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 Kitchen, with 34 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
1101	Kitchen	34	5,115
1102	Mole	34	2,326
1103	Morrison	34	23,413
1104	Onions	34	1,666
1105	Protheroe	34	761
1106	Roughley	34	524
1107	Sidebottom	34	1,718
1108	Tennant	34	3,213
1109	Terry	34	7,660
1110	Toon	34	1,129
1111	Upton	34	5,698
1112	Asquith	33	1,753
1113	Ayre	33	1,673
1114	Benjamin	33	1,569
1115	Betteridge	33	1,347
1116	Bottomley	33	4,974
1117	Bowes	33	2,760
1118	Box	33	2,403
1119	Catterall	33	1,890
1120	Clowes	33	1,667
1121	Doughty	33	3,807
1122	Dunning	33	2,542
1123	Edward	33	2,791
1124	Gaunt	33	2,944
1125	Hancox	33	2,283
1126	Keeton	33	490
1127	Kitson	33	2,390
1128	Mallinson	33	2,473
1129	Mawson	33	2,422
1130	Milward	33	1,382
1131	Moakes	33	209
1132	Musgrave	33	1,808
1133	Nelmes	33	672
1134	Newsome	33	2,152
1135	Nolan	33	4,062
1136	Purnell	33	1,568
1137	Redhead	33	1,619
1138	Riddle	33	2,504
1139	Rigley	33	412
1140	Sage	33	2,659
1141	Scargill	33	496
1142	Shenton	33	1,904
1143	Summerscales	33	359
1144	Walshaw	33	800
1145	Whiteley	33	5,390
1146	Bagley	32	2,227
1147	Barras	32	582
1148	Berrisford	32	916
1149	Bowker	32	2,924
1150	Broom	32	3,699
1151	Clement	32	2,983
1152	Clements	32	9,906
1153	Coop	32	979
1154	Cottle	32	1,465
1155	Forrest	32	7,756
1156	Forshaw	32	2,010
1157	Grady	32	1,972
1158	Haines	32	6,935
1159	Keenan	32	2,533
1160	Makinson	32	858
1161	Marples	32	799
1162	Oldroyd	32	1,515
1163	Penn	32	2,712
1164	Pinder	32	3,607
1165	Pool	32	3,456
1166	Ranson	32	1,484
1167	Roden	32	1,408
1168	Rollinson	32	1,617
1169	Rudge	32	2,344
1170	Sampson	32	5,087
1171	Sewell	32	6,315
1172	Shotton	32	1,036
1173	Twigger	32	364
1174	Walley	32	1,411
1175	Westhead	32	695
1176	Wills	32	8,934
1177	Astbury	31	1,403
1178	Birks	31	1,983
1179	Blackledge	31	806
1180	Bowater	31	438
1181	Broughton	31	5,564
1182	Burnham	31	1,826
1183	Cannon	31	5,295
1184	Churchill	31	3,526
1185	Collingwood	31	1,648
1186	Culshaw	31	1,137
1187	Cuthbertson	31	2,303
1188	Dainty	31	826
1189	Dawber	31	665
1190	Dooley	31	1,845
1191	Driver	31	5,553
1192	Eastham	31	1,530
1193	Franks	31	3,734
1194	Gardiner	31	8,640
1195	Gorman	31	3,623
1196	Greenway	31	2,224
1197	Hand	31	3,590
1198	Hanley	31	2,466
1199	Jeffrey	31	5,525
1200	Jolly	31	4,235