1881 census occupation

Domestic Serv surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

4,917 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 24,067 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 667 people recorded as Domestic Serv.

Surnames most linked with Domestic Serv

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	Jones	667	338,678
2	Smith	504	422,249
3	Williams	385	214,615
4	Davies	295	152,295
5	Evans	253	130,734
6	Taylor	253	191,142
7	Brown	239	197,359
8	Roberts	221	112,276
9	Thomas	195	123,339
10	Wilson	145	137,750
11	White	144	96,053
12	Hall	139	88,053
13	Edwards	136	83,319
14	Johnson	136	100,458
15	Thompson	134	89,587
16	Wright	133	95,951
17	Clark	126	90,143
18	Robinson	114	95,300
19	Green	112	84,164
20	Morris	112	66,607
21	Wood	110	95,380
22	Baker	107	65,282
23	Turner	102	83,267
24	Ward	102	65,299
25	Jackson	101	83,594
26	Griffiths	100	48,955
27	Walker	100	100,304
28	King	99	65,115
29	Cook	97	59,467
30	Martin	97	73,281
31	Moore	97	58,817
32	Price	96	52,361
33	Cooper	95	72,708
34	Davis	94	65,757
35	Clarke	87	60,196
36	Allen	82	56,290
37	Cox	79	44,382
38	Bailey	78	44,948
39	Bell	78	56,099
40	Bennett	78	49,110
41	Watson	76	69,539
42	Carter	75	50,099
43	Richardson	75	50,857
44	Adams	74	43,950
45	Parker	72	56,883
46	Webb	72	40,508
47	Ellis	70	43,381
48	Foster	69	40,056
49	Richards	68	45,120
50	Phillips	66	53,458
51	Chapman	64	42,456
52	Mills	64	38,788
53	Powell	64	37,321
54	Scott	63	76,018
55	Collins	62	42,829
56	Owen	60	35,558
57	Jenkins	57	35,237
58	Mitchell	56	60,795
59	Marshall	54	50,203
60	Simpson	54	52,391
61	Gray	53	42,727
62	Barnes	52	36,002
63	Brooks	52	29,205
64	Knight	52	36,756
65	Fisher	51	34,989
66	Stone	50	21,581
67	West	50	28,778
68	Barker	48	39,196
69	Palmer	48	35,153
70	Stevens	48	31,223
71	Andrews	47	28,636
72	Butler	47	29,165
73	Cole	47	27,185
74	Rees	47	26,024
75	Day	46	27,843
76	Mason	46	40,247
77	Dixon	45	32,795
78	Ford	45	29,131
79	Miller	45	53,567
80	Parsons	44	22,657
81	Rogers	44	38,745
82	Dawson	43	32,910
83	Armstrong	42	22,891
84	Harding	42	21,596
85	Matthews	42	26,049
86	Watkins	42	18,128
87	Gibson	41	36,370
88	Saunders	41	27,328
89	Kelly	40	30,644
90	Page	40	23,921
91	Pearson	40	34,754
92	Burton	39	25,491
93	Pearce	39	27,443
94	Webster	39	26,040
95	Ball	37	24,730
96	Potter	37	19,384
97	Robson	37	19,747
98	Anderson	35	59,265
99	Bishop	35	20,827
100	Dunn	35	24,868