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 Ball, with 36 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
101	Ball	36	24,730
102	Davey	36	12,184
103	Gibbs	36	14,676
104	Marsh	36	21,309
105	Pearson	36	34,754
106	Wheeler	36	18,031
107	Woods	36	18,768
108	Barrett	35	20,042
109	Frost	35	16,800
110	Read	35	19,314
111	Warren	35	19,899
112	Bartlett	34	13,054
113	Elliott	34	25,315
114	Burgess	33	20,759
115	Moss	33	18,432
116	Skinner	33	15,141
117	Sutton	33	19,057
118	Griffin	32	14,053
119	Shepherd	31	21,923
120	Simmons	31	12,229
121	Arnold	30	16,054
122	Jordan	30	13,212
123	Nicholls	30	15,623
124	Reed	30	21,815
125	Stephens	30	16,575
126	Austin	29	14,588
127	Barber	29	18,022
128	Berry	29	23,740
129	Bryant	29	12,753
130	Graham	29	34,451
131	Grant	29	29,695
132	Manning	29	9,465
133	Porter	29	22,471
134	Chambers	28	16,996
135	Dunn	28	24,868
136	Freeman	28	19,062
137	Reeves	28	12,269
138	Ross	28	32,788
139	Sharp	28	24,950
140	Stokes	28	12,605
141	Winter	28	10,608
142	Baldwin	27	12,774
143	Coleman	27	14,894
144	Cooke	27	16,523
145	Curtis	27	16,949
146	Gardner	27	20,306
147	Jennings	27	15,142
148	Miles	27	17,637
149	Oliver	27	21,337
150	Weston	27	12,197
151	Bray	26	9,999
152	Briggs	26	16,242
153	Perkins	26	13,410
154	Stewart	26	46,990
155	Atkins	25	11,186
156	Campbell	25	50,681
157	Dodd	25	12,112
158	Butcher	24	12,606
159	French	24	14,624
160	Fuller	24	12,091
161	George	24	17,545
162	Hammond	24	17,002
163	Harper	24	19,184
164	Kent	24	12,591
165	Mathews	24	11,043
166	Neal	24	8,877
167	Nicholson	24	21,253
168	Osborne	24	14,203
169	Walsh	24	15,864
170	Warner	24	10,908
171	Williamson	24	26,852
172	Woodward	24	14,736
173	Bates	23	19,015
174	Burns	23	20,128
175	Carpenter	23	10,221
176	Clayton	23	16,272
177	Dyer	23	11,556
178	Finch	23	9,950
179	Gilbert	23	16,992
180	Peters	23	10,486
181	Pratt	23	17,181
182	Pugh	23	11,458
183	Abbott	22	13,211
184	Aldridge	22	5,787
185	Banks	22	15,330
186	Bond	22	15,814
187	Bowden	22	8,607
188	Dennis	22	8,835
189	Drew	22	7,882
190	Kemp	22	16,605
191	Murray	22	37,222
192	Pike	22	8,640
193	Preston	22	14,894
194	Wall	22	10,463
195	Archer	21	12,355
196	Bush	21	7,400
197	Field	21	14,896
198	Franklin	21	9,941
199	Pope	21	10,286
200	Underwood	21	8,092