1881 census occupation

Gardener surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

6,471 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 35,980 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 789 people recorded as Gardener.

Surnames most linked with Gardener

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	Smith	789	422,249
2	Brown	338	197,359
3	Taylor	302	191,142
4	White	221	96,053
5	Green	196	84,164
6	Turner	185	83,267
7	Baker	182	65,282
8	Wright	175	95,951
9	King	170	65,115
10	Clark	167	90,143
11	Wood	166	95,380
12	Edwards	165	83,319
13	Martin	158	73,281
14	Cooper	155	72,708
15	Johnson	152	100,458
16	Hall	146	88,053
17	Parker	144	56,883
18	Cook	141	59,467
19	Davis	141	65,757
20	Thompson	134	89,587
21	Robinson	132	95,300
22	Walker	131	100,304
23	Cox	126	44,382
24	Clarke	125	60,196
25	Knight	125	36,756
26	Richardson	122	50,857
27	Carter	121	50,099
28	Wilson	118	137,750
29	Morris	114	66,607
30	Adams	112	43,950
31	Allen	111	56,290
32	Jackson	111	83,594
33	Webb	110	40,508
34	Ward	107	65,299
35	Bennett	105	49,110
36	Young	105	64,312
37	Foster	104	40,056
38	Payne	102	26,886
39	Collins	97	42,829
40	Moore	97	58,817
41	Rogers	94	38,745
42	Marshall	93	50,203
43	Phillips	93	53,458
44	Chapman	91	42,456
45	Price	91	52,361
46	Palmer	90	35,153
47	Bailey	89	44,948
48	Day	89	27,843
49	Russell	87	36,592
50	Saunders	85	27,328
51	Stevens	85	31,223
52	Newman	84	22,210
53	Mills	81	38,788
54	Wells	78	24,900
55	Barnes	77	36,002
56	Butler	77	29,165
57	Powell	77	37,321
58	West	77	28,778
59	Mitchell	75	60,795
60	Cole	73	27,185
61	Ellis	72	43,381
62	Barker	71	39,196
63	Gray	71	42,727
64	Miller	71	53,567
65	Pearce	69	27,443
66	Matthews	67	26,049
67	Richards	67	45,120
68	Warren	66	19,899
69	Andrews	65	28,636
70	Ford	65	29,131
71	Watson	65	69,539
72	Wheeler	65	18,031
73	Scott	64	76,018
74	Rose	63	22,106
75	Watts	63	25,021
76	Mason	62	40,247
77	Page	62	23,921
78	Bird	59	22,826
79	Brooks	59	29,205
80	Field	58	14,896
81	Freeman	58	19,062
82	Miles	58	17,637
83	Read	58	19,314
84	Reeves	57	12,269
85	Clements	56	9,906
86	Fisher	56	34,989
87	Parsons	56	22,657
88	Pratt	56	17,181
89	Reed	56	21,815
90	Kemp	55	16,605
91	Stone	54	21,581
92	Bell	53	56,099
93	Reynolds	52	25,883
94	Elliott	51	25,315
95	May	51	18,022
96	Simpson	51	52,391
97	Bishop	50	20,827
98	Marsh	49	21,309
99	Fuller	48	12,091
100	Porter	48	22,471