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 Robson, with 60 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
101	Robson	60	19,747
102	Nicholson	59	21,253
103	Bowen	57	12,380
104	Carr	57	21,558
105	Griffith	57	9,759
106	Knight	57	36,756
107	Pritchard	57	16,096
108	Collins	56	42,829
109	Dale	56	12,648
110	Dickinson	55	12,771
111	Miller	55	53,567
112	Russell	55	36,592
113	Webb	54	40,508
114	Reed	52	21,815
115	Tomlinson	52	13,809
116	Warren	52	19,899
117	Burton	51	25,491
118	Dodd	51	12,112
119	Gill	51	20,931
120	Metcalfe	51	6,851
121	Pratt	51	17,181
122	Barnes	50	36,002
123	Fox	50	26,486
124	Saunders	50	27,328
125	Bradley	49	24,034
126	Butler	49	29,165
127	Dean	49	20,763
128	Greenwood	49	23,239
129	Porter	49	22,471
130	Shepherd	49	21,923
131	Stone	49	21,581
132	Armstrong	48	22,891
133	Parsons	48	22,657
134	Page	47	23,921
135	Andrews	46	28,636
136	Bond	46	15,814
137	Nicholls	46	15,623
138	Sanderson	46	12,425
139	Daniel	45	6,608
140	Walters	45	14,268
141	Barton	44	16,190
142	Gardner	44	20,306
143	Wells	44	24,900
144	Bishop	43	20,827
145	Goodwin	43	15,759
146	Parkinson	43	14,360
147	Sutton	43	19,057
148	West	43	28,778
149	Bevan	42	7,333
150	Coates	42	11,178
151	David	42	3,083
152	Williamson	42	26,852
153	Baldwin	41	12,774
154	Barber	41	18,022
155	Berry	41	23,740
156	Burgess	41	20,759
157	Dobson	41	13,189
158	Sharp	41	24,950
159	Stevens	41	31,223
160	Bradshaw	40	12,284
161	Nelson	40	14,407
162	Oliver	40	21,337
163	Rose	40	22,106
164	Skinner	40	15,141
165	Watts	40	25,021
166	Potter	39	19,384
167	Cooke	38	16,523
168	Davey	38	12,184
169	Meredith	38	6,044
170	Yates	38	20,593
171	Bird	37	22,826
172	Briggs	37	16,242
173	Glover	37	12,759
174	May	37	18,022
175	Riley	37	23,673
176	Todd	37	15,284
177	Banks	36	15,330
178	Butcher	36	12,606
179	Fawcett	36	5,778
180	Slater	36	18,151
181	Bainbridge	35	4,203
182	Bolton	35	12,910
183	Dunn	35	24,868
184	Pike	35	8,640
185	Pye	35	4,319
186	Wallis	35	10,105
187	Whittaker	35	14,193
188	Wills	35	8,934
189	Archer	34	12,355
190	Hamer	34	5,605
191	Harper	34	19,184
192	Kirby	34	11,367
193	Knowles	34	15,989
194	Marsh	34	21,309
195	Morley	34	11,962
196	Nicholas	34	5,834
197	Nixon	34	9,111
198	Rimmer	34	4,861
199	Walton	34	21,088
200	Alderson	33	4,152