1881 census occupation

Coalminer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,242 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 5,801 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Davies, with 379 people recorded as Coalminer.

Surnames most linked with Coalminer

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	379	152,295
2	Williams	330	214,615
3	Thomas	279	123,339
4	Evans	211	130,734
5	Griffiths	106	48,955
6	Phillips	90	53,458
7	Rees	88	26,024
8	Jenkins	80	35,237
9	Richards	71	45,120
10	Bell	52	56,099
11	John	51	10,815
12	Dixon	46	32,795
13	Graham	39	34,451
14	Gibson	36	36,370
15	Watkins	35	18,128
16	Carr	32	21,558
17	Armstrong	31	22,891
18	Robson	31	19,747
19	Nicholson	30	21,253
20	Williamson	27	26,852
21	Yates	27	20,593
22	Forster	26	9,799
23	Morgans	26	6,510
24	Patterson	25	10,426
25	Bowen	24	12,380
26	Charlton	24	8,568
27	Todd	24	15,284
28	Curtis	23	16,949
29	Turnbull	23	12,629
30	Walters	22	14,268
31	Maggs	20	2,004
32	Bevan	19	7,333
33	Daniel	19	6,608
34	Prescott	19	4,227
35	Mathews	18	11,043
36	Rigby	18	8,697
37	Wardle	18	5,805
38	Banks	17	15,330
39	Davison	17	10,683
40	Milburn	17	2,654
41	Parfitt	17	2,184
42	Atherton	16	5,404
43	Dodds	16	6,346
44	Seddon	16	4,863
45	Edmunds	15	3,918
46	Noble	15	12,481
47	Short	15	11,678
48	David	14	3,083
49	Rowlands	14	7,438
50	Rowley	14	7,865
51	Ashman	13	1,934
52	Ellison	13	6,264
53	Swift	13	9,258
54	Winstanley	13	3,022
55	Fenwick	12	3,921
56	Main	12	4,912
57	Meredith	12	6,044
58	Mitcheson	12	472
59	Moon	12	6,287
60	Nicholas	12	5,834
61	Parkin	12	8,063
62	Potts	12	10,001
63	Teasdale	12	2,535
64	Benson	11	8,106
65	Pattison	11	4,769
66	Ratcliffe	11	8,266
67	Ashcroft	10	4,008
68	Bassett	10	4,657
69	Bibby	10	3,233
70	Granger	10	3,061
71	Johnstone	10	13,626
72	Knox	10	5,144
73	Mountford	10	2,667
74	Ramsey	10	3,248
75	Rowbottom	10	1,792
76	Treharne	10	672
77	Wheatley	10	6,102
78	William	10	2,560
79	Wroe	10	1,247
80	Armitage	9	7,647
81	Black	9	19,357
82	Cockburn	9	3,844
83	Cunliffe	9	3,724
84	Curry	9	4,258
85	Emery	9	6,540
86	Hamilton	9	22,515
87	Isaac	9	3,750
88	Ord	9	1,786
89	Parr	9	7,480
90	Pool	9	3,456
91	Pringle	9	4,751
92	Purdy	9	1,707
93	Surtees	9	900
94	Atchison	8	362
95	Beardsley	8	955
96	Brain	8	3,214
97	Dick	8	6,686
98	Gaskell	8	3,062
99	Gibbon	8	3,044
100	Goold	8	524