1881 census occupation

Farm Laborer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

2,930 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 10,737 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 395 people recorded as Farm Laborer.

Surnames most linked with Farm Laborer

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	Smith	395	422,249
2	Baker	89	65,282
3	Clark	88	90,143
4	Webb	78	40,508
5	Clarke	77	60,196
6	Cook	76	59,467
7	King	75	65,115
8	Carter	73	50,099
9	Cox	73	44,382
10	Bennett	56	49,110
11	Marshall	51	50,203
12	Watts	49	25,021
13	Knight	48	36,756
14	Andrews	46	28,636
15	Miller	46	53,567
16	Powell	46	37,321
17	Harding	43	21,596
18	Cole	42	27,185
19	Pearce	42	27,443
20	Brooks	40	29,205
21	Miles	39	17,637
22	Butler	37	29,165
23	Saunders	35	27,328
24	Reed	34	21,815
25	Reynolds	34	25,883
26	Ball	33	24,730
27	Russell	32	36,592
28	Bird	31	22,826
29	Giles	31	11,369
30	Tucker	31	16,480
31	Wells	31	24,900
32	Dyer	30	11,556
33	Rose	30	22,106
34	Porter	29	22,471
35	Wheeler	29	18,031
36	Newman	28	22,210
37	Bates	27	19,015
38	Pratt	27	17,181
39	Barber	26	18,022
40	Curtis	26	16,949
41	Norman	26	13,722
42	Warren	26	19,899
43	Willis	26	15,886
44	Butcher	25	12,606
45	Arnold	24	16,054
46	Bartlett	24	13,054
47	Burrows	24	13,086
48	Coleman	24	14,894
49	Frost	24	16,800
50	Fuller	24	12,091
51	May	24	18,022
52	Sutton	24	19,057
53	Davey	23	12,184
54	Austin	22	14,588
55	Mead	22	6,960
56	Preston	22	14,894
57	Stacey	22	6,727
58	Finch	21	9,950
59	Jennings	21	15,142
60	Jordan	21	13,212
61	Bullock	20	9,713
62	Reeve	20	6,989
63	Warner	20	10,908
64	Crick	19	1,788
65	Gilbert	19	16,992
66	Osborne	19	14,203
67	Farrow	18	5,625
68	Prior	18	6,916
69	Snell	18	5,619
70	Wallis	18	10,105
71	Aldridge	17	5,787
72	Dobson	17	13,189
73	Harper	17	19,184
74	Kent	17	12,591
75	Mann	17	15,786
76	Nichols	17	9,755
77	Sheppard	17	10,341
78	Welch	17	10,480
79	Wills	17	8,934
80	Wyatt	17	8,737
81	Badcock	16	1,718
82	Brewer	16	7,915
83	Carpenter	16	10,221
84	Chamberlain	16	8,127
85	Cobb	16	4,259
86	Emery	16	6,540
87	Gough	16	8,770
88	Kirby	16	11,367
89	Bowden	15	8,607
90	Farmer	15	9,365
91	Manning	15	9,465
92	North	15	9,923
93	Nunn	15	5,253
94	Peck	15	5,067
95	Pope	15	10,286
96	Sharman	15	4,118
97	Simmons	15	12,229
98	Winter	15	10,608
99	Clements	14	9,906
100	Parrish	14	1,046