1881 census occupation

General Labourer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

10,771 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 85,422 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,773 people recorded as General Labourer.

Surnames most linked with General Labourer

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	1,773	422,249
2	Jones	1,611	338,678
3	Williams	995	214,615
4	Brown	727	197,359
5	Taylor	723	191,142
6	Davies	666	152,295
7	Evans	551	130,734
8	Thomas	482	123,339
9	Johnson	476	100,458
10	Roberts	459	112,276
11	Wilson	437	137,750
12	White	424	96,053
13	Green	387	84,164
14	Thompson	382	89,587
15	Hall	372	88,053
16	Walker	352	100,304
17	Edwards	343	83,319
18	Robinson	343	95,300
19	Clark	333	90,143
20	Wright	333	95,951
21	Jackson	321	83,594
22	King	312	65,115
23	Turner	310	83,267
24	Morris	304	66,607
25	Wood	302	95,380
26	Baker	288	65,282
27	Cooper	278	72,708
28	Cook	267	59,467
29	Bennett	255	49,110
30	Ward	253	65,299
31	Davis	252	65,757
32	Martin	252	73,281
33	Parker	249	56,883
34	Clarke	242	60,196
35	Cox	241	44,382
36	Kelly	236	30,644
37	Price	235	52,361
38	Allen	226	56,290
39	Murphy	226	23,790
40	Moore	225	58,817
41	Griffiths	220	48,955
42	Carter	218	50,099
43	Phillips	216	53,458
44	Collins	213	42,829
45	Richardson	197	50,857
46	Webb	196	40,508
47	Bailey	192	44,948
48	Scott	189	76,018
49	Rogers	186	38,745
50	Watson	182	69,539
51	Wilkinson	174	45,653
52	Ellis	173	43,381
53	Adams	172	43,950
54	Young	171	64,312
55	Mitchell	170	60,795
56	Marshall	160	50,203
57	Saunders	159	27,328
58	Richards	158	45,120
59	Powell	156	37,321
60	Shaw	156	55,020
61	Foster	155	40,056
62	Chapman	147	42,456
63	Stevens	147	31,223
64	Knight	146	36,756
65	Ford	144	29,131
66	Mills	144	38,788
67	Mason	143	40,247
68	Reynolds	142	25,883
69	Owen	141	35,558
70	Bell	140	56,099
71	Butler	139	29,165
72	Simpson	138	52,391
73	Brooks	136	29,205
74	Pearson	136	34,754
75	West	136	28,778
76	Gray	135	42,727
77	Jenkins	135	35,237
78	Payne	135	26,886
79	Pearce	133	27,443
80	Fletcher	129	34,136
81	Palmer	129	35,153
82	Barnes	126	36,002
83	Day	126	27,843
84	Miller	125	53,567
85	Fisher	124	34,989
86	Barker	122	39,196
87	Fox	121	26,486
88	Walsh	121	15,864
89	Reed	120	21,815
90	Atkinson	118	29,154
91	Riley	116	23,673
92	Dixon	113	32,795
93	Dawson	111	32,910
94	Parry	110	22,775
95	Wells	110	24,900
96	Cole	109	27,185
97	Bird	108	22,826
98	Ball	107	24,730
99	Curtis	107	16,949
100	Russell	107	36,592