1881 census occupation

Domestic Servant surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

13,891 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 113,228 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 2,438 people recorded as Domestic Servant.

Surnames most linked with Domestic Servant

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	2,438	338,678
2	Smith	2,101	422,249
3	Williams	1,539	214,615
4	Davies	1,064	152,295
5	Brown	889	197,359
6	Evans	859	130,734
7	Taylor	850	191,142
8	Thomas	804	123,339
9	Roberts	756	112,276
10	Wilson	560	137,750
11	Johnson	555	100,458
12	Edwards	538	83,319
13	Robinson	493	95,300
14	White	483	96,053
15	Hall	474	88,053
16	Thompson	460	89,587
17	Davis	448	65,757
18	Turner	445	83,267
19	Clark	441	90,143
20	Walker	441	100,304
21	Wright	440	95,951
22	Green	437	84,164
23	Wood	435	95,380
24	Cooper	402	72,708
25	Jackson	389	83,594
26	Baker	387	65,282
27	Morris	384	66,607
28	Cook	375	59,467
29	Ward	375	65,299
30	Martin	374	73,281
31	Price	349	52,361
32	Griffiths	342	48,955
33	King	325	65,115
34	Clarke	320	60,196
35	Moore	305	58,817
36	Allen	297	56,290
37	Parker	295	56,883
38	Richards	292	45,120
39	Carter	281	50,099
40	Richardson	275	50,857
41	Cox	274	44,382
42	Phillips	273	53,458
43	Owen	272	35,558
44	Bennett	255	49,110
45	Collins	255	42,829
46	Watson	254	69,539
47	Bailey	251	44,948
48	Powell	250	37,321
49	Rogers	250	38,745
50	Young	250	64,312
51	Bell	243	56,099
52	Chapman	238	42,456
53	Scott	236	76,018
54	Webb	236	40,508
55	Ellis	229	43,381
56	Knight	227	36,756
57	Adams	220	43,950
58	Miller	219	53,567
59	Shaw	218	55,020
60	Foster	217	40,056
61	Marshall	215	50,203
62	Barker	209	39,196
63	Mason	209	40,247
64	Jenkins	204	35,237
65	Wilkinson	204	45,653
66	Mitchell	200	60,795
67	Mills	195	38,788
68	Cole	189	27,185
69	Stevens	189	31,223
70	Simpson	187	52,391
71	Butler	184	29,165
72	Fisher	183	34,989
73	Barnes	180	36,002
74	Dixon	178	32,795
75	Palmer	177	35,153
76	Pearce	177	27,443
77	Parry	173	22,775
78	Payne	173	26,886
79	Fletcher	170	34,136
80	Day	169	27,843
81	Ford	168	29,131
82	West	166	28,778
83	Pearson	165	34,754
84	Dawson	164	32,910
85	Rees	163	26,024
86	Kelly	162	30,644
87	Bird	159	22,826
88	Newman	159	22,210
89	Atkinson	157	29,154
90	Andrews	153	28,636
91	Watts	153	25,021
92	Reynolds	152	25,883
93	Matthews	150	26,049
94	Saunders	150	27,328
95	Anderson	149	59,265
96	Parsons	149	22,657
97	Brooks	145	29,205
98	Gray	142	42,727
99	Reed	142	21,815
100	Spencer	139	27,278