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 Mayes, with 33 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
801	Mayes	33	2,895
802	Paine	33	4,124
803	Pearse	33	3,187
804	Pennington	33	4,446
805	Pickard	33	4,169
806	Pool	33	3,456
807	Priest	33	3,919
808	Reay	33	2,602
809	Rich	33	3,737
810	Soper	33	1,818
811	Sweeney	33	3,997
812	Tomkins	33	3,106
813	Toms	33	2,315
814	Waterhouse	33	4,567
815	Beech	32	4,432
816	Blanchard	32	2,450
817	Blyth	32	4,714
818	Bowyer	32	3,265
819	Broadbent	32	6,399
820	Cameron	32	23,281
821	Cannon	32	5,295
822	Clifton	32	4,221
823	Cripps	32	2,907
824	Crouch	32	4,011
825	Down	32	3,554
826	Duke	32	3,407
827	Farrow	32	5,625
828	Flint	32	5,373
829	Goode	32	3,872
830	Gooding	32	2,528
831	Hales	32	4,292
832	Jenkinson	32	5,239
833	Jewell	32	3,139
834	Neville	32	3,546
835	Nuttall	32	7,536
836	Oakes	32	4,336
837	Obrien	32	7,799
838	Peach	32	3,242
839	Pilkington	32	5,370
840	Sayer	32	3,925
841	Sheffield	32	1,569
842	Stamp	32	2,196
843	Stringer	32	5,963
844	Tuck	32	3,796
845	Tyrrell	32	2,197
846	Walden	32	2,163
847	Westwood	32	5,023
848	Wiltshire	32	3,984
849	Woodhead	32	5,606
850	York	32	3,963
851	Bannister	31	5,172
852	Benton	31	3,101
853	Braithwaite	31	3,461
854	Byrne	31	4,166
855	Corlett	31	568
856	Cowell	31	3,982
857	Crabtree	31	6,037
858	Denton	31	5,488
859	Dickson	31	11,181
860	Dove	31	3,432
861	Drury	31	4,744
862	Earl	31	3,914
863	Edgar	31	4,608
864	Fenn	31	3,035
865	Fielding	31	6,661
866	Garside	31	4,328
867	Gledhill	31	4,452
868	Grainger	31	4,619
869	Jarrett	31	2,748
870	Jeffries	31	3,749
871	Knights	31	2,619
872	Markham	31	3,569
873	Rickard	31	2,028
874	Ricketts	31	2,895
875	Stroud	31	3,087
876	Thorp	31	4,061
877	Wainwright	31	6,337
878	Walmsley	31	6,180
879	Waring	31	3,768
880	Wiggins	31	3,235
881	Willey	31	2,688
882	Adcock	30	2,948
883	Bath	30	2,246
884	Bullen	30	3,162
885	Chivers	30	2,637
886	Court	30	3,820
887	Crabb	30	3,089
888	Dawkins	30	2,164
889	Easton	30	4,554
890	Eden	30	3,042
891	Everitt	30	2,517
892	Frampton	30	2,315
893	Goodchild	30	2,919
894	Grimes	30	3,452
895	Grove	30	3,503
896	Jarman	30	2,858
897	Kenyon	30	6,248
898	Mallett	30	2,633
899	Manley	30	3,350
900	Meadows	30	4,179