1881 census occupation

Farmer Wife surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,322 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,900 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 570 people recorded as Farmer Wife.

Surnames most linked with Farmer Wife

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	570	338,678
2	Davies	335	152,295
3	Williams	302	214,615
4	Thomas	235	123,339
5	Evans	222	130,734
6	Roberts	152	112,276
7	Price	85	52,361
8	Griffiths	81	48,955
9	Owen	74	35,558
10	Rees	43	26,024
11	Owens	28	14,922
12	Watkins	26	18,128
13	Morgans	22	6,510
14	Blackburn	21	11,287
15	John	21	10,815
16	Goodwin	20	15,759
17	Griffith	20	9,759
18	Rowlands	20	7,438
19	Bowen	19	12,380
20	Pugh	19	11,458
21	Harries	16	5,647
22	Hargreaves	15	12,498
23	Hamer	14	5,605
24	Vaughan	14	10,222
25	Meredith	13	6,044
26	Pickles	13	6,086
27	Salt	13	4,449
28	Bradbury	12	8,665
29	Pickering	12	10,811
30	Bevan	11	7,333
31	Prosser	11	4,706
32	Rigby	11	8,697
33	Beynon	10	2,141
34	Bowman	10	7,814
35	Procter	10	3,888
36	Wardle	10	5,805
37	Brassington	9	1,194
38	Daniel	9	6,608
39	Downes	9	3,702
40	Nicholas	9	5,834
41	Prichard	9	2,756
42	Slack	9	4,720
43	Wain	9	2,525
44	Arthur	8	6,398
45	Bainbridge	8	4,203
46	Bamber	8	2,303
47	Dalton	8	6,850
48	Down	8	3,554
49	Gittins	8	1,857
50	Irving	8	6,670
51	Jarman	8	2,858
52	Kirkham	8	4,177
53	Milner	8	6,866
54	Richmond	8	6,552
55	Whitfield	8	5,983
56	Bowes	7	2,760
57	Coxon	7	2,292
58	David	7	3,083
59	Edmondson	7	3,459
60	Handley	7	5,051
61	Mawer	7	893
62	Metcalf	7	6,061
63	Pickup	7	3,868
64	Slinger	7	909
65	Strickland	7	2,374
66	Wareing	7	1,943
67	Alderson	6	4,152
68	Alford	6	2,534
69	Brough	6	3,665
70	Cookson	6	3,517
71	Fothergill	6	1,702
72	Garbutt	6	2,163
73	Hamlyn	6	709
74	Kaye	6	4,398
75	Mathias	6	1,818
76	Pattinson	6	2,680
77	Pearse	6	3,187
78	Pickford	6	2,436
79	Raine	6	2,507
80	Renouf	6	47
81	Robertshaw	6	2,449
82	Seals	6	281
83	Watkin	6	2,620
84	Wilde	6	4,372
85	Beal	5	2,809
86	Billington	5	3,259
87	Bramall	5	802
88	Briscoe	5	1,932
89	Burrow	5	2,064
90	Catterall	5	1,890
91	Collinge	5	2,005
92	Collinson	5	3,519
93	Dakin	5	2,152
94	Eddy	5	1,788
95	Fairclough	5	3,119
96	Foulkes	5	2,811
97	Frith	5	2,991
98	Halsall	5	1,520
99	Jefferson	5	3,243
100	Marston	5	2,785