1881 census occupation

General Servant surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

10,946 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 79,705 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 2,178 people recorded as General Servant.

Surnames most linked with General Servant

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	2,178	338,678
2	Smith	1,465	422,249
3	Williams	1,391	214,615
4	Davies	985	152,295
5	Evans	860	130,734
6	Roberts	715	112,276
7	Thomas	696	123,339
8	Brown	649	197,359
9	Taylor	603	191,142
10	Edwards	439	83,319
11	Johnson	361	100,458
12	White	360	96,053
13	Hall	346	88,053
14	Wright	339	95,951
15	Green	331	84,164
16	Robinson	330	95,300
17	Wilson	330	137,750
18	Morris	321	66,607
19	Wood	320	95,380
20	Davis	315	65,757
21	Thompson	314	89,587
22	Clark	313	90,143
23	Griffiths	309	48,955
24	Baker	306	65,282
25	Turner	294	83,267
26	Cooper	285	72,708
27	Walker	281	100,304
28	Price	268	52,361
29	Martin	266	73,281
30	Phillips	266	53,458
31	Jackson	257	83,594
32	King	257	65,115
33	Owen	251	35,558
34	Cook	250	59,467
35	Ward	228	65,299
36	Allen	224	56,290
37	Richards	219	45,120
38	Parker	214	56,883
39	Cox	206	44,382
40	Moore	205	58,817
41	Carter	203	50,099
42	Ellis	195	43,381
43	Clarke	189	60,196
44	Knight	183	36,756
45	Bennett	181	49,110
46	Watson	181	69,539
47	Young	180	64,312
48	Powell	179	37,321
49	Jenkins	178	35,237
50	Adams	177	43,950
51	Rogers	176	38,745
52	Collins	164	42,829
53	Scott	164	76,018
54	Webb	164	40,508
55	Bailey	163	44,948
56	Chapman	162	42,456
57	Parry	161	22,775
58	Miller	160	53,567
59	Richardson	160	50,857
60	Mills	156	38,788
61	Bell	151	56,099
62	Marshall	145	50,203
63	Mitchell	144	60,795
64	Cole	143	27,185
65	Mason	143	40,247
66	Barker	141	39,196
67	Rees	139	26,024
68	Palmer	138	35,153
69	Andrews	136	28,636
70	Foster	134	40,056
71	Simpson	134	52,391
72	Watts	132	25,021
73	Barnes	130	36,002
74	Matthews	125	26,049
75	Shaw	125	55,020
76	Wilkinson	124	45,653
77	West	122	28,778
78	Pearce	121	27,443
79	Day	118	27,843
80	Stevens	118	31,223
81	Saunders	117	27,328
82	Fisher	114	34,989
83	Ford	113	29,131
84	Butler	112	29,165
85	Payne	112	26,886
86	Gray	110	42,727
87	Pritchard	109	16,096
88	Brooks	106	29,205
89	Fox	104	26,486
90	Kelly	104	30,644
91	Owens	104	14,922
92	Pearson	104	34,754
93	Reed	103	21,815
94	Dunn	102	24,868
95	Fletcher	100	34,136
96	Parsons	98	22,657
97	Ball	97	24,730
98	Murphy	97	23,790
99	Burton	96	25,491
100	Newman	96	22,210