1881 census occupation

Gen Lab surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

2,795 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 8,867 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Brown, with 189 people recorded as Gen Lab.

Surnames most linked with Gen Lab

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	Brown	189	197,359
2	Johnson	118	100,458
3	White	96	96,053
4	Baker	88	65,282
5	Ward	77	65,299
6	Collins	74	42,829
7	Martin	73	73,281
8	Kelly	59	30,644
9	Webb	55	40,508
10	Murphy	50	23,790
11	Stevens	47	31,223
12	Young	47	64,312
13	Foster	43	40,056
14	Butler	37	29,165
15	West	37	28,778
16	Harding	35	21,596
17	Quinn	34	5,716
18	Wells	34	24,900
19	Andrews	33	28,636
20	Bishop	32	20,827
21	Marsh	30	21,309
22	Reed	30	21,815
23	Riley	30	23,673
24	Watts	30	25,021
25	Rigby	29	8,697
26	Stone	28	21,581
27	Murray	27	37,222
28	Skinner	27	15,141
29	Burns	26	20,128
30	French	26	14,624
31	Woods	26	18,768
32	Barrett	25	20,042
33	Simmonds	24	8,010
34	Burke	23	8,736
35	Walsh	23	15,864
36	Wheeler	23	18,031
37	Wilkins	23	13,205
38	Coleman	22	14,894
39	Gardner	22	20,306
40	Carroll	21	6,003
41	George	21	17,545
42	Harper	21	19,184
43	Cornwell	20	1,727
44	Banks	19	15,330
45	Morley	19	11,962
46	Donovan	18	4,702
47	Kennedy	18	18,038
48	Rimmer	18	4,861
49	Welch	18	10,480
50	Brady	17	5,301
51	Bryan	17	7,426
52	Driscoll	17	3,305
53	Perkins	17	13,410
54	Dodd	16	12,112
55	Dwyer	16	1,656
56	Dyer	16	11,556
57	Fry	16	9,452
58	Fuller	16	12,091
59	Glover	16	12,759
60	Reeves	16	12,269
61	Ryan	16	9,176
62	Tyler	16	8,830
63	Casey	15	4,412
64	Stacey	15	6,727
65	Chandler	14	9,606
66	Flynn	14	5,709
67	Joyce	14	7,339
68	Major	14	4,020
69	Rowland	14	8,511
70	Stokes	14	12,605
71	Vincent	14	9,240
72	Connor	13	8,809
73	Emery	13	6,540
74	Ingram	13	9,112
75	Mercer	13	7,893
76	Moran	13	5,480
77	Nolan	13	4,062
78	Parr	13	7,480
79	Sheldon	13	4,548
80	Bushell	12	2,901
81	Childs	12	5,492
82	Doyle	12	7,258
83	Gardiner	12	8,640
84	Goodman	12	8,716
85	Harman	12	4,485
86	Moody	12	7,791
87	Moon	12	6,287
88	Neal	12	8,877
89	Ratcliffe	12	8,266
90	Sheppard	12	10,341
91	Street	12	6,995
92	Welsh	12	11,869
93	Wicks	12	4,203
94	Cotton	11	7,145
95	Draper	11	7,044
96	Gaffney	11	1,016
97	Grice	11	3,083
98	Handley	11	5,051
99	Shea	11	2,002
100	Stubbs	11	7,914