1881 census occupation

General Servant Domestic surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

4,006 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 11,706 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 511 people recorded as General Servant Domestic.

Surnames most linked with General Servant Domestic

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	511	338,678
2	Davies	262	152,295
3	Evans	222	130,734
4	Davies	212	152,295
5	Thomas	180	123,339
6	Wright	104	95,951
7	Griffiths	92	48,955
8	Clark	84	90,143
9	Cooper	80	72,708
10	Martin	69	73,281
11	Cook	60	59,467
12	Richards	57	45,120
13	Ellis	54	43,381
14	Richardson	54	50,857
15	Watson	52	69,539
16	Jenkins	51	35,237
17	Foster	49	40,056
18	Rees	49	26,024
19	Webb	47	40,508
20	Adams	46	43,950
21	Powell	46	37,321
22	Rogers	46	38,745
23	Young	46	64,312
24	Stevens	42	31,223
25	Brooks	38	29,205
26	Parry	34	22,775
27	Payne	34	26,886
28	Anderson	31	59,265
29	Parsons	29	22,657
30	Gibson	28	36,370
31	Reed	28	21,815
32	Stone	28	21,581
33	Curtis	27	16,949
34	May	27	18,022
35	Sharp	26	24,950
36	Walton	26	21,088
37	Armstrong	25	22,891
38	Murray	25	37,222
39	John	24	10,815
40	Shepherd	24	21,923
41	Oliver	23	21,337
42	Arnold	22	16,054
43	Jennings	22	15,142
44	Simmons	22	12,229
45	Nicholson	21	21,253
46	Osborne	20	14,203
47	Perkins	20	13,410
48	Woodward	20	14,736
49	Bowen	19	12,380
50	Coleman	19	14,894
51	Pugh	19	11,458
52	Archer	18	12,355
53	French	18	14,624
54	Robson	18	19,747
55	Blackburn	17	11,287
56	Bryant	17	12,753
57	Dodd	17	12,112
58	Giles	17	11,369
59	Dyer	16	11,556
60	Tomlinson	16	13,809
61	Bowen	15	12,380
62	Finch	15	9,950
63	Johns	15	7,655
64	Manning	15	9,465
65	Atkins	14	11,186
66	Bray	14	9,999
67	Carpenter	14	10,221
68	Gale	14	8,531
69	Gough	14	8,770
70	Nichols	14	9,755
71	Randall	14	9,338
72	Vaughan	14	10,222
73	Bevan	13	7,333
74	Firth	13	9,950
75	Gay	13	3,665
76	Gould	13	10,773
77	Groves	13	8,410
78	Harries	13	5,647
79	Massey	13	7,642
80	Needham	13	6,368
81	Parkin	13	8,063
82	Prince	13	6,765
83	Ridley	13	5,786
84	Tyson	13	3,881
85	Vaughan	13	10,222
86	Barnard	12	7,425
87	Beck	12	6,938
88	Draper	12	7,044
89	Garner	12	9,464
90	Goodall	12	6,418
91	Milner	12	6,866
92	Morgans	12	6,510
93	Preece	12	4,878
94	Stead	12	6,126
95	Wakefield	12	5,358
96	Withers	12	4,907
97	Ashley	11	4,991
98	Beer	11	4,775
99	Goodman	11	8,716
100	Gough	11	8,770