1881 census occupation

Cotton Rover surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

375 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 1,126 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Greenwood, with 29 people recorded as Cotton Rover.

Surnames most linked with Cotton Rover

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	Greenwood	29	23,239
2	Walsh	25	15,864
3	Parkinson	24	14,360
4	Ashworth	20	11,942
5	Butterworth	20	10,743
6	Stott	18	9,356
7	Sutcliffe	18	11,839
8	Duckworth	17	5,788
9	Hargreaves	17	12,498
10	Sharples	17	5,244
11	Clegg	16	10,197
12	Gregson	16	4,146
13	Nuttall	13	7,536
14	Walmsley	13	6,180
15	Warburton	13	7,375
16	Ainsworth	12	5,936
17	Entwistle	11	5,210
18	Ingham	11	7,443
19	Tattersall	11	4,165
20	Brierley	10	5,333
21	Crossley	10	8,227
22	Mercer	10	7,893
23	Pilkington	10	5,370
24	Gallagher	9	4,530
25	Greenhalgh	9	6,131
26	Isherwood	9	3,447
27	Pickup	9	3,868
28	Whittle	9	6,516
29	Aspin	8	1,214
30	Coupe	8	2,091
31	Pilling	8	3,614
32	Stansfield	8	4,622
33	Addison	7	4,162
34	Crawshaw	7	2,335
35	Dewhurst	7	3,553
36	Halliwell	7	3,322
37	Hamer	7	5,605
38	Almond	6	3,717
39	Aspden	6	1,322
40	Baxendale	6	1,527
41	Duxbury	6	2,014
42	Hacking	6	1,419
43	Nolan	6	4,062
44	Pomfret	6	1,030
45	Rawlinson	6	3,581
46	Shutt	6	1,081
47	Waring	6	3,768
48	Whittam	6	1,099
49	Whitworth	6	5,013
50	Baron	5	3,096
51	Bateson	5	1,872
52	Billington	5	3,259
53	Charnley	5	1,399
54	Connell	5	5,144
55	Cottam	5	1,821
56	Edmundson	5	850
57	Rostron	5	1,790
58	Shorrock	5	1,480
59	Starkie	5	966
60	Swindlehurst	5	605
61	Windle	5	1,702
62	Wolstenholme	5	2,392
63	Ackroyd	4	2,802
64	Bamber	4	2,303
65	Bardsley	4	2,268
66	Bibby	4	3,233
67	Brannon	4	833
68	Brennan	4	3,116
69	Catlow	4	1,234
70	Caton	4	1,436
71	Collinge	4	2,005
72	Crossland	4	2,633
73	Malone	4	2,398
74	Meara	4	92
75	Mooney	4	3,467
76	Mounsey	4	862
77	Nutter	4	2,278
78	Oddie	4	574
79	Ramsbottom	4	2,034
80	Rawcliffe	4	1,198
81	Redhead	4	1,619
82	Sherrington	4	626
83	Topping	4	2,060
84	Astin	3	868
85	Beardsworth	3	544
86	Bleasdale	3	920
87	Bury	3	2,237
88	Catterall	3	1,890
89	Costello	3	1,819
90	Costigan	3	239
91	Cranshaw	3	548
92	Cuerden	3	177
93	Daggers	3	66
94	Dagnall	3	648
95	Eagan	3	347
96	Eamer	3	130
97	Gornall	3	863
98	Gorton	3	1,853
99	Grime	3	1,575
100	Grindrod	3	1,200