1881 census occupation

Dress Maker surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

6,445 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 36,028 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 741 people recorded as Dress Maker.

Surnames most linked with Dress Maker

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	Smith	741	422,249
2	Jones	582	338,678
3	Williams	446	214,615
4	Taylor	338	191,142
5	Brown	274	197,359
6	Thomas	244	123,339
7	Davies	238	152,295
8	Roberts	238	112,276
9	Wilson	223	137,750
10	Evans	216	130,734
11	Walker	207	100,304
12	Johnson	194	100,458
13	Robinson	179	95,300
14	Thompson	166	89,587
15	Wright	165	95,951
16	Hall	163	88,053
17	Turner	162	83,267
18	White	159	96,053
19	Edwards	158	83,319
20	Wood	157	95,380
21	Green	155	84,164
22	Jackson	153	83,594
23	Baker	140	65,282
24	Martin	139	73,281
25	Clark	136	90,143
26	Allen	133	56,290
27	Cooper	130	72,708
28	Davis	130	65,757
29	Ward	128	65,299
30	Richardson	110	50,857
31	Shaw	109	55,020
32	Moore	108	58,817
33	Morris	107	66,607
34	King	103	65,115
35	Cook	101	59,467
36	Cox	99	44,382
37	Clarke	98	60,196
38	Phillips	98	53,458
39	Watson	98	69,539
40	Parker	97	56,883
41	Richards	92	45,120
42	Price	91	52,361
43	Ellis	90	43,381
44	Wilkinson	87	45,653
45	Scott	86	76,018
46	Griffiths	85	48,955
47	Chapman	84	42,456
48	Rogers	84	38,745
49	Adams	83	43,950
50	Young	83	64,312
51	Bennett	81	49,110
52	Bailey	80	44,948
53	Barker	78	39,196
54	Foster	74	40,056
55	Mitchell	74	60,795
56	Bell	72	56,099
57	Barnes	71	36,002
58	Brooks	71	29,205
59	Carter	71	50,099
60	Collins	71	42,829
61	Marshall	71	50,203
62	Mills	71	38,788
63	Powell	71	37,321
64	Webb	71	40,508
65	Anderson	70	59,265
66	Palmer	70	35,153
67	Fisher	68	34,989
68	Mason	68	40,247
69	Miller	68	53,567
70	Parsons	66	22,657
71	Atkinson	65	29,154
72	Dixon	64	32,795
73	Stevens	64	31,223
74	Spencer	62	27,278
75	Owen	61	35,558
76	Simpson	61	52,391
77	Elliott	60	25,315
78	Gray	59	42,727
79	West	58	28,778
80	Booth	57	29,559
81	Bradley	57	24,034
82	Fox	57	26,486
83	Russell	57	36,592
84	Saunders	57	27,328
85	Dawson	56	32,910
86	Pearson	56	34,754
87	Kelly	55	30,644
88	Butler	54	29,165
89	Knight	54	36,756
90	Berry	53	23,740
91	Parry	53	22,775
92	Day	52	27,843
93	Fletcher	52	34,136
94	Matthews	52	26,049
95	Watts	52	25,021
96	Bird	51	22,826
97	Gibson	51	36,370
98	Pearce	51	27,443
99	Ford	50	29,131
100	Jenkins	49	35,237