1881 census occupation

Engine Fitter surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

2,754 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 8,632 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Thompson, with 140 people recorded as Engine Fitter.

Surnames most linked with Engine Fitter

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	Thompson	140	89,587
2	Johnson	119	100,458
3	Robinson	110	95,300
4	Hall	98	88,053
5	Walker	91	100,304
6	Watson	86	69,539
7	Scott	85	76,018
8	Wilkinson	68	45,653
9	Bell	65	56,099
10	Richardson	64	50,857
11	Shaw	63	55,020
12	Dixon	55	32,795
13	Robson	52	19,747
14	Simpson	52	52,391
15	Miller	48	53,567
16	Atkinson	47	29,154
17	Elliott	43	25,315
18	Anderson	41	59,265
19	Armstrong	40	22,891
20	Fisher	38	34,989
21	Fletcher	38	34,136
22	Gibson	38	36,370
23	Gray	37	42,727
24	Booth	36	29,559
25	Dawson	36	32,910
26	Graham	36	34,451
27	Nicholson	36	21,253
28	Bates	35	19,015
29	Turnbull	35	12,629
30	Dunn	31	24,868
31	Reed	31	21,815
32	Oliver	30	21,337
33	Williamson	30	26,852
34	Forster	27	9,799
35	Stewart	27	46,990
36	Carr	26	21,558
37	Walton	25	21,088
38	Moss	24	18,432
39	Ross	24	32,788
40	Murray	23	37,222
41	Gilbert	22	16,992
42	Grant	22	29,695
43	Thomson	22	40,265
44	Kay	21	12,865
45	Miles	21	17,637
46	Chadwick	20	13,091
47	Clayton	20	16,272
48	Nelson	20	14,407
49	Todd	20	15,284
50	Campbell	19	50,681
51	Davison	18	10,683
52	Potts	18	10,001
53	Sanderson	18	12,425
54	Bradbury	17	8,665
55	Davidson	17	25,224
56	Reid	17	31,585
57	Robertson	17	50,348
58	Tomlinson	17	13,809
59	Black	16	19,357
60	Dobson	16	13,189
61	Stokes	16	12,605
62	Alexander	15	15,837
63	Charlton	15	8,568
64	Dodd	15	12,112
65	Firth	15	9,950
66	Morrison	15	23,413
67	Noble	15	12,481
68	Norton	15	9,943
69	Patterson	15	10,426
70	Britton	14	5,302
71	Coates	14	11,178
72	Kershaw	14	9,666
73	Nixon	14	9,111
74	Park	14	9,319
75	Rigby	14	8,697
76	Stanley	14	11,524
77	Wallace	14	20,491
78	Appleby	13	4,886
79	Bruce	13	14,038
80	Dodds	13	6,346
81	Fraser	13	26,732
82	Hanson	13	9,652
83	Johnston	13	24,321
84	Massey	13	7,642
85	Mather	13	7,433
86	Ridley	13	5,786
87	Swift	13	9,258
88	Topping	13	2,060
89	Webber	13	9,057
90	Adamson	12	7,931
91	Armitage	12	7,647
92	Broughton	12	5,564
93	Currie	12	8,467
94	Pattison	12	4,769
95	Pickering	12	10,811
96	Storey	12	7,607
97	Whitehouse	12	7,785
98	Batty	11	4,567
99	Burn	11	4,044
100	Crawford	11	14,716