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 Burton, with 221 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
101	Burton	221	25,491
102	Reynolds	217	25,883
103	Stone	216	21,581
104	Parry	209	22,775
105	Bird	208	22,826
106	Newton	206	22,922
107	Gibson	203	36,370
108	Ball	199	24,730
109	Gill	196	20,931
110	Read	194	19,314
111	Porter	190	22,471
112	Kelly	189	30,644
113	Page	189	23,921
114	Nicholson	187	21,253
115	Shepherd	186	21,923
116	Berry	185	23,740
117	Reed	185	21,815
118	Spencer	183	27,278
119	Warren	182	19,899
120	Bradley	181	24,034
121	May	181	18,022
122	Wilkins	177	13,205
123	Bishop	176	20,827
124	Burgess	176	20,759
125	Robson	175	19,747
126	Oliver	174	21,337
127	Tucker	174	16,480
128	Curtis	171	16,949
129	Watkins	171	18,128
130	Cooke	170	16,523
131	Potter	170	19,384
132	Wheeler	169	18,031
133	Dean	168	20,763
134	Dunn	168	24,868
135	Booth	167	29,559
136	Stephens	167	16,575
137	Webster	167	26,040
138	Marsh	166	21,309
139	Walton	160	21,088
140	Barrett	159	20,042
141	George	158	17,545
142	Owens	158	14,922
143	Carr	157	21,558
144	Gardner	157	20,306
145	Rose	157	22,106
146	Sutton	157	19,057
147	Hammond	155	17,002
148	Miles	154	17,637
149	Williamson	154	26,852
150	Pratt	153	17,181
151	Nicholls	152	15,623
152	Woods	151	18,768
153	Sharp	150	24,950
154	Barton	149	16,190
155	Austin	148	14,588
156	Barber	147	18,022
157	Gilbert	147	16,992
158	Walters	147	14,268
159	Armstrong	145	22,891
160	Frost	145	16,800
161	Bates	142	19,015
162	Willis	142	15,886
163	Jennings	141	15,142
164	Bond	140	15,814
165	Mann	140	15,786
166	Field	139	14,896
167	Chambers	138	16,996
168	Bowen	136	12,380
169	Freeman	136	19,062
170	Pritchard	136	16,096
171	Davey	134	12,184
172	Moss	134	18,432
173	Whitehead	134	20,246
174	Coleman	132	14,894
175	Arnold	131	16,054
176	Skinner	129	15,141
177	Fuller	128	12,091
178	Goodwin	128	15,759
179	Osborne	128	14,203
180	Kent	127	12,591
181	Riley	127	23,673
182	Grant	126	29,695
183	Harper	126	19,184
184	Slater	126	18,151
185	Murphy	124	23,790
186	Butcher	122	12,606
187	Abbott	121	13,211
188	Dyer	121	11,556
189	Stewart	121	46,990
190	Griffin	120	14,053
191	Kemp	120	16,605
192	French	119	14,624
193	Poole	119	14,382
194	Gibbs	118	14,676
195	Webber	118	9,057
196	Burrows	117	13,086
197	Greenwood	117	23,239
198	Simmons	117	12,229
199	Banks	116	15,330
200	Bryant	116	12,753