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 Warren, with 33 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
101	Warren	33	19,899
102	Williamson	33	26,852
103	Bates	32	19,015
104	Dunn	32	24,868
105	Hammond	32	17,002
106	Stewart	32	46,990
107	Armstrong	31	22,891
108	Barton	31	16,190
109	Bradley	31	24,034
110	Frost	31	16,800
111	Grant	31	29,695
112	Marsh	31	21,309
113	Reid	31	31,585
114	Curtis	30	16,949
115	Field	30	14,896
116	Parsons	30	22,657
117	Stevenson	30	21,015
118	Willis	30	15,886
119	Barber	29	18,022
120	Freeman	29	19,062
121	May	29	18,022
122	Newman	29	22,210
123	Porter	29	22,471
124	Potter	29	19,384
125	Tucker	29	16,480
126	Bird	28	22,826
127	Chandler	28	9,606
128	Coleman	28	14,894
129	Dean	28	20,763
130	Potts	28	10,001
131	Campbell	27	50,681
132	Gardner	27	20,306
133	Ross	27	32,788
134	Webster	27	26,040
135	Barlow	26	16,181
136	Carr	26	21,558
137	Chambers	26	16,996
138	Clements	26	9,906
139	Stokes	26	12,605
140	Walters	26	14,268
141	Wheeler	26	18,031
142	Barnett	25	13,495
143	Birch	25	12,264
144	Bond	25	15,814
145	Murray	25	37,222
146	Robertson	25	50,348
147	Whitehead	25	20,246
148	Yates	25	20,593
149	Baxter	24	17,875
150	Cooke	24	16,523
151	Dale	24	12,648
152	French	24	14,624
153	Norris	24	12,839
154	Wallace	24	20,491
155	Alexander	23	15,837
156	Austin	23	14,588
157	Cohen	23	4,710
158	Goddard	23	12,016
159	Keen	23	6,012
160	Miles	23	17,637
161	Moss	23	18,432
162	Nelson	23	14,407
163	Poole	23	14,382
164	Clayton	22	16,272
165	Gibbs	22	14,676
166	Goodman	22	8,716
167	Hale	22	10,827
168	Johnston	22	24,321
169	Skinner	22	15,141
170	Wilkins	22	13,205
171	Abbott	21	13,211
172	Ashton	21	14,675
173	Bolton	21	12,910
174	Browne	21	5,446
175	Dutton	21	6,772
176	Hamilton	21	22,515
177	Weston	21	12,197
178	Bayley	20	4,847
179	Goodwin	20	15,759
180	Gough	20	8,770
181	Jennings	20	15,142
182	Kemp	20	16,605
183	Kent	20	12,591
184	Nichols	20	9,755
185	Sharpe	20	8,824
186	Smart	20	13,640
187	Wallis	20	10,105
188	Winter	20	10,608
189	Farmer	19	9,365
190	Griffin	19	14,053
191	Jacobs	19	7,152
192	Morton	19	16,044
193	Norton	19	9,943
194	Whittaker	19	14,193
195	Bedford	18	7,107
196	Benson	18	8,106
197	Bryant	18	12,753
198	Collier	18	10,022
199	Cope	18	6,760
200	Davey	18	12,184