1881 census occupation

Clogger surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

312 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 842 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Ashworth, with 21 people recorded as Clogger.

Surnames most linked with Clogger

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	Ashworth	21	11,942
2	Wild	17	12,250
3	Clegg	16	10,197
4	Hargreaves	16	12,498
5	Greenhalgh	15	6,131
6	Kenyon	15	6,248
7	Kershaw	15	9,666
8	Swire	15	302
9	Ogden	13	8,483
10	Nuttall	12	7,536
11	Stansfield	12	4,622
12	Hardman	10	6,003
13	Mather	10	7,433
14	Pilkington	10	5,370
15	Robertshaw	10	2,449
16	Rothwell	10	5,489
17	Crabtree	9	6,037
18	Dewhurst	9	3,553
19	Thornley	9	3,323
20	Walmsley	9	6,180
21	Entwistle	8	5,210
22	Pickup	8	3,868
23	Royle	8	3,945
24	Alderson	7	4,152
25	Cunliffe	7	3,724
26	Whitworth	7	5,013
27	Wolfendale	7	242
28	Baron	6	3,096
29	Beaver	6	1,326
30	Billington	6	3,259
31	Bury	6	2,237
32	Cocker	6	2,457
33	Halliwell	6	3,322
34	Pendlebury	6	1,918
35	Priestley	6	5,074
36	Rigg	6	2,520
37	Rostron	6	1,790
38	Bibby	5	3,233
39	Bromiley	5	391
40	Cragg	5	1,905
41	Foulds	5	2,035
42	Gaskell	5	3,062
43	Goth	5	136
44	Makin	5	2,578
45	Minshull	5	648
46	Pilling	5	3,614
47	Shackleton	5	3,381
48	Sugden	5	3,461
49	Wolstenholme	5	2,392
50	Arkwright	4	705
51	Asquith	4	1,753
52	Astley	4	1,982
53	Calverley	4	634
54	Dawber	4	665
55	Farnworth	4	1,539
56	Gartside	4	1,246
57	Halstead	4	2,494
58	Matthew	4	2,270
59	Nutter	4	2,278
60	Openshaw	4	1,453
61	Orrell	4	1,117
62	Smethurst	4	2,288
63	Southworth	4	1,535
64	Topping	4	2,060
65	Townley	4	1,890
66	Winterbottom	4	2,769
67	Bradburn	3	1,194
68	Bullough	3	916
69	Catlow	3	1,234
70	Charnley	3	1,399
71	Charnock	3	1,428
72	Dauber	3	106
73	Dunster	3	801
74	Eccleston	3	1,500
75	Elders	3	234
76	Moston	3	308
77	Nicholl	3	1,558
78	Rawsthorne	3	383
79	Sandiford	3	801
80	Shorrock	3	1,480
81	Swarbrick	3	1,173
82	Timbrell	3	495
83	Traynor	3	706
84	Tunstall	3	1,589
85	Wharmby	3	584
86	Widdup	3	348
87	Winward	3	317
88	Adlington	2	488
89	Ainscough	2	805
90	Akroyd	2	557
91	Barningham	2	100
92	Beeley	2	626
93	Bewley	2	800
94	Bilsborough	2	311
95	Blackledge	2	806
96	Blackley	2	816
97	Bleakley	2	630
98	Bolland	2	992
99	Brimelow	2	241
100	Brundrett	2	306