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 Dixon, with 44 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
101	Dixon	44	32,795
102	Fletcher	44	34,136
103	Cole	43	27,185
104	Payne	43	26,886
105	Anderson	42	59,265
106	Brooks	42	29,205
107	Griffith	42	9,759
108	Russell	42	36,592
109	Spencer	42	27,278
110	Tucker	41	16,480
111	Gibson	40	36,370
112	Watts	40	25,021
113	Bird	39	22,826
114	Bishop	39	20,827
115	Wells	39	24,900
116	Curtis	38	16,949
117	Robson	38	19,747
118	Bartlett	37	13,054
119	Kelly	37	30,644
120	Parsons	37	22,657
121	Woodward	37	14,736
122	Burgess	36	20,759
123	Gibbs	36	14,676
124	Murphy	36	23,790
125	Pratt	36	17,181
126	Bradley	35	24,034
127	Marsh	35	21,309
128	Newman	35	22,210
129	Oliver	35	21,337
130	Osborne	35	14,203
131	Bowen	34	12,380
132	Elliott	34	25,315
133	Nicholls	34	15,623
134	Pugh	34	11,458
135	Shepherd	34	21,923
136	Barrett	33	20,042
137	Frost	33	16,800
138	Potter	33	19,384
139	Walters	33	14,268
140	Bond	32	15,814
141	Freeman	32	19,062
142	Griffin	32	14,053
143	May	32	18,022
144	Sutton	32	19,057
145	Warren	32	19,899
146	Bates	31	19,015
147	Berry	31	23,740
148	Fuller	31	12,091
149	Harding	31	21,596
150	Rowlands	31	7,438
151	Gilbert	30	16,992
152	Gill	30	20,931
153	Graham	30	34,451
154	Hammond	30	17,002
155	Miles	30	17,637
156	Carr	29	21,558
157	Harper	29	19,184
158	Newton	29	22,922
159	Prior	29	6,916
160	French	28	14,624
161	Nicholson	28	21,253
162	Norman	28	13,722
163	Warner	28	10,908
164	Arnold	27	16,054
165	Birch	27	12,264
166	Carpenter	27	10,221
167	Chambers	27	16,996
168	Coleman	27	14,894
169	Jordan	27	13,212
170	Skinner	27	15,141
171	Wills	27	8,934
172	Clayton	26	16,272
173	Dyer	26	11,556
174	Goddard	26	12,016
175	Grant	26	29,695
176	Kemp	26	16,605
177	Porter	26	22,471
178	Ryan	26	9,176
179	Sharp	26	24,950
180	Webster	26	26,040
181	Barton	25	16,190
182	Field	25	14,896
183	Goodwin	25	15,759
184	Mathews	25	11,043
185	Morley	25	11,962
186	Moss	25	18,432
187	Randall	25	9,338
188	Salter	25	6,817
189	Simmonds	25	8,010
190	Stephens	25	16,575
191	Wall	25	10,463
192	Walton	25	21,088
193	Woods	25	18,768
194	Armstrong	24	22,891
195	Bryant	24	12,753
196	Bullock	24	9,713
197	Gale	24	8,531
198	Gould	24	10,773
199	Johns	24	7,655
200	Perkins	24	13,410