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 Dixon, with 95 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
101	Dixon	95	32,795
102	Stone	95	21,581
103	Page	94	23,921
104	Elliott	93	25,315
105	Gibson	93	36,370
106	Harding	93	21,596
107	Russell	93	36,592
108	Bird	92	22,826
109	Anderson	89	59,265
110	Bradley	89	24,034
111	Atkinson	88	29,154
112	Warren	88	19,899
113	Wells	87	24,900
114	Dawson	86	32,910
115	Oliver	86	21,337
116	Spencer	85	27,278
117	Stephens	83	16,575
118	Bates	82	19,015
119	Freeman	82	19,062
120	Frost	82	16,800
121	Reynolds	82	25,883
122	Robson	82	19,747
123	Bishop	81	20,827
124	Watkins	80	18,128
125	Graham	79	34,451
126	Burgess	78	20,759
127	Miles	78	17,637
128	Walters	78	14,268
129	Walton	78	21,088
130	Dean	76	20,763
131	Rose	76	22,106
132	Wheeler	76	18,031
133	May	74	18,022
134	Murray	74	37,222
135	Nicholson	74	21,253
136	Sutton	74	19,057
137	Carr	73	21,558
138	Gill	73	20,931
139	Porter	73	22,471
140	Wilkins	73	13,205
141	Yates	73	20,593
142	Newton	72	22,922
143	Read	72	19,314
144	Pugh	70	11,458
145	Chambers	69	16,996
146	Riley	69	23,673
147	Willis	69	15,886
148	Arnold	68	16,054
149	Berry	68	23,740
150	Bowen	68	12,380
151	Curtis	68	16,949
152	Barrett	67	20,042
153	Marsh	67	21,309
154	Potter	67	19,384
155	Tucker	67	16,480
156	Booth	66	29,559
157	Gilbert	66	16,992
158	Hammond	65	17,002
159	Harper	65	19,184
160	John	65	10,815
161	Morgans	65	6,510
162	Moss	65	18,432
163	Nicholls	65	15,623
164	Perkins	65	13,410
165	Pratt	65	17,181
166	Barnett	63	13,495
167	Griffith	63	9,759
168	Kirby	63	11,367
169	Bartlett	62	13,054
170	Coleman	62	14,894
171	Grant	62	29,695
172	Sharp	62	24,950
173	Bond	61	15,814
174	Gibbs	61	14,676
175	Osborne	61	14,203
176	Woods	61	18,768
177	Dale	60	12,648
178	Mathews	60	11,043
179	Whitehead	60	20,246
180	Fuller	59	12,091
181	Poole	59	14,382
182	Bryant	58	12,753
183	Goodwin	57	15,759
184	Shepherd	57	21,923
185	Davey	56	12,184
186	Giles	56	11,369
187	Tomlinson	56	13,809
188	Austin	55	14,588
189	Carpenter	55	10,221
190	French	55	14,624
191	Wall	55	10,463
192	Armstrong	54	22,891
193	Barton	54	16,190
194	Griffin	54	14,053
195	Knowles	54	15,989
196	Norman	54	13,722
197	Webber	54	9,057
198	Barber	53	18,022
199	Bray	53	9,999
200	Dobson	53	13,189