1881 census occupation

Farm Labourer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

8,870 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 65,123 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,275 people recorded as Farm Labourer.

Surnames most linked with Farm Labourer

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	1,275	422,249
2	Jones	1,020	338,678
3	Williams	713	214,615
4	Brown	479	197,359
5	Davies	478	152,295
6	Taylor	478	191,142
7	Evans	429	130,734
8	Johnson	353	100,458
9	Roberts	347	112,276
10	Thomas	328	123,339
11	White	296	96,053
12	Edwards	286	83,319
13	Green	280	84,164
14	Robinson	273	95,300
15	Wright	269	95,951
16	Morris	260	66,607
17	Cook	258	59,467
18	Wilson	255	137,750
19	Hall	250	88,053
20	Clark	249	90,143
21	Baker	247	65,282
22	Jackson	242	83,594
23	Cooper	234	72,708
24	Thompson	231	89,587
25	Clarke	225	60,196
26	Wood	225	95,380
27	Turner	224	83,267
28	Price	222	52,361
29	Davis	220	65,757
30	King	217	65,115
31	Martin	209	73,281
32	Carter	204	50,099
33	Moore	188	58,817
34	Webb	188	40,508
35	Allen	184	56,290
36	Chapman	176	42,456
37	Parker	175	56,883
38	Walker	173	100,304
39	Cox	170	44,382
40	Ward	164	65,299
41	Bennett	159	49,110
42	Phillips	157	53,458
43	Foster	149	40,056
44	Knight	147	36,756
45	Adams	145	43,950
46	Griffiths	145	48,955
47	Collins	143	42,829
48	Powell	143	37,321
49	Bailey	141	44,948
50	Ellis	139	43,381
51	Richards	139	45,120
52	Mills	135	38,788
53	Richardson	135	50,857
54	Rogers	134	38,745
55	Marshall	131	50,203
56	Young	127	64,312
57	Scott	126	76,018
58	Barker	120	39,196
59	Stevens	116	31,223
60	Watts	116	25,021
61	Pearce	115	27,443
62	Parsons	114	22,657
63	Payne	114	26,886
64	Cole	112	27,185
65	Barnes	111	36,002
66	Mitchell	111	60,795
67	Palmer	111	35,153
68	Newman	110	22,210
69	Brooks	109	29,205
70	Saunders	107	27,328
71	Wilkinson	105	45,653
72	Fisher	104	34,989
73	Day	103	27,843
74	Ford	103	29,131
75	Stone	103	21,581
76	Watson	103	69,539
77	Mason	102	40,247
78	West	102	28,778
79	Shaw	101	55,020
80	Simpson	101	52,391
81	Bird	98	22,826
82	Bishop	98	20,827
83	Owen	97	35,558
84	Woods	97	18,768
85	Harding	96	21,596
86	Bell	95	56,099
87	Reynolds	95	25,883
88	Elliott	94	25,315
89	May	92	18,022
90	Spencer	92	27,278
91	Dixon	91	32,795
92	Jenkins	91	35,237
93	Wells	91	24,900
94	Andrews	90	28,636
95	Ball	89	24,730
96	Miles	89	17,637
97	Page	89	23,921
98	Butler	87	29,165
99	Rose	85	22,106
100	Burton	84	25,491