1881 census occupation

Drapers Assistant surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

2,802 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 6,748 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Edwards, with 102 people recorded as Drapers Assistant.

Surnames most linked with Drapers Assistant

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	Edwards	102	83,319
2	Baker	79	65,282
3	Davis	75	65,757
4	Chapman	48	42,456
5	Pearce	47	27,443
6	Barker	45	39,196
7	Saunders	43	27,328
8	Palmer	42	35,153
9	Read	42	19,314
10	Russell	39	36,592
11	Rees	38	26,024
12	Parsons	32	22,657
13	Page	31	23,921
14	Cooke	30	16,523
15	Rose	29	22,106
16	Stone	28	21,581
17	Grant	27	29,695
18	Porter	26	22,471
19	Bond	25	15,814
20	Stephens	24	16,575
21	Sutton	23	19,057
22	Tucker	23	16,480
23	Davey	22	12,184
24	Jennings	19	15,142
25	Chambers	18	16,996
26	Field	18	14,896
27	Sheppard	18	10,341
28	Wilkins	17	13,205
29	Bryan	16	7,426
30	Butcher	16	12,606
31	Morton	16	16,044
32	Pope	16	10,286
33	Wills	16	8,934
34	Bray	15	9,999
35	Coates	15	11,178
36	Randall	15	9,338
37	Stewart	15	46,990
38	Brooke	14	4,465
39	Downing	14	5,199
40	Johns	14	7,655
41	Prior	14	6,916
42	Todd	14	15,284
43	Wallis	14	10,105
44	Warner	14	10,908
45	Franklin	13	9,941
46	Neale	13	7,093
47	Thorne	13	6,282
48	Wyatt	13	8,737
49	Fawcett	12	5,778
50	Pike	12	8,640
51	Reid	12	31,585
52	Salter	12	6,817
53	Slade	12	5,958
54	Wall	12	10,463
55	Bevan	11	7,333
56	Edmonds	11	5,669
57	Garrett	11	6,521
58	Gosling	11	4,669
59	Underwood	11	8,092
60	Beer	10	4,775
61	Blackmore	10	4,297
62	Cornish	10	4,278
63	Durrant	10	4,676
64	Ingram	10	9,112
65	Kerr	10	16,411
66	Paine	10	4,124
67	Reeve	10	6,989
68	Small	10	7,628
69	Snell	10	5,619
70	Summers	10	8,369
71	Barry	9	5,349
72	Betts	9	6,392
73	Blyth	9	4,714
74	Broad	9	3,802
75	Crane	9	6,295
76	Croft	9	7,060
77	Dawes	9	4,081
78	Floyd	9	2,844
79	Fryer	9	5,548
80	Hamon	9	61
81	Masters	9	5,523
82	Monk	9	6,299
83	Moon	9	6,287
84	Morrison	9	23,413
85	Oxley	9	4,199
86	Searle	9	5,970
87	Snow	9	4,034
88	Terry	9	7,660
89	Bourne	8	5,806
90	Bradford	8	5,811
91	Brett	8	5,656
92	Cheeseman	8	2,355
93	Collett	8	3,835
94	Crawford	8	14,716
95	Crick	8	1,788
96	Crocker	8	4,000
97	Downs	8	5,327
98	Elliot	8	7,636
99	Grey	8	6,507
100	Jenner	8	3,556