1881 census occupation

Collier surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

732 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 5,654 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 757 people recorded as Collier.

Surnames most linked with Collier

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	757	338,678
2	Davies	518	152,295
3	Williams	466	214,615
4	Thomas	373	123,339
5	Evans	356	130,734
6	Rees	157	26,024
7	Edwards	131	83,319
8	Griffiths	129	48,955
9	Jenkins	89	35,237
10	Price	89	52,361
11	Phillips	87	53,458
12	Powell	75	37,321
13	Richards	73	45,120
14	Parry	66	22,775
15	John	61	10,815
16	Watkins	49	18,128
17	Morgans	43	6,510
18	Bowen	32	12,380
19	Owens	27	14,922
20	Pugh	24	11,458
21	Walters	22	14,268
22	Edmunds	21	3,918
23	Rowlands	21	7,438
24	Meredith	20	6,044
25	George	19	17,545
26	Bevan	18	7,333
27	Dale	18	12,648
28	Hale	18	10,827
29	Vaughan	18	10,222
30	David	17	3,083
31	Griffith	16	9,759
32	Harries	16	5,647
33	Rigby	15	8,697
34	Samuel	15	3,580
35	Seddon	15	4,863
36	Rosser	14	2,185
37	Mountford	12	2,667
38	Rushton	12	6,187
39	Whitley	12	2,406
40	Connah	11	227
41	Meek	11	3,513
42	Nixon	11	9,111
43	Prosser	11	4,706
44	William	11	2,560
45	Dando	10	1,110
46	Foulkes	10	2,811
47	Molyneux	10	2,284
48	Richard	10	2,549
49	Rowley	10	7,865
50	Summers	10	8,369
51	Bellis	9	1,704
52	Beswick	9	2,922
53	Boardman	9	4,810
54	Greenhalgh	9	6,131
55	Joseph	9	2,424
56	Matthias	9	360
57	Philips	9	5,508
58	Pierce	9	4,402
59	Whittle	9	6,516
60	Amos	8	4,929
61	Aspinall	8	4,111
62	Atherton	8	5,404
63	Betteridge	8	1,347
64	Charles	8	6,185
65	Cope	8	6,760
66	Cotterill	8	2,626
67	Crofts	8	2,414
68	Entwistle	8	5,210
69	Fairhurst	8	2,450
70	Gater	8	769
71	Grimshaw	8	4,992
72	Michael	8	1,610
73	Pilkington	8	5,370
74	Robins	8	6,309
75	Sheldon	8	4,548
76	Wiltshire	8	3,984
77	Ashcroft	7	4,008
78	Ashurst	7	1,060
79	Birchall	7	2,945
80	Brain	7	3,214
81	Britton	7	5,302
82	Bromley	7	4,605
83	Critchley	7	2,677
84	Cunliffe	7	3,724
85	Dawber	7	665
86	Jervis	7	2,300
87	Milward	7	1,382
88	Mort	7	1,451
89	Oakes	7	4,336
90	Pennington	7	4,446
91	Rothwell	7	5,489
92	Simcock	7	876
93	Stanway	7	834
94	Stones	7	3,561
95	Astbury	6	1,403
96	Beech	6	4,432
97	Biddulph	6	672
98	Emanuel	6	575
99	Farr	6	4,455
100	Isherwood	6	3,447