1881 census occupation

Dressmaker surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

16,840 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 176,950 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 3,255 people recorded as Dressmaker.

Surnames most linked with Dressmaker

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	3,255	338,678
2	Smith	3,000	422,249
3	Williams	2,313	214,615
4	Davies	1,655	152,295
5	Brown	1,387	197,359
6	Thomas	1,358	123,339
7	Taylor	1,342	191,142
8	Evans	1,289	130,734
9	Roberts	1,082	112,276
10	Wilson	853	137,750
11	Johnson	820	100,458
12	White	788	96,053
13	Robinson	772	95,300
14	Wright	749	95,951
15	Thompson	736	89,587
16	Edwards	733	83,319
17	Hall	671	88,053
18	Green	664	84,164
19	Turner	622	83,267
20	Wood	621	95,380
21	Walker	615	100,304
22	Davis	607	65,757
23	Clark	604	90,143
24	Jackson	598	83,594
25	Baker	595	65,282
26	Martin	566	73,281
27	Clarke	559	60,196
28	Cooper	557	72,708
29	Morris	546	66,607
30	Moore	534	58,817
31	Ward	516	65,299
32	Allen	511	56,290
33	Griffiths	499	48,955
34	Parker	490	56,883
35	King	488	65,115
36	Richards	487	45,120
37	Phillips	486	53,458
38	Watson	454	69,539
39	Price	453	52,361
40	Richardson	450	50,857
41	Scott	445	76,018
42	Cook	436	59,467
43	Young	428	64,312
44	Carter	427	50,099
45	Bell	402	56,099
46	Bennett	389	49,110
47	Jenkins	376	35,237
48	Bailey	370	44,948
49	Ellis	367	43,381
50	Mitchell	367	60,795
51	Cox	365	44,382
52	Adams	362	43,950
53	Webb	360	40,508
54	Knight	356	36,756
55	Chapman	346	42,456
56	Collins	343	42,829
57	Rogers	338	38,745
58	Foster	335	40,056
59	Miller	332	53,567
60	Owen	332	35,558
61	Simpson	331	52,391
62	Marshall	330	50,203
63	Wilkinson	326	45,653
64	Powell	322	37,321
65	Palmer	314	35,153
66	Barnes	312	36,002
67	Barker	311	39,196
68	Shaw	305	55,020
69	Mason	301	40,247
70	Mills	297	38,788
71	Stevens	291	31,223
72	Pearson	290	34,754
73	Rees	286	26,024
74	West	283	28,778
75	Fisher	281	34,989
76	Cole	280	27,185
77	Dawson	276	32,910
78	Andrews	270	28,636
79	Atkinson	268	29,154
80	Pearce	268	27,443
81	Matthews	266	26,049
82	Saunders	261	27,328
83	Payne	260	26,886
84	Harding	259	21,596
85	Brooks	254	29,205
86	Ford	250	29,131
87	Dixon	245	32,795
88	Gray	244	42,727
89	Parsons	237	22,657
90	Anderson	232	59,265
91	Watts	232	25,021
92	Day	231	27,843
93	Elliott	230	25,315
94	Wells	230	24,900
95	Russell	229	36,592
96	Newman	228	22,210
97	Butler	226	29,165
98	Fox	226	26,486
99	Fletcher	225	34,136
100	Graham	223	34,451