1881 census occupation

Draper surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

2,210 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 5,593 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Wilson, with 112 people recorded as Draper.

Surnames most linked with Draper

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	Wilson	112	137,750
2	Scott	68	76,018
3	Bell	67	56,099
4	Graham	46	34,451
5	Pearson	36	34,754
6	Anderson	34	59,265
7	Armstrong	27	22,891
8	Williamson	26	26,852
9	Nicholson	25	21,253
10	Robson	24	19,747
11	Reid	23	31,585
12	Stewart	23	46,990
13	Todd	23	15,284
14	Johnston	21	24,321
15	Barlow	20	16,181
16	Thomson	20	40,265
17	Campbell	19	50,681
18	Parkinson	18	14,360
19	Clegg	17	10,197
20	Ross	17	32,788
21	Alexander	16	15,837
22	Baird	16	6,434
23	Kay	16	12,865
24	Steele	16	8,027
25	Hargreaves	15	12,498
26	Irving	15	6,670
27	Johnstone	15	13,626
28	Morton	15	16,044
29	Snow	15	4,034
30	Davidson	14	25,224
31	Fraser	14	26,732
32	Groves	14	8,410
33	Ingham	14	7,443
34	Kerr	14	16,411
35	Morley	14	11,962
36	Noble	14	12,481
37	Cameron	13	23,281
38	Crook	13	8,607
39	Hamilton	13	22,515
40	Ogden	13	8,483
41	Robertson	13	50,348
42	Wills	13	8,934
43	Bradbury	12	8,665
44	Child	12	5,087
45	Dickson	12	11,181
46	Park	12	9,319
47	Pitt	12	6,397
48	Walmsley	12	6,180
49	Binns	11	4,965
50	Forster	11	9,799
51	Grierson	11	1,672
52	Halliday	11	6,183
53	Jenkinson	11	5,239
54	Milligan	11	3,523
55	Patterson	11	10,426
56	Andrew	10	9,483
57	Anthony	10	3,465
58	Beck	10	6,938
59	Bland	10	6,214
60	Clarkson	10	7,937
61	Croft	10	7,060
62	Emery	10	6,540
63	Ferguson	10	21,268
64	Jardine	10	2,809
65	Partridge	10	7,795
66	Rae	10	1,185
67	Rudd	10	4,722
68	Strange	10	3,206
69	Ainsworth	9	5,936
70	Cain	9	5,421
71	Carlyle	9	820
72	Carruthers	9	3,969
73	Cotton	9	7,145
74	Currie	9	8,467
75	Duckworth	9	5,788
76	Elliot	9	7,636
77	England	9	6,130
78	Fenn	9	3,035
79	Gardiner	9	8,640
80	Gordon	9	18,832
81	Mather	9	7,433
82	Morrison	9	23,413
83	Paterson	9	20,480
84	Pickup	9	3,868
85	Spence	9	9,887
86	Turnbull	9	12,629
87	Waddington	9	4,864
88	Willey	9	2,688
89	Allan	8	18,828
90	Beattie	8	6,437
91	Bower	8	5,485
92	Brookes	8	7,049
93	Burnett	8	8,312
94	Butterfield	8	3,984
95	Coulson	8	5,367
96	Crawford	8	14,716
97	Curry	8	4,258
98	Denham	8	2,637
99	Dunlop	8	4,816
100	Hardwick	8	4,571