips	75	53,458
32	Cox	73	44,382
33	Knight	72	36,756
34	Young	71	64,312
35	Allen	70	56,290
36	Ellis	70	43,381
37	Parker	70	56,883
38	Rogers	68	38,745
39	Collins	66	42,829
40	Carter	64	50,099
41	Wilkinson	64	45,653
42	Marshall	63	50,203
43	Bell	62	56,099
44	Webb	62	40,508
45	Bailey	61	44,948
46	Bennett	61	49,110
47	Chapman	61	42,456
48	Cook	61	59,467
49	Richards	61	45,120
50	Barker	60	39,196
51	Griffiths	59	48,955
52	Adams	57	43,950
53	Foster	57	40,056
54	Ford	54	29,131
55	Simpson	53	52,391
56	Dixon	52	32,795
57	Owen	52	35,558
58	Stevens	52	31,223
59	Palmer	51	35,153
60	Andrews	49	28,636
61	Cole	49	27,185
62	Gibson	49	36,370
63	Fletcher	48	34,136
64	Page	47	23,921
65	Mason	46	40,247
66	Gray	45	42,727
67	Payne	45	26,886
68	Day	44	27,843
69	Fisher	44	34,989
70	Mills	44	38,788
71	Russell	43	36,592
72	Elliott	42	25,315
73	Graham	42	34,451
74	Robson	42	19,747
75	Spencer	42	27,278
76	Wells	42	24,900
77	Saunders	41	27,328
78	Ball	40	24,730
79	Pearson	40	34,754
80	Watts	40	25,021
81	Atkinson	39	29,154
82	Walton	38	21,088
83	Anderson	37	59,265
84	Brooks	37	29,205
85	Fox	37	26,486
86	Burgess	36	20,759
87	Matthews	36	26,049
88	Newton	36	22,922
89	Bishop	35	20,827
90	Gill	35	20,931
91	West	35	28,778
92	Nicholls	34	15,623
93	Oliver	34	21,337
94	Read	34	19,314
95	Rose	34	22,106
96	Stone	34	21,581
97	Barrett	33	20,042
98	Butler	33	29,165
99	Stanley	33	11,524
100	Sutton	33	19,057