1881 census occupation

Farmer Son surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

918 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,695 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 499 people recorded as Farmer Son.

Surnames most linked with Farmer Son

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	499	338,678
2	Davies	321	152,295
3	Williams	296	214,615
4	Evans	222	130,734
5	Thomas	202	123,339
6	Roberts	156	112,276
7	Griffiths	111	48,955
8	Price	96	52,361
9	Jenkins	66	35,237
10	Owen	56	35,558
11	Powell	53	37,321
12	Rees	50	26,024
13	Parry	39	22,775
14	Morgans	29	6,510
15	Pugh	28	11,458
16	Rowlands	23	7,438
17	Stephens	23	16,575
18	John	22	10,815
19	Owens	22	14,922
20	Harries	20	5,647
21	Bowen	18	12,380
22	Hamer	18	5,605
23	Vaughan	18	10,222
24	Griffith	17	9,759
25	Dale	15	12,648
26	Jarman	15	2,858
27	Blackburn	13	11,287
28	Rigby	13	8,697
29	Snow	13	4,034
30	Bevan	12	7,333
31	Beynon	12	2,141
32	Bullock	12	9,713
33	Meredith	12	6,044
34	Strickland	12	2,374
35	Charlton	11	8,568
36	Forster	11	9,799
37	Garbutt	11	2,163
38	Nicholas	11	5,834
39	Pearse	11	3,187
40	Thorne	11	6,282
41	Bainbridge	10	4,203
42	Bowman	10	7,814
43	Gittins	10	1,857
44	Jewell	10	3,139
45	Buckingham	9	3,978
46	Daniel	9	6,608
47	Jenkinson	9	5,239
48	Singleton	9	5,897
49	Alderson	8	4,152
50	Bamber	8	2,303
51	Bott	8	2,322
52	David	8	3,083
53	Garnett	8	3,722
54	Jefferson	8	3,243
55	Mathias	8	1,818
56	Prosser	8	4,706
57	Prowse	8	1,360
58	Barrow	7	6,340
59	Bebb	7	582
60	Downes	7	3,702
61	Fenton	7	5,969
62	Pennington	7	4,446
63	Ponting	7	879
64	Pryce	7	1,440
65	Stockdale	7	2,328
66	Sturdy	7	951
67	Weale	7	570
68	Alty	6	550
69	Braithwaite	6	3,461
70	Cartmell	6	600
71	Collinson	6	3,519
72	Cookson	6	3,517
73	Coward	6	3,421
74	Duggleby	6	176
75	Else	6	992
76	Featherstone	6	2,697
77	Gibbon	6	3,044
78	Grayson	6	2,228
79	Hardiker	6	156
80	Joseph	6	2,424
81	Kimber	6	2,829
82	Kirkham	6	4,177
83	Maw	6	1,099
84	Michel	6	187
85	Partington	6	4,237
86	Philpin	6	130
87	Scarborough	6	839
88	Shakeshaft	6	529
89	Whiteman	6	1,935
90	Winder	6	1,966
91	Austey	5	72
92	Badcock	5	1,718
93	Barron	5	4,620
94	Bretherton	5	768
95	Brough	5	3,665
96	Callard	5	551
97	Charnley	5	1,399
98	Churcher	5	1,039
99	Collinge	5	2,005
100	Dawe	5	2,583