1881 census occupation

Farmers Wife surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

5,422 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 37,113 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 1,931 people recorded as Farmers Wife.

Surnames most linked with Farmers 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	1,931	338,678
2	Davies	1,115	152,295
3	Williams	1,006	214,615
4	Evans	790	130,734
5	Thomas	771	123,339
6	Roberts	549	112,276
7	Smith	475	422,249
8	Edwards	268	83,319
9	Taylor	256	191,142
10	Robinson	243	95,300
11	Griffiths	242	48,955
12	Brown	235	197,359
13	Owen	222	35,558
14	Jackson	197	83,594
15	Morris	186	66,607
16	Rees	186	26,024
17	Price	184	52,361
18	Wilson	183	137,750
19	Thompson	173	89,587
20	Richards	165	45,120
21	Walker	153	100,304
22	Johnson	150	100,458
23	Wright	146	95,951
24	Hall	140	88,053
25	White	139	96,053
26	Wood	133	95,380
27	Phillips	132	53,458
28	Powell	132	37,321
29	Clark	126	90,143
30	Jenkins	124	35,237
31	Green	123	84,164
32	Parker	119	56,883
33	Ward	118	65,299
34	Baker	110	65,282
35	Parry	108	22,775
36	Turner	105	83,267
37	Morgans	104	6,510
38	Watson	103	69,539
39	Clarke	102	60,196
40	Cooper	102	72,708
41	Owens	102	14,922
42	Moore	99	58,817
43	Bennett	96	49,110
44	Atkinson	94	29,154
45	Ellis	94	43,381
46	Wilkinson	92	45,653
47	Richardson	90	50,857
48	King	89	65,115
49	Martin	89	73,281
50	Bell	85	56,099
51	Griffith	82	9,759
52	Mason	80	40,247
53	Greenwood	79	23,239
54	Shaw	78	55,020
55	Simpson	78	52,391
56	Chapman	77	42,456
57	Adams	76	43,950
58	Watkins	76	18,128
59	Bailey	75	44,948
60	Barker	75	39,196
61	Marshall	73	50,203
62	Cook	72	59,467
63	Allen	69	56,290
64	Dixon	69	32,795
65	Scott	68	76,018
66	Pearson	67	34,754
67	Gibson	66	36,370
68	Pugh	66	11,458
69	Mitchell	65	60,795
70	Harries	64	5,647
71	Cole	62	27,185
72	Pritchard	62	16,096
73	George	61	17,545
74	John	61	10,815
75	Young	59	64,312
76	Bowen	58	12,380
77	Carter	58	50,099
78	Dawson	58	32,910
79	Rogers	58	38,745
80	Tucker	58	16,480
81	Armstrong	57	22,891
82	Burton	56	25,491
83	Cox	56	44,382
84	Foster	56	40,056
85	Barnes	55	36,002
86	Dale	53	12,648
87	Pearce	53	27,443
88	Booth	52	29,559
89	Palmer	52	35,153
90	Sutton	52	19,057
91	Gill	51	20,931
92	Harding	50	21,596
93	Metcalfe	50	6,851
94	Rowlands	49	7,438
95	Stephens	49	16,575
96	Fletcher	48	34,136
97	Spencer	48	27,278
98	Andrews	47	28,636
99	Berry	47	23,740
100	Ford	47	29,131