1881 census occupation

Farmer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

3,347 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 14,069 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 792 people recorded as Farmer.

Surnames most linked with Farmer

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	792	338,678
2	Williams	485	214,615
3	Davies	384	152,295
4	Evans	323	130,734
5	Thomas	300	123,339
6	Roberts	240	112,276
7	Edwards	165	83,319
8	Robinson	140	95,300
9	Owen	119	35,558
10	Griffiths	113	48,955
11	Jackson	107	83,594
12	Richards	100	45,120
13	Morris	96	66,607
14	Price	94	52,361
15	Phillips	80	53,458
16	Clarke	68	60,196
17	Parker	67	56,883
18	Ellis	64	43,381
19	Watson	64	69,539
20	Powell	63	37,321
21	Bell	62	56,099
22	Jenkins	62	35,237
23	Watkins	59	18,128
24	Parry	57	22,775
25	Rees	57	26,024
26	Chapman	55	42,456
27	Palmer	53	35,153
28	Wilkinson	51	45,653
29	Mason	50	40,247
30	Griffith	46	9,759
31	Barker	45	39,196
32	Atkinson	44	29,154
33	Pugh	42	11,458
34	Sutton	39	19,057
35	Dixon	38	32,795
36	Reynolds	37	25,883
37	Ford	35	29,131
38	George	35	17,545
39	Cole	33	27,185
40	Matthews	33	26,049
41	Bowen	31	12,380
42	Wells	31	24,900
43	Clayton	30	16,272
44	John	30	10,815
45	Owens	30	14,922
46	Reed	30	21,815
47	Sykes	30	14,399
48	Bradley	29	24,034
49	Harding	29	21,596
50	Stephens	29	16,575
51	Alderson	28	4,152
52	Harries	28	5,647
53	Norman	27	13,722
54	Pritchard	27	16,096
55	Graham	26	34,451
56	Oliver	26	21,337
57	Robson	26	19,747
58	Rowlands	26	7,438
59	Walton	26	21,088
60	Harper	25	19,184
61	Morgans	25	6,510
62	Dale	24	12,648
63	Knowles	24	15,989
64	Nicholson	24	21,253
65	Whitehead	24	20,246
66	Coates	23	11,178
67	Dickinson	23	12,771
68	Walters	23	14,268
69	Cooke	22	16,523
70	Goodwin	22	15,759
71	Dobson	21	13,189
72	Nixon	21	9,111
73	Briggs	20	16,242
74	Kent	20	12,591
75	Kirkham	20	4,177
76	Meredith	20	6,044
77	Nicholls	20	15,623
78	Todd	20	15,284
79	Barton	19	16,190
80	Bevan	19	7,333
81	Birch	18	12,264
82	Gibbs	18	14,676
83	Glover	18	12,759
84	Poole	18	14,382
85	Waters	18	12,022
86	Farmer	17	9,365
87	North	17	9,923
88	Pickering	17	10,811
89	Tomlinson	17	13,809
90	Vickers	17	7,669
91	Wall	17	10,463
92	Weston	17	12,197
93	Wyatt	17	8,737
94	Kirby	16	11,367
95	Morley	16	11,962
96	Rhodes	16	13,915
97	Skinner	16	15,141
98	Bentley	15	12,662
99	David	15	3,083
100	Goodman	15	8,716