1881 census occupation

Coal Miner surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

10,827 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 226,894 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 7,345 people recorded as Coal Miner.

Surnames most linked with Coal Miner

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	Jones	7,345	338,678
2	Davies	4,695	152,295
3	Williams	4,590	214,615
4	Smith	3,798	422,249
5	Evans	3,243	130,734
6	Thomas	3,036	123,339
7	Taylor	1,975	191,142
8	Brown	1,814	197,359
9	Roberts	1,552	112,276
10	Edwards	1,403	83,319
11	Wilson	1,267	137,750
12	Hall	1,266	88,053
13	Griffiths	1,253	48,955
14	Robinson	1,199	95,300
15	Johnson	1,197	100,458
16	Morris	1,163	66,607
17	Rees	1,163	26,024
18	Price	1,062	52,361
19	Thompson	1,060	89,587
20	Walker	1,044	100,304
21	Jenkins	1,033	35,237
22	Wood	980	95,380
23	Wright	970	95,951
24	Jackson	916	83,594
25	Green	889	84,164
26	Bell	875	56,099
27	Phillips	856	53,458
28	Richards	841	45,120
29	Turner	803	83,267
30	Cooper	797	72,708
31	Shaw	759	55,020
32	Davis	757	65,757
33	Richardson	733	50,857
34	Wilkinson	723	45,653
35	Watson	702	69,539
36	Powell	699	37,321
37	Ward	697	65,299
38	White	676	96,053
39	Robson	657	19,747
40	Bailey	615	44,948
41	Parker	609	56,883
42	Dixon	593	32,795
43	Scott	568	76,018
44	Clark	561	90,143
45	Foster	550	40,056
46	Simpson	547	52,391
47	Mason	540	40,247
48	Young	540	64,312
49	Moore	530	58,817
50	Armstrong	521	22,891
51	Bennett	515	49,110
52	Martin	510	73,281
53	Yates	507	20,593
54	Fletcher	505	34,136
55	Clarke	494	60,196
56	Cook	491	59,467
57	John	473	10,815
58	Barker	471	39,196
59	Allen	469	56,290
60	Owen	468	35,558
61	Booth	461	29,559
62	Dawson	449	32,910
63	Ball	446	24,730
64	Pearson	446	34,754
65	Ellis	445	43,381
66	Carr	435	21,558
67	Walters	403	14,268
68	Rogers	401	38,745
69	Gibson	390	36,370
70	Parry	386	22,775
71	Graham	377	34,451
72	Fisher	373	34,989
73	Carter	372	50,099
74	Marsh	372	21,309
75	Riley	372	23,673
76	Davison	370	10,683
77	Nicholson	363	21,253
78	Elliott	361	25,315
79	Walton	358	21,088
80	Baker	355	65,282
81	Watkins	355	18,128
82	Marshall	352	50,203
83	Atkinson	345	29,154
84	Anderson	343	59,265
85	Bowen	342	12,380
86	Webster	340	26,040
87	Mills	336	38,788
88	Gray	329	42,727
89	Bradley	328	24,034
90	Parkin	326	8,063
91	King	324	65,115
92	Barnes	311	36,002
93	Newton	310	22,922
94	Charlton	306	8,568
95	Cox	305	44,382
96	Berry	299	23,740
97	Brooks	296	29,205
98	Adams	291	43,950
99	Chapman	289	42,456
100	Miller	289	53,567