1881 census occupation

Farm Servant surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

2,362 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 5,577 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Richardson, with 51 people recorded as Farm Servant.

Surnames most linked with Farm Servant

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	Richardson	51	50,857
2	Atkinson	44	29,154
3	Fisher	37	34,989
4	Kelly	34	30,644
5	Wheeler	29	18,031
6	Graham	26	34,451
7	John	25	10,815
8	Owens	24	14,922
9	Carr	23	21,558
10	Jordan	23	13,212
11	Briggs	21	16,242
12	Archer	18	12,355
13	Barton	18	16,190
14	Bullock	18	9,713
15	Knowles	18	15,989
16	Burrows	17	13,086
17	Coates	17	11,178
18	Irving	17	6,670
19	Johns	17	7,655
20	Preston	17	14,894
21	Sanderson	17	12,425
22	Butcher	16	12,606
23	Davidson	15	25,224
24	Davison	15	10,683
25	Glover	15	12,759
26	Kirby	15	11,367
27	Wiltshire	15	3,984
28	Smart	14	13,640
29	Beer	13	4,775
30	Blackburn	13	11,287
31	Fry	13	9,452
32	Morgans	13	6,510
33	Neal	13	8,877
34	Swift	13	9,258
35	Tait	13	9,019
36	Wallace	13	20,491
37	Allison	12	8,522
38	Ash	12	4,883
39	Ashley	12	4,991
40	Beard	12	7,871
41	Croft	12	7,060
42	Grady	12	1,972
43	Harries	12	5,647
44	Ireland	12	6,974
45	Jeffery	12	6,476
46	Parkin	12	8,063
47	Allan	11	18,828
48	Black	11	19,357
49	Blackmore	11	4,297
50	Chamberlain	11	8,127
51	Gough	11	8,770
52	Hallam	11	5,584
53	Prince	11	6,765
54	Proctor	11	7,340
55	Adamson	10	7,931
56	Drury	10	4,744
57	Earl	10	3,914
58	Grey	10	6,507
59	Moor	10	4,231
60	Park	10	9,319
61	Addison	9	4,162
62	Bassett	9	4,657
63	Best	9	8,020
64	Edgar	9	4,608
65	Kitchen	9	5,115
66	Metcalfe	9	6,851
67	Neale	9	7,093
68	Sayer	9	3,925
69	Shuttleworth	9	3,552
70	Sumner	9	4,848
71	Woodcock	9	8,543
72	Woolley	9	5,948
73	Beckett	8	5,971
74	Bourne	8	5,806
75	Carey	8	5,521
76	Metcalf	8	6,061
77	Moon	8	6,287
78	Nesbit	8	927
79	Perkin	8	1,611
80	Pickup	8	3,868
81	Pringle	8	4,751
82	Procter	8	3,888
83	Pye	8	4,319
84	Richmond	8	6,552
85	Stansfield	8	4,622
86	Straughan	8	497
87	Woodman	8	3,289
88	Allgood	7	235
89	Apps	7	1,345
90	Bayliss	7	3,786
91	Bignell	7	1,205
92	Bullen	7	3,162
93	Busby	7	3,147
94	Chappell	7	5,044
95	Creasey	7	1,206
96	Dent	7	5,714
97	Easton	7	4,554
98	Elliot	7	7,636
99	Fothergill	7	1,702
100	Gallagher	7	4,530