1881 census occupation

General Laborer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

5,433 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 31,456 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 734 people recorded as General Laborer.

Surnames most linked with General Laborer

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	734	422,249
2	Jones	601	338,678
3	Williams	385	214,615
4	Brown	303	197,359
5	Taylor	286	191,142
6	Davies	265	152,295
7	Evans	232	130,734
8	Roberts	191	112,276
9	White	187	96,053
10	Wilson	185	137,750
11	Thomas	179	123,339
12	Robinson	156	95,300
13	Johnson	155	100,458
14	Edwards	144	83,319
15	Wright	144	95,951
16	King	137	65,115
17	Green	134	84,164
18	Baker	133	65,282
19	Clark	131	90,143
20	Hall	131	88,053
21	Jackson	131	83,594
22	Thompson	130	89,587
23	Turner	122	83,267
24	Davis	120	65,757
25	Wood	118	95,380
26	Ward	115	65,299
27	Murphy	114	23,790
28	Collins	113	42,829
29	Moore	113	58,817
30	Martin	112	73,281
31	Walker	110	100,304
32	Morris	108	66,607
33	Cooper	104	72,708
34	Young	102	64,312
35	Bennett	100	49,110
36	Clarke	98	60,196
37	Cook	98	59,467
38	Cox	98	44,382
39	Griffiths	96	48,955
40	Price	94	52,361
41	Webb	91	40,508
42	Carter	90	50,099
43	Kelly	86	30,644
44	Watson	86	69,539
45	Parker	84	56,883
46	Adams	83	43,950
47	Allen	83	56,290
48	Rogers	82	38,745
49	Scott	78	76,018
50	Mitchell	76	60,795
51	Phillips	76	53,458
52	Shaw	76	55,020
53	Bailey	75	44,948
54	Chapman	75	42,456
55	Powell	73	37,321
56	Richards	73	45,120
57	Russell	72	36,592
58	Marshall	71	50,203
59	Miller	71	53,567
60	Mills	70	38,788
61	Saunders	70	27,328
62	Bell	69	56,099
63	Andrews	68	28,636
64	Barnes	68	36,002
65	Stevens	67	31,223
66	Ford	66	29,131
67	Knight	65	36,756
68	Ellis	64	43,381
69	Palmer	63	35,153
70	Fletcher	62	34,136
71	Foster	62	40,056
72	Day	61	27,843
73	Brooks	59	29,205
74	Richardson	59	50,857
75	Matthews	58	26,049
76	Butler	57	29,165
77	Pearce	57	27,443
78	Simpson	55	52,391
79	Coleman	54	14,894
80	Payne	54	26,886
81	Riley	53	23,673
82	Fisher	52	34,989
83	Parsons	52	22,657
84	West	52	28,778
85	Owen	51	35,558
86	Watts	51	25,021
87	Burns	50	20,128
88	Cole	50	27,185
89	Parry	50	22,775
90	Burton	48	25,491
91	Fox	48	26,486
92	Mason	48	40,247
93	Reed	48	21,815
94	Dunn	47	24,868
95	Page	47	23,921
96	Murray	46	37,222
97	Reynolds	46	25,883
98	Walsh	46	15,864
99	Shepherd	45	21,923
100	Bishop	44	20,827