1881 census occupation

General Serv surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

5,738 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 31,871 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 1,120 people recorded as General Serv.

Surnames most linked with General Serv

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	Jones	1,120	338,678
2	Williams	657	214,615
3	Smith	595	422,249
4	Davies	429	152,295
5	Evans	362	130,734
6	Thomas	337	123,339
7	Roberts	310	112,276
8	Brown	304	197,359
9	Taylor	249	191,142
10	Edwards	224	83,319
11	White	181	96,053
12	Hall	160	88,053
13	Davis	151	65,757
14	Wilson	151	137,750
15	Johnson	149	100,458
16	Turner	147	83,267
17	Martin	144	73,281
18	Morris	143	66,607
19	Price	139	52,361
20	Wright	137	95,951
21	Clark	136	90,143
22	Green	135	84,164
23	Wood	135	95,380
24	Baker	129	65,282
25	Griffiths	125	48,955
26	Walker	125	100,304
27	Robinson	122	95,300
28	Thompson	122	89,587
29	King	120	65,115
30	Cooper	118	72,708
31	Jackson	118	83,594
32	Phillips	117	53,458
33	Owen	116	35,558
34	Parker	109	56,883
35	Richards	109	45,120
36	Moore	107	58,817
37	Ward	106	65,299
38	Clarke	102	60,196
39	Cook	102	59,467
40	Jenkins	102	35,237
41	Bennett	99	49,110
42	Carter	97	50,099
43	Allen	96	56,290
44	Cox	95	44,382
45	Webb	90	40,508
46	Bailey	89	44,948
47	Powell	87	37,321
48	Ellis	85	43,381
49	Collins	79	42,829
50	Knight	78	36,756
51	Chapman	74	42,456
52	Palmer	74	35,153
53	Rogers	74	38,745
54	Adams	73	43,950
55	Mills	73	38,788
56	Richardson	73	50,857
57	Watson	72	69,539
58	Young	72	64,312
59	Mitchell	70	60,795
60	Rees	69	26,024
61	Owens	67	14,922
62	Marshall	66	50,203
63	Fisher	65	34,989
64	Scott	65	76,018
65	Foster	64	40,056
66	Parry	64	22,775
67	Shaw	64	55,020
68	Miller	63	53,567
69	Simpson	61	52,391
70	Bell	60	56,099
71	Gray	60	42,727
72	Barker	59	39,196
73	Stevens	59	31,223
74	Saunders	58	27,328
75	Ford	57	29,131
76	Pearson	57	34,754
77	Dunn	56	24,868
78	Mason	56	40,247
79	Barnes	54	36,002
80	Matthews	54	26,049
81	Andrews	53	28,636
82	Pearce	53	27,443
83	Pritchard	53	16,096
84	Dawson	50	32,910
85	Ball	49	24,730
86	Burton	49	25,491
87	Day	49	27,843
88	Stone	49	21,581
89	Fox	48	26,486
90	Reynolds	48	25,883
91	Atkinson	47	29,154
92	Butler	47	29,165
93	Rose	47	22,106
94	George	46	17,545
95	Reed	46	21,815
96	Watkins	46	18,128
97	West	46	28,778
98	Barber	45	18,022
99	Page	45	23,921
100	Read	45	19,314