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 Snaith, with 43 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
901	Snaith	43	1,271
902	Thorp	43	4,061
903	Tilley	43	3,939
904	Trotter	43	3,148
905	Allcock	42	3,220
906	Auty	42	1,010
907	Baxendale	42	1,527
908	Best	42	8,020
909	Boot	42	1,411
910	Cockburn	42	3,844
911	Connell	42	5,144
912	Crabtree	42	6,037
913	Eden	42	3,042
914	Golding	42	5,274
915	Hallworth	42	777
916	Hampton	42	4,577
917	Ingram	42	9,112
918	Jagger	42	2,370
919	Jameson	42	3,306
920	Keeling	42	2,610
921	Pierce	42	4,402
922	Wakefield	42	5,358
923	Waterhouse	42	4,567
924	Almond	41	3,717
925	Baron	41	3,096
926	Batey	41	1,167
927	Binns	41	4,965
928	Brady	41	5,301
929	Bridges	41	4,759
930	Callaghan	41	3,363
931	Chamberlain	41	8,127
932	Embleton	41	861
933	Joseph	41	2,424
934	Mort	41	1,451
935	Oldham	41	5,288
936	Perks	41	3,122
937	Robertson	41	50,348
938	Roby	41	730
939	Roderick	41	1,045
940	Rothery	41	1,105
941	Shore	41	3,214
942	Wileman	41	686
943	Ackroyd	40	2,802
944	Brunt	40	2,069
945	Dobbs	40	2,022
946	Farr	40	4,455
947	Kenny	40	3,596
948	Kilburn	40	1,542
949	Mercer	40	7,893
950	Morrell	40	2,816
951	Morse	40	2,745
952	Neal	40	8,877
953	Orrell	40	1,117
954	Powis	40	1,145
955	Poxon	40	551
956	Reeve	40	6,989
957	Sellars	40	1,858
958	Swan	40	7,809
959	Wallis	40	10,105
960	Widdowson	40	1,590
961	Ainsworth	39	5,936
962	Appleton	39	4,692
963	Bagshaw	39	2,391
964	Battersby	39	2,119
965	Bourne	39	5,806
966	Clifton	39	4,221
967	Daglish	39	615
968	Derry	39	1,316
969	Dransfield	39	1,059
970	Farnsworth	39	1,243
971	Fearn	39	2,240
972	Johnstone	39	13,626
973	Mortimer	39	6,250
974	Pinkney	39	1,175
975	Sixsmith	39	500
976	Sunderland	39	3,436
977	Vernon	39	4,912
978	Weightman	39	1,177
979	Winnard	39	379
980	Wynn	39	2,605
981	Alexander	38	15,837
982	Askew	38	3,381
983	Blakey	38	2,410
984	Brennan	38	3,116
985	Burnett	38	8,312
986	Carrick	38	2,155
987	Collinson	38	3,519
988	Cullen	38	5,242
989	Dalton	38	6,850
990	Darlington	38	2,036
991	Eddy	38	1,788
992	Fenton	38	5,969
993	Garnett	38	3,722
994	Garrett	38	6,521
995	Hallas	38	1,120
996	Hardcastle	38	2,656
997	Jeffries	38	3,749
998	Jervis	38	2,300
999	Mee	38	2,280
1000	Mellors	38	939