1881 census occupation

Cotton Warper surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

334 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 1,136 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Ashworth, with 28 people recorded as Cotton Warper.

Surnames most linked with Cotton Warper

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	Ashworth	28	11,942
2	Sutcliffe	25	11,839
3	Whittaker	23	14,193
4	Walsh	22	15,864
5	Yates	21	20,593
6	Duckworth	19	5,788
7	Hargreaves	19	12,498
8	Mercer	19	7,893
9	Clegg	18	10,197
10	Parkinson	18	14,360
11	Pickup	18	3,868
12	Brierley	17	5,333
13	Fielding	15	6,661
14	Walmsley	15	6,180
15	Butterworth	14	10,743
16	Crabtree	14	6,037
17	Pilling	14	3,614
18	Ainsworth	13	5,936
19	Sharples	13	5,244
20	Crook	12	8,607
21	Entwistle	11	5,210
22	Ingham	11	7,443
23	Riding	11	2,019
24	Catterall	10	1,890
25	Duxbury	10	2,014
26	Kenyon	10	6,248
27	Whalley	10	4,728
28	Bury	9	2,237
29	Fish	9	5,580
30	Brindle	8	2,155
31	Crompton	8	5,035
32	Fairhurst	8	2,450
33	Forrest	8	7,756
34	Greenhalgh	8	6,131
35	Gregson	8	4,146
36	Grimshaw	8	4,992
37	Hamer	8	5,605
38	Isherwood	8	3,447
39	Pilkington	8	5,370
40	Rothwell	8	5,489
41	Stansfield	8	4,622
42	Aspden	7	1,322
43	Grundy	7	6,133
44	Hardman	7	6,003
45	Mather	7	7,433
46	Shorrock	7	1,480
47	Shuttleworth	7	3,552
48	Anderton	6	3,550
49	Cunliffe	6	3,724
50	Fielden	6	1,748
51	Gorton	6	1,853
52	Grime	6	1,575
53	Rawstron	6	348
54	Tattersall	6	4,165
55	Thornley	6	3,323
56	Wolstenholme	6	2,392
57	Wrigley	6	3,789
58	Banister	5	1,243
59	Baron	5	3,096
60	Eckersall	5	373
61	Fairclough	5	3,119
62	Grindrod	5	1,200
63	Hadfield	5	4,177
64	Halliwell	5	3,322
65	Maden	5	1,097
66	Ormerod	5	2,401
67	Pendlebury	5	1,918
68	Pomfret	5	1,030
69	Rostron	5	1,790
70	Southworth	5	1,535
71	Walkden	5	1,352
72	Wilding	5	3,526
73	Bamforth	4	1,334
74	Beesley	4	2,403
75	Birtwistle	4	1,651
76	Charnley	4	1,399
77	Dugdale	4	2,030
78	Edmundson	4	850
79	Gabbott	4	193
80	Hacking	4	1,419
81	Margerison	4	554
82	Pickstone	4	275
83	Pollitt	4	2,309
84	Seed	4	2,163
85	Sidebottom	4	1,718
86	Smalley	4	2,716
87	Southwell	4	1,865
88	Swindells	4	1,915
89	Wignall	4	1,530
90	Wittaker	4	240
91	Bulcock	3	512
92	Colbert	3	500
93	Cowburn	3	1,091
94	Cranshaw	3	548
95	Crawshaw	3	2,335
96	Diggle	3	1,096
97	Doodson	3	270
98	Eastham	3	1,530
99	Farnell	3	1,103
100	Froggatt	3	1,376