1881 census occupation

Grocer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

5,789 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 36,545 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 700 people recorded as Grocer.

Surnames most linked with Grocer

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	Smith	700	422,249
2	Jones	669	338,678
3	Williams	493	214,615
4	Davies	341	152,295
5	Taylor	308	191,142
6	Thomas	304	123,339
7	Brown	302	197,359
8	Evans	297	130,734
9	Roberts	226	112,276
10	Wilson	219	137,750
11	Robinson	217	95,300
12	Wood	210	95,380
13	Johnson	194	100,458
14	Wright	187	95,951
15	Thompson	186	89,587
16	Hall	183	88,053
17	Jackson	177	83,594
18	Walker	176	100,304
19	Edwards	166	83,319
20	Turner	165	83,267
21	Green	161	84,164
22	White	149	96,053
23	Ward	143	65,299
24	Morris	138	66,607
25	Shaw	134	55,020
26	Baker	129	65,282
27	Cooper	125	72,708
28	Moore	121	58,817
29	Clark	120	90,143
30	Griffiths	120	48,955
31	Bell	118	56,099
32	Phillips	118	53,458
33	Richards	118	45,120
34	Scott	118	76,018
35	Clarke	117	60,196
36	Watson	113	69,539
37	Martin	111	73,281
38	Parker	107	56,883
39	King	106	65,115
40	Price	104	52,361
41	Davis	98	65,757
42	Carter	97	50,099
43	Wilkinson	96	45,653
44	Bailey	94	44,948
45	Mitchell	93	60,795
46	Foster	92	40,056
47	Allen	91	56,290
48	Richardson	91	50,857
49	Ellis	90	43,381
50	Cook	89	59,467
51	Simpson	89	52,391
52	Owen	88	35,558
53	Barker	85	39,196
54	Marshall	85	50,203
55	Bennett	84	49,110
56	Jenkins	84	35,237
57	Pearson	84	34,754
58	Mason	83	40,247
59	Rogers	83	38,745
60	Booth	78	29,559
61	Greenwood	78	23,239
62	Powell	77	37,321
63	Chapman	76	42,456
64	Rees	76	26,024
65	Adams	75	43,950
66	Cox	74	44,382
67	Atkinson	72	29,154
68	Dawson	70	32,910
69	Newton	70	22,922
70	Young	67	64,312
71	Palmer	66	35,153
72	Webb	66	40,508
73	Fletcher	65	34,136
74	Robson	63	19,747
75	Collins	61	42,829
76	Dixon	61	32,795
77	Mills	61	38,788
78	Miller	60	53,567
79	Schofield	59	16,242
80	Walton	59	21,088
81	Carr	58	21,558
82	Webster	56	26,040
83	Barnes	54	36,002
84	Graham	54	34,451
85	Spencer	54	27,278
86	Wells	54	24,900
87	Gibson	53	36,370
88	Stevens	53	31,223
89	Day	52	27,843
90	Marsh	52	21,309
91	Parkinson	52	14,360
92	Ball	51	24,730
93	Knight	51	36,756
94	Sharp	50	24,950
95	Wild	50	12,250
96	Andrews	49	28,636
97	Rhodes	49	13,915
98	Armstrong	48	22,891
99	Elliott	48	25,315
100	Gray	48	42,727