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 Fletcher, with 83 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
101	Fletcher	83	34,136
102	Russell	82	36,592
103	Bates	80	19,015
104	Miller	80	53,567
105	Dawson	79	32,910
106	Frost	79	16,800
107	Fox	78	26,486
108	Gray	78	42,727
109	Matthews	78	26,049
110	Reed	78	21,815
111	Bond	76	15,814
112	Potter	76	19,384
113	Sharp	75	24,950
114	Bradley	74	24,034
115	Warren	73	19,899
116	Hammond	72	17,002
117	Barber	71	18,022
118	Porter	71	22,471
119	Atkinson	70	29,154
120	Barrett	70	20,042
121	Pearson	70	34,754
122	Stephens	68	16,575
123	Woodward	68	14,736
124	Dean	67	20,763
125	Freeman	67	19,062
126	Gilbert	67	16,992
127	Wheeler	67	18,031
128	Bartlett	66	13,054
129	George	66	17,545
130	Baldwin	65	12,774
131	French	65	14,624
132	Coleman	64	14,894
133	Reeves	64	12,269
134	Booth	63	29,559
135	Osborne	63	14,203
136	Read	62	19,314
137	Tucker	62	16,480
138	Waters	62	12,022
139	Watkins	60	18,128
140	Wilkins	60	13,205
141	Arnold	59	16,054
142	Berry	59	23,740
143	Griffin	59	14,053
144	Marsh	59	21,309
145	Parry	59	22,775
146	Pritchard	59	16,096
147	Sutton	59	19,057
148	Burgess	58	20,759
149	Dyer	58	11,556
150	Kent	57	12,591
151	Moss	57	18,432
152	Norman	57	13,722
153	Davey	56	12,184
154	Gill	56	20,931
155	John	56	10,815
156	Kelly	56	30,644
157	Riley	56	23,673
158	Gardner	55	20,306
159	Goodwin	55	15,759
160	Newton	55	22,922
161	Rimmer	55	4,861
162	Short	55	11,678
163	Willis	55	15,886
164	Anderson	54	59,265
165	Banks	54	15,330
166	Curtis	54	16,949
167	Jennings	54	15,142
168	Oliver	54	21,337
169	Walters	54	14,268
170	Walton	54	21,088
171	Carr	53	21,558
172	Nicholls	53	15,623
173	Rees	53	26,024
174	Simmons	53	12,229
175	Barton	52	16,190
176	Clayton	52	16,272
177	Gibbs	52	14,676
178	Monk	52	6,299
179	Pratt	52	17,181
180	Weston	52	12,197
181	Jeffery	51	6,476
182	Norris	51	12,839
183	Owens	51	14,922
184	Butcher	50	12,606
185	Mathews	50	11,043
186	Stokes	50	12,605
187	Webster	50	26,040
188	Burrows	49	13,086
189	Chambers	49	16,996
190	Morley	49	11,962
191	Winter	49	10,608
192	Bray	48	9,999
193	Hale	48	10,827
194	Kemp	48	16,605
195	Kirby	48	11,367
196	Perkins	48	13,410
197	Burke	47	8,736
198	Giles	47	11,369
199	Harper	47	19,184
200	Preston	47	14,894