1881 census occupation

General Lab surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,918 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,386 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Pearce, with 38 people recorded as General Lab.

Surnames most linked with General 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	Pearce	38	27,443
2	Saunders	37	27,328
3	Kelly	36	30,644
4	Burton	34	25,491
5	Miles	31	17,637
6	Newman	30	22,210
7	Murphy	29	23,790
8	Gardner	22	20,306
9	Pratt	21	17,181
10	Welch	17	10,480
11	Abbott	16	13,211
12	Goddard	15	12,016
13	Johnston	15	24,321
14	Savage	15	11,457
15	Daniels	14	9,394
16	Fry	14	9,452
17	Tyler	14	8,830
18	Gibbons	13	9,605
19	Stanley	13	11,524
20	Wall	13	10,463
21	Bateman	12	7,694
22	Neale	12	7,093
23	Quinn	12	5,716
24	Vincent	12	9,240
25	Alcock	10	4,334
26	Alexander	10	15,837
27	Boxall	10	2,377
28	Dowling	10	3,300
29	Faulkner	10	8,124
30	Groves	10	8,410
31	Rawlings	10	4,379
32	Reid	10	31,585
33	Rowley	10	7,865
34	Snell	10	5,619
35	Bedford	9	7,107
36	Hallam	9	5,584
37	Harman	9	4,485
38	Judd	9	3,882
39	Maloney	9	2,464
40	Needham	9	6,368
41	Preece	9	4,878
42	Ray	9	5,660
43	Talbot	9	7,424
44	Blackman	8	3,643
45	Brady	8	5,301
46	Cobb	8	4,259
47	Downes	8	3,702
48	Drury	8	4,744
49	Dutton	8	6,772
50	Mahoney	8	3,153
51	Munday	8	3,498
52	Rodgers	8	8,211
53	Rolfe	8	3,882
54	Stapleton	8	3,003
55	Treagus	8	164
56	Wilcox	8	5,633
57	Withers	8	4,907
58	Amos	7	4,929
59	Boswell	7	2,800
60	Broughton	7	5,564
61	Browning	7	6,070
62	Champion	7	3,108
63	Charman	7	1,675
64	Conroy	7	2,214
65	Coombs	7	5,048
66	Crouch	7	4,011
67	Flynn	7	5,709
68	Granger	7	3,061
69	Grimes	7	3,452
70	Hales	7	4,292
71	Harlow	7	1,650
72	Kidd	7	6,111
73	Morrell	7	2,816
74	Painter	7	4,101
75	Parish	7	4,621
76	Pitman	7	2,697
77	Tarr	7	1,091
78	Thornley	7	3,323
79	Worrall	7	3,806
80	Alford	6	2,534
81	Allan	6	18,828
82	Attwood	6	2,971
83	Baylis	6	3,145
84	Beesley	6	2,403
85	Belton	6	1,612
86	Bingham	6	4,395
87	Braithwaite	6	3,461
88	Broad	6	3,802
89	Brooker	6	3,612
90	Bundy	6	955
91	Burn	6	4,044
92	Carrick	6	2,155
93	Carruthers	6	3,969
94	Coward	6	3,421
95	Durrant	6	4,676
96	Eldridge	6	3,271
97	Farr	6	4,455
98	Gallagher	6	4,530
99	Grainger	6	4,619
100	Haley	6	3,555