1881 census occupation

Cook surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

5,516 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 25,662 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 534 people recorded as Cook.

Surnames most linked with Cook

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	Smith	534	422,249
2	Jones	526	338,678
3	Williams	348	214,615
4	Brown	254	197,359
5	Taylor	245	191,142
6	Roberts	190	112,276
7	Evans	184	130,734
8	Thomas	166	123,339
9	White	162	96,053
10	Wright	140	95,951
11	Green	139	84,164
12	Clark	138	90,143
13	Wilson	132	137,750
14	Davis	129	65,757
15	Johnson	128	100,458
16	Edwards	125	83,319
17	Baker	120	65,282
18	Turner	120	83,267
19	Clarke	114	60,196
20	King	112	65,115
21	Robinson	108	95,300
22	Martin	107	73,281
23	Thompson	107	89,587
24	Cook	105	59,467
25	Ward	103	65,299
26	Allen	101	56,290
27	Cooper	98	72,708
28	Morris	98	66,607
29	Moore	95	58,817
30	Walker	95	100,304
31	Carter	94	50,099
32	Phillips	94	53,458
33	Jackson	93	83,594
34	Hall	88	88,053
35	Price	86	52,361
36	Adams	84	43,950
37	Richards	84	45,120
38	Cox	79	44,382
39	Young	78	64,312
40	Griffiths	75	48,955
41	Bennett	72	49,110
42	Chapman	72	42,456
43	Knight	72	36,756
44	Parker	72	56,883
45	Collins	71	42,829
46	Webb	70	40,508
47	Mills	66	38,788
48	Mitchell	66	60,795
49	Watson	66	69,539
50	Stevens	65	31,223
51	Ellis	64	43,381
52	Scott	64	76,018
53	Cole	63	27,185
54	Rogers	63	38,745
55	Andrews	62	28,636
56	Bailey	62	44,948
57	Palmer	62	35,153
58	Saunders	62	27,328
59	Miller	61	53,567
60	Marshall	60	50,203
61	Day	58	27,843
62	Payne	58	26,886
63	Powell	58	37,321
64	Mason	57	40,247
65	Pearce	57	27,443
66	Reynolds	55	25,883
67	Bishop	53	20,827
68	Barnes	52	36,002
69	West	51	28,778
70	Bird	50	22,826
71	Page	50	23,921
72	Russell	50	36,592
73	Stone	50	21,581
74	Barker	49	39,196
75	Simpson	49	52,391
76	Foster	48	40,056
77	Jenkins	48	35,237
78	Matthews	48	26,049
79	Fisher	47	34,989
80	Fletcher	47	34,136
81	Brooks	46	29,205
82	Harding	46	21,596
83	Butler	45	29,165
84	Watts	45	25,021
85	Anderson	44	59,265
86	Tucker	44	16,480
87	Kelly	43	30,644
88	Murphy	43	23,790
89	Wells	43	24,900
90	Gray	42	42,727
91	Parsons	42	22,657
92	Ford	40	29,131
93	Gibson	40	36,370
94	Fox	39	26,486
95	Newman	39	22,210
96	Rose	39	22,106
97	May	38	18,022
98	Willis	38	15,886
99	Burton	37	25,491
100	Watkins	37	18,128