1881 census occupation

Dock Labourer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,182 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 3,330 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Murphy, with 98 people recorded as Dock Labourer.

Surnames most linked with Dock Labourer

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	Murphy	98	23,790
2	Kelly	88	30,644
3	Burns	45	20,128
4	Connor	39	8,809
5	Walsh	37	15,864
6	Doyle	36	7,258
7	Murray	34	37,222
8	Ryan	34	9,176
9	Donovan	33	4,702
10	Driscoll	33	3,305
11	Dunn	31	24,868
12	Quinn	30	5,716
13	Campbell	26	50,681
14	Nolan	25	4,062
15	Flynn	24	5,709
16	Connolly	23	3,447
17	Burke	21	8,736
18	Moran	20	5,480
19	Carroll	19	6,003
20	Kennedy	19	18,038
21	Maguire	19	3,040
22	Barry	17	5,349
23	Boyle	17	7,780
24	Joyce	17	7,339
25	Welsh	17	11,869
26	Gallagher	16	4,530
27	Brennan	15	3,116
28	Cain	15	5,421
29	Fagan	15	1,419
30	Kenny	15	3,596
31	Mahoney	15	3,153
32	Stanton	15	5,968
33	Farrell	14	5,660
34	Oneil	14	5,219
35	Rice	14	9,235
36	Rooney	14	2,679
37	Johnston	13	24,321
38	Obrien	13	7,799
39	Regan	13	3,068
40	Sloan	13	2,829
41	Byrne	12	4,166
42	Fitzgerald	12	5,205
43	Maloney	12	2,464
44	Reilly	12	3,170
45	Brady	11	5,301
46	Carney	11	2,699
47	Cavanagh	11	2,255
48	Conway	11	5,592
49	Donnelly	11	3,764
50	Fitzpatrick	11	4,393
51	Flanagan	11	2,341
52	Callaghan	10	3,363
53	Cannon	10	5,295
54	Casey	10	4,412
55	Crawley	10	3,882
56	Daley	10	3,526
57	Daly	10	2,957
58	Hanlon	10	1,377
59	Maher	10	1,086
60	Reid	10	31,585
61	Shea	10	2,002
62	Sweeney	10	3,997
63	Duffy	9	6,593
64	Flaherty	9	909
65	Gorman	9	3,623
66	Hagan	9	1,491
67	Kearney	9	1,369
68	Kehoe	9	445
69	Mooney	9	3,467
70	Oconnor	9	3,030
71	Power	9	4,015
72	Roach	9	4,371
73	Summers	9	8,369
74	Connelly	8	2,780
75	Cosgrove	8	1,455
76	Curran	8	2,509
77	Doherty	8	2,460
78	Doran	8	2,461
79	Duggan	8	2,200
80	Foley	8	3,760
81	Kearns	8	926
82	Mcdonald	8	48,164
83	Ray	8	5,660
84	Rourke	8	1,473
85	Brian	7	1,406
86	Cassidy	7	3,646
87	Cleary	7	1,235
88	Connell	7	5,144
89	Coyle	7	2,040
90	Coyne	7	1,580
91	Crowley	7	1,921
92	Duffey	7	1,068
93	Fenlon	7	115
94	Gavin	7	1,482
95	Goulding	7	2,927
96	Grimes	7	3,452
97	Haley	7	3,555
98	Keenan	7	2,533
99	Mccarthy	7	7,804
100	Melia	7	718