1881 census occupation

Farm Servant Indoor surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

3,524 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 15,362 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 1,099 people recorded as Farm Servant Indoor.

Surnames most linked with Farm Servant Indoor

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	Jones	1,099	338,678
2	Davies	603	152,295
3	Williams	603	214,615
4	Evans	496	130,734
5	Roberts	347	112,276
6	Thomas	309	123,339
7	Davies	228	152,295
8	Edwards	174	83,319
9	Jackson	134	83,594
10	Robinson	134	95,300
11	Wilson	128	137,750
12	Morris	127	66,607
13	Griffiths	124	48,955
14	Price	118	52,361
15	Owen	114	35,558
16	Thompson	109	89,587
17	Phillips	83	53,458
18	Richards	82	45,120
19	Parry	71	22,775
20	Powell	71	37,321
21	Bell	69	56,099
22	Parker	69	56,883
23	Jenkins	66	35,237
24	Atkinson	64	29,154
25	Owens	64	14,922
26	Richardson	63	50,857
27	Watson	62	69,539
28	Ellis	61	43,381
29	Wilkinson	57	45,653
30	Foster	49	40,056
31	Dixon	47	32,795
32	Pugh	47	11,458
33	Gibson	46	36,370
34	Rees	45	26,024
35	Cole	42	27,185
36	Morgans	42	6,510
37	Dawson	40	32,910
38	John	39	10,815
39	Rees	36	26,024
40	Graham	34	34,451
41	Pritchard	34	16,096
42	Fox	31	26,486
43	Oliver	31	21,337
44	Sharp	31	24,950
45	Bowen	30	12,380
46	Gill	30	20,931
47	Nicholson	30	21,253
48	Griffith	29	9,759
49	John	29	10,815
50	Rowlands	28	7,438
51	Sanderson	28	12,425
52	Carr	27	21,558
53	Dickinson	27	12,771
54	Armstrong	26	22,891
55	Walters	26	14,268
56	Metcalfe	25	6,851
57	Johns	24	7,655
58	Owens	24	14,922
59	Coates	23	11,178
60	Kirby	23	11,367
61	Harries	22	5,647
62	Robson	22	19,747
63	Morgans	21	6,510
64	Parkinson	21	14,360
65	Preston	21	14,894
66	Tomlinson	21	13,809
67	Snell	20	5,619
68	Thornton	20	15,067
69	Davey	19	12,184
70	Nelson	19	14,407
71	Andrew	18	9,483
72	Daniel	18	6,608
73	Dodd	18	12,112
74	Nixon	18	9,111
75	Baxter	17	17,875
76	Benson	17	8,106
77	Davison	17	10,683
78	Harries	17	5,647
79	Johnston	17	24,321
80	Archer	16	12,355
81	Bevan	16	7,333
82	Forster	16	9,799
83	Giles	16	11,369
84	Meredith	16	6,044
85	Bray	15	9,999
86	Dobson	15	13,189
87	Garbutt	15	2,163
88	Mathews	15	11,043
89	Metcalf	15	6,061
90	Morley	15	11,962
91	Stubbs	15	7,914
92	Vaughan	15	10,222
93	Weaver	15	7,782
94	Cann	14	2,761
95	Gould	14	10,773
96	Hanson	14	9,652
97	Noble	14	12,481
98	Roe	14	5,733
99	Rowland	14	8,511
100	Spence	14	9,887