1881 census occupation

Cotton Reeler surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

729 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 3,288 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Buckley, with 74 people recorded as Cotton Reeler.

Surnames most linked with Cotton Reeler

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	Buckley	74	16,269
2	Schofield	66	16,242
3	Shaw	57	55,020
4	Greenwood	42	23,239
5	Booth	39	29,559
6	Stott	39	9,356
7	Wild	39	12,250
8	Ogden	38	8,483
9	Whitehead	38	20,246
10	Kershaw	37	9,666
11	Sutcliffe	36	11,839
12	Butterworth	33	10,743
13	Chadwick	32	13,091
14	Clayton	32	16,272
15	Whiteley	32	5,390
16	Wadsworth	31	4,167
17	Bottomley	29	4,974
18	Sykes	28	14,399
19	Bradbury	26	8,665
20	Broadbent	26	6,399
21	Mellor	26	10,568
22	Barlow	25	16,181
23	Winterbottom	25	2,769
24	Clegg	24	10,197
25	Brierley	23	5,333
26	Needham	23	6,368
27	Whittaker	23	14,193
28	Wrigley	23	3,789
29	Greenhalgh	22	6,131
30	Crossley	21	8,227
31	Kay	21	12,865
32	Yates	21	20,593
33	Andrew	20	9,483
34	Ashton	20	14,675
35	Dyson	20	9,699
36	Hamer	20	5,605
37	Rothwell	18	5,489
38	Duckworth	17	5,788
39	Greaves	17	8,773
40	Hague	17	4,719
41	Partington	17	4,237
42	Platt	17	7,918
43	Radcliffe	17	3,033
44	Crowther	16	8,948
45	Grimshaw	16	4,992
46	Hampson	16	5,411
47	Hargreaves	16	12,498
48	Nield	16	2,052
49	Rhodes	16	13,915
50	Royle	16	3,945
51	Crompton	15	5,035
52	Thorpe	15	11,830
53	Bradshaw	14	12,284
54	Mather	14	7,433
55	Ramsden	14	5,465
56	Ratcliffe	14	8,266
57	Scholes	14	3,470
58	Wilcock	14	4,272
59	Bardsley	13	2,268
60	Collier	13	10,022
61	Garside	13	4,328
62	Gledhill	13	4,452
63	Warburton	13	7,375
64	Aspinall	12	4,111
65	Fielding	12	6,661
66	Kenworthy	12	1,997
67	Mayall	12	917
68	Worthington	12	5,992
69	Cheetham	11	4,637
70	Collinge	11	2,005
71	Hardman	11	6,003
72	Pollitt	11	2,309
73	Seddon	11	4,863
74	Beaumont	10	8,876
75	Farrell	10	5,660
76	Fitton	10	3,373
77	Gartside	10	1,246
78	Hanson	10	9,652
79	Ingham	10	7,443
80	Marland	10	1,041
81	Street	10	6,995
82	Travis	10	3,520
83	Wilde	10	4,372
84	Wolstencroft	10	1,173
85	Worsnip	10	142
86	Ainsworth	9	5,936
87	Clarkson	9	7,937
88	Dearden	9	2,934
89	Grundy	9	6,133
90	Hadfield	9	4,177
91	Halliwell	9	3,322
92	Knott	9	5,941
93	Parkin	9	8,063
94	Rushton	9	6,187
95	Sidebottom	9	1,718
96	Stansfield	9	4,622
97	Tetlow	9	1,184
98	Wallwork	9	1,749
99	Bamford	8	4,516
100	Baron	8	3,096