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 Grant, with 44 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
101	Grant	44	29,695
102	Jenkins	44	35,237
103	Newman	44	22,210
104	Wells	44	24,900
105	Berry	43	23,740
106	Woods	43	18,768
107	Ball	42	24,730
108	Moss	42	18,432
109	Arnold	41	16,054
110	Dawson	41	32,910
111	Graham	41	34,451
112	Gray	41	42,727
113	Willis	40	15,886
114	Dixon	39	32,795
115	Spencer	39	27,278
116	Welsh	39	11,869
117	Wheeler	39	18,031
118	Harding	38	21,596
119	Moran	38	5,480
120	Tucker	38	16,480
121	Yates	38	20,593
122	Bird	37	22,826
123	Freeman	37	19,062
124	Pearson	37	34,754
125	Rees	37	26,024
126	Sharp	37	24,950
127	Stone	37	21,581
128	Carr	36	21,558
129	Curtis	36	16,949
130	Marsh	36	21,309
131	Owens	36	14,922
132	Watkins	36	18,128
133	Bradley	35	24,034
134	Burgess	35	20,759
135	Miles	35	17,637
136	Baxter	34	17,875
137	Elliott	34	25,315
138	Jennings	34	15,142
139	Perkins	34	13,410
140	Rose	34	22,106
141	Short	34	11,678
142	Barber	33	18,022
143	Burrows	33	13,086
144	Connor	33	8,809
145	Porter	33	22,471
146	Sutton	33	19,057
147	Webster	33	26,040
148	Woodward	33	14,736
149	Butcher	32	12,606
150	Chambers	32	16,996
151	French	32	14,624
152	George	32	17,545
153	Hammond	32	17,002
154	May	32	18,022
155	Barrett	31	20,042
156	Gilbert	31	16,992
157	Smart	31	13,640
158	Warren	31	19,899
159	Bolton	30	12,910
160	Gardner	30	20,306
161	Gill	30	20,931
162	Goodwin	30	15,759
163	Waters	30	12,022
164	Whitehead	30	20,246
165	Armstrong	29	22,891
166	Burke	29	8,736
167	Dean	29	20,763
168	Doyle	29	7,258
169	Pritchard	29	16,096
170	Read	29	19,314
171	Bates	28	19,015
172	Dickinson	28	12,771
173	Gibbs	28	14,676
174	Haines	28	6,935
175	Nelson	28	14,407
176	Todd	28	15,284
177	Austin	27	14,588
178	Bond	27	15,814
179	Campbell	27	50,681
180	Duffy	27	6,593
181	Gates	27	4,641
182	Kemp	27	16,605
183	Kennedy	27	18,038
184	Oliver	27	21,337
185	Pope	27	10,286
186	Reeves	27	12,269
187	Walton	27	21,088
188	Weston	27	12,197
189	Wilkins	27	13,205
190	Barnett	26	13,495
191	Flynn	26	5,709
192	Frost	26	16,800
193	Jordan	26	13,212
194	Newton	26	22,922
195	Pugh	26	11,458
196	Wade	26	11,824
197	Casey	25	4,412
198	Griffin	25	14,053
199	Mann	25	15,786
200	Norman	25	13,722