1881 census occupation

Errand Boy surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

5,657 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 26,353 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Porter, with 37 people recorded as Errand Boy.

Surnames most linked with Errand Boy

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	Porter	37	22,471
102	Wells	37	24,900
103	Dunn	36	24,868
104	Gibson	36	36,370
105	Moss	36	18,432
106	Potter	36	19,384
107	Pratt	36	17,181
108	Reed	36	21,815
109	Woods	36	18,768
110	Andrews	35	28,636
111	Curtis	35	16,949
112	Dean	35	20,763
113	Elliott	35	25,315
114	May	35	18,022
115	Whitehead	35	20,246
116	Bishop	34	20,827
117	Wheeler	34	18,031
118	Bates	33	19,015
119	Goodwin	33	15,759
120	Webster	33	26,040
121	Booth	32	29,559
122	Dyer	32	11,556
123	Hammond	32	17,002
124	Rose	32	22,106
125	Arnold	31	16,054
126	Chambers	31	16,996
127	Gibbs	31	14,676
128	Tucker	31	16,480
129	Woodward	31	14,736
130	Barton	30	16,190
131	Grant	30	29,695
132	Murray	30	37,222
133	Nicholson	30	21,253
134	Simmons	30	12,229
135	Watkins	30	18,128
136	Williamson	30	26,852
137	Newton	29	22,922
138	Sharp	29	24,950
139	Barber	28	18,022
140	Burgess	28	20,759
141	Burrows	28	13,086
142	Gilbert	28	16,992
143	Kent	28	12,591
144	Murphy	28	23,790
145	Shepherd	28	21,923
146	Abbott	27	13,211
147	Birch	27	12,264
148	Brewer	27	7,915
149	Butcher	27	12,606
150	Graham	27	34,451
151	Griffin	27	14,053
152	Cooke	26	16,523
153	Franklin	26	9,941
154	French	26	14,624
155	Gardner	26	20,306
156	Gill	26	20,931
157	Jennings	26	15,142
158	Jordan	26	13,212
159	Kemp	26	16,605
160	Slater	26	18,151
161	Stokes	26	12,605
162	Dodd	25	12,112
163	Nichols	25	9,755
164	Norris	25	12,839
165	Pollard	25	10,901
166	Rice	25	9,235
167	Stephens	25	16,575
168	Baxter	24	17,875
169	Briggs	24	16,242
170	Manning	24	9,465
171	Oliver	24	21,337
172	Perkins	24	13,410
173	Peters	24	10,486
174	Pritchard	24	16,096
175	Yates	24	20,593
176	Buckley	23	16,269
177	Fry	23	9,452
178	Harper	23	19,184
179	Nicholls	23	15,623
180	Norman	23	13,722
181	Preston	23	14,894
182	Schofield	23	16,242
183	Simmonds	23	8,010
184	Wade	23	11,824
185	Wilkins	23	13,205
186	Archer	22	12,355
187	Carr	22	21,558
188	Clayton	22	16,272
189	Eaton	22	8,377
190	Gale	22	8,531
191	Goddard	22	12,016
192	Mann	22	15,786
193	Morton	22	16,044
194	Reeves	22	12,269
195	Whittaker	22	14,193
196	Winter	22	10,608
197	Barlow	21	16,181
198	Frost	21	16,800
199	Fuller	21	12,091
200	Short	21	11,678