1881 census occupation

Coal Miner Wife surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

713 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 1,934 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Davies, with 278 people recorded as Coal Miner Wife.

Surnames most linked with Coal Miner Wife

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	Davies	278	152,295
2	Rees	69	26,024
3	Griffiths	64	48,955
4	Jenkins	52	35,237
5	John	28	10,815
6	Morgans	20	6,510
7	Dodd	18	12,112
8	Bevan	17	7,333
9	Bowen	17	12,380
10	Rosser	14	2,185
11	Charlton	13	8,568
12	Bellis	12	1,704
13	Davison	12	10,683
14	Turnbull	12	12,629
15	Downing	11	5,199
16	Parkin	11	8,063
17	Rigby	11	8,697
18	Twist	11	1,484
19	Atherton	10	5,404
20	Sharples	10	5,244
21	Whitfield	10	5,983
22	Charles	9	6,185
23	Seddon	9	4,863
24	Wolstencroft	9	1,173
25	Unsworth	8	3,437
26	Wardle	8	5,805
27	Bate	7	5,082
28	Boardman	7	4,810
29	Fellows	7	4,059
30	Millington	7	4,537
31	Pennington	7	4,446
32	Rothwell	7	5,489
33	Southern	7	2,767
34	Anthony	6	3,465
35	Dearden	6	2,934
36	Gittins	6	1,857
37	Halliday	6	6,183
38	Phillip	6	1,524
39	Ramsden	6	5,465
40	Reay	6	2,602
41	Redfern	6	4,170
42	Wallwork	6	1,749
43	William	6	2,560
44	Alderson	5	4,152
45	Baron	5	3,096
46	Bonsall	5	556
47	Carrick	5	2,155
48	Coop	5	979
49	Craddock	5	2,513
50	Critchley	5	2,677
51	Dawes	5	4,081
52	Derbyshire	5	3,118
53	Errington	5	1,671
54	Isherwood	5	3,447
55	Joseph	5	2,424
56	Maddison	5	2,931
57	Maggs	5	2,004
58	Molyneux	5	2,284
59	Parfitt	5	2,184
60	Raine	5	2,507
61	Renshaw	5	2,832
62	Ritson	5	1,203
63	Stoker	5	2,030
64	Treharne	5	672
65	Watkin	5	2,620
66	Whittock	5	218
67	Aubrey	4	836
68	Beynon	4	2,141
69	Bloor	4	1,653
70	Bodycombe	4	72
71	Bostock	4	2,810
72	Carins	4	105
73	Chivers	4	2,637
74	Dando	4	1,110
75	Darlington	4	2,036
76	Middlehurst	4	408
77	Minto	4	833
78	Monks	4	2,429
79	Musgrove	4	1,442
80	Nichol	4	3,236
81	Proud	4	1,529
82	Ramshaw	4	739
83	Sage	4	2,659
84	Shield	4	1,360
85	Sisson	4	787
86	Smallwood	4	2,762
87	Stocks	4	3,256
88	Tibbs	4	664
89	Treasure	4	429
90	Trueman	4	2,058
91	Valentine	4	3,845
92	Walls	4	3,614
93	Waterworth	4	1,314
94	Waugh	4	4,082
95	Weightman	4	1,177
96	Wilkin	4	1,641
97	Adshead	3	1,301
98	Ainscough	3	805
99	Anders	3	544
100	Aspey	3	388