1881 census occupation

Farmers Son surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

5,853 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 49,642 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 2,204 people recorded as Farmers Son.

Surnames most linked with Farmers 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	2,204	338,678
2	Davies	1,174	152,295
3	Williams	1,111	214,615
4	Evans	922	130,734
5	Thomas	798	123,339
6	Smith	637	422,249
7	Roberts	516	112,276
8	Edwards	380	83,319
9	Brown	327	197,359
10	Robinson	303	95,300
11	Taylor	300	191,142
12	Price	275	52,361
13	Wilson	251	137,750
14	Griffiths	248	48,955
15	Jackson	236	83,594
16	Morris	236	66,607
17	Thompson	227	89,587
18	Johnson	221	100,458
19	Richards	220	45,120
20	Rees	202	26,024
21	Wood	196	95,380
22	Owen	192	35,558
23	Wright	188	95,951
24	Hall	183	88,053
25	Powell	180	37,321
26	Walker	178	100,304
27	Phillips	160	53,458
28	Clark	156	90,143
29	Ward	156	65,299
30	White	154	96,053
31	Jenkins	151	35,237
32	Atkinson	148	29,154
33	Turner	148	83,267
34	Watson	147	69,539
35	Richardson	146	50,857
36	Baker	134	65,282
37	Green	133	84,164
38	Cooper	129	72,708
39	Wilkinson	129	45,653
40	Clarke	128	60,196
41	Bell	124	56,099
42	Barker	121	39,196
43	Parker	115	56,883
44	Parry	113	22,775
45	Carter	109	50,099
46	Morgans	108	6,510
47	Owens	107	14,922
48	King	106	65,115
49	Moore	105	58,817
50	Bailey	102	44,948
51	Marshall	100	50,203
52	Bennett	99	49,110
53	Chapman	98	42,456
54	Watkins	97	18,128
55	Martin	94	73,281
56	Foster	92	40,056
57	Dixon	91	32,795
58	Mason	90	40,247
59	Cole	89	27,185
60	Tucker	89	16,480
61	Pugh	88	11,458
62	Young	88	64,312
63	Davis	87	65,757
64	Ellis	87	43,381
65	Rogers	87	38,745
66	Allen	86	56,290
67	Simpson	86	52,391
68	Pearce	84	27,443
69	John	83	10,815
70	Cook	82	59,467
71	Mitchell	82	60,795
72	Reynolds	82	25,883
73	Scott	80	76,018
74	Brooks	79	29,205
75	George	79	17,545
76	Shaw	79	55,020
77	Pearson	78	34,754
78	Adams	77	43,950
79	Palmer	76	35,153
80	Matthews	75	26,049
81	Harries	71	5,647
82	Cox	70	44,382
83	Harding	70	21,596
84	Gibson	69	36,370
85	Newton	68	22,922
86	Webster	68	26,040
87	Fletcher	64	34,136
88	Spencer	64	27,278
89	Booth	63	29,559
90	Dawson	63	32,910
91	Fisher	63	34,989
92	Graham	63	34,451
93	Ball	62	24,730
94	Day	62	27,843
95	Rowlands	62	7,438
96	Stephens	62	16,575
97	Elliott	61	25,315
98	Ford	61	29,131
99	Miles	60	17,637
100	Mills	60	38,788