1881 census occupation

Domestic surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

2,322 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,805 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Young, with 47 people recorded as Domestic.

Surnames most linked with Domestic

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	Young	47	64,312
2	Mills	46	38,788
3	Stevens	38	31,223
4	Matthews	33	26,049
5	Harding	31	21,596
6	Wheeler	25	18,031
7	Walton	24	21,088
8	Knowles	21	15,989
9	Nicholls	21	15,623
10	Pratt	21	17,181
11	Frost	20	16,800
12	Chambers	17	16,996
13	Mathews	17	11,043
14	Savage	16	11,457
15	Welsh	16	11,869
16	Dale	15	12,648
17	Dennis	15	8,835
18	Winter	15	10,608
19	Butterworth	14	10,743
20	Johns	14	7,655
21	Godfrey	13	8,858
22	Stanley	13	11,524
23	Weeks	13	6,387
24	Chandler	12	9,606
25	Gordon	12	18,832
26	Preece	12	4,878
27	Vincent	12	9,240
28	Waddington	12	4,864
29	Wilcox	12	5,633
30	David	11	3,083
31	Searle	11	5,970
32	Turnbull	11	12,629
33	Underwood	11	8,092
34	Bevan	10	7,333
35	Black	10	19,357
36	Brewer	10	7,915
37	Greaves	10	8,773
38	Jacobs	10	7,152
39	Monk	10	6,299
40	Morgans	10	6,510
41	Parnell	10	2,890
42	Piper	10	5,917
43	Whitehouse	10	7,785
44	Woodcock	10	8,543
45	Ainsworth	9	5,936
46	Donovan	9	4,702
47	Farley	9	3,748
48	Jenner	9	3,556
49	Quick	9	3,336
50	Simmonds	9	8,010
51	Waller	9	7,532
52	Wellington	9	1,404
53	Allan	8	18,828
54	Ash	8	4,883
55	Baines	8	5,734
56	Belcher	8	3,608
57	Bissell	8	889
58	Brett	8	5,656
59	Conway	8	5,592
60	Edmonds	8	5,669
61	Elliot	8	7,636
62	Golding	8	5,274
63	Kirkham	8	4,177
64	Mullett	8	934
65	Nice	8	705
66	Southall	8	2,270
67	Wilks	8	4,707
68	Bassett	7	4,657
69	Baugh	7	1,079
70	Bennetts	7	1,110
71	Boyce	7	4,470
72	Bunn	7	2,913
73	Byrne	7	4,166
74	Cookson	7	3,517
75	Crow	7	4,509
76	Darby	7	4,806
77	Deakin	7	4,149
78	Downing	7	5,199
79	Finn	7	2,719
80	Fraser	7	26,732
81	Garside	7	4,328
82	Gay	7	3,665
83	Grainger	7	4,619
84	Groom	7	4,197
85	Rushton	7	6,187
86	Sargent	7	4,600
87	Sharples	7	5,244
88	Swan	7	7,809
89	Tattersall	7	4,165
90	Tonkin	7	1,445
91	Yardley	7	1,897
92	Baron	6	3,096
93	Batten	6	2,753
94	Billington	6	3,259
95	Bowyer	6	3,265
96	Champion	6	3,108
97	Doble	6	855
98	Downes	6	3,702
99	Dye	6	1,929
100	Everitt	6	2,517