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 Graham, with 35 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
101	Graham	35	34,451
102	Nicholson	35	21,253
103	Payne	35	26,886
104	Pritchard	35	16,096
105	Fox	34	26,486
106	Parry	34	22,775
107	Willis	34	15,886
108	Gardner	33	20,306
109	Bradley	32	24,034
110	Curtis	32	16,949
111	Elliott	32	25,315
112	Grant	32	29,695
113	Newman	32	22,210
114	Sharp	32	24,950
115	Shepherd	32	21,923
116	Walton	32	21,088
117	Wells	32	24,900
118	Wheeler	32	18,031
119	Woodward	31	14,736
120	Arnold	30	16,054
121	Barber	30	18,022
122	Bird	30	22,826
123	Burgess	30	20,759
124	Dale	30	12,648
125	Porter	30	22,471
126	Pugh	30	11,458
127	Carr	29	21,558
128	Gill	29	20,931
129	Owens	29	14,922
130	Preston	29	14,894
131	Walters	29	14,268
132	Dean	28	20,763
133	May	28	18,022
134	Miles	28	17,637
135	Read	28	19,314
136	Warren	28	19,899
137	Winter	28	10,608
138	Woods	28	18,768
139	Barrett	27	20,042
140	Berry	27	23,740
141	Bowen	27	12,380
142	Harper	27	19,184
143	Reed	27	21,815
144	Austin	26	14,588
145	Bryant	26	12,753
146	French	26	14,624
147	Gibbs	26	14,676
148	Norman	26	13,722
149	Rose	26	22,106
150	Rowlands	26	7,438
151	Stephens	26	16,575
152	Butcher	25	12,606
153	Jennings	25	15,142
154	Yates	25	20,593
155	Gilbert	24	16,992
156	Oliver	24	21,337
157	Stokes	24	12,605
158	Weston	24	12,197
159	Whitehead	24	20,246
160	Wilkins	24	13,205
161	Clements	23	9,906
162	George	23	17,545
163	Griffin	23	14,053
164	Murray	23	37,222
165	Nicholls	23	15,623
166	Poole	23	14,382
167	Stacey	23	6,727
168	Tucker	23	16,480
169	Davison	22	10,683
170	John	22	10,815
171	Pratt	22	17,181
172	Carpenter	21	10,221
173	Faulkner	21	8,124
174	Kent	21	12,591
175	Sharpe	21	8,824
176	Webber	21	9,057
177	Barnett	20	13,495
178	Bond	20	15,814
179	Bray	20	9,999
180	Dennis	20	8,835
181	Freeman	20	19,062
182	Griffith	20	9,759
183	Hale	20	10,827
184	Mann	20	15,786
185	Nixon	20	9,111
186	Norris	20	12,839
187	Perkins	20	13,410
188	Short	20	11,678
189	Simmons	20	12,229
190	Slater	20	18,151
191	Waters	20	12,022
192	Barton	19	16,190
193	Baxter	19	17,875
194	Burnett	19	8,312
195	Chambers	19	16,996
196	Kennedy	19	18,038
197	Sanderson	19	12,425
198	Smart	19	13,640
199	Stevenson	19	21,015
200	Thornton	19	15,067