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 Knowles, with 48 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
101	Knowles	48	15,989
102	Matthews	48	26,049
103	Read	48	19,314
104	Riley	48	23,673
105	Clayton	47	16,272
106	West	47	28,778
107	Anderson	46	59,265
108	Kay	46	12,865
109	Nicholson	46	21,253
110	Buckley	45	16,269
111	Clegg	45	10,197
112	Fisher	45	34,989
113	Fox	45	26,486
114	Whittaker	45	14,193
115	Hargreaves	44	12,498
116	Porter	44	22,471
117	Reynolds	44	25,883
118	Warren	44	19,899
119	Whitehead	44	20,246
120	Butler	43	29,165
121	Shepherd	43	21,923
122	Bird	42	22,826
123	Chadwick	42	13,091
124	Pearce	42	27,443
125	Stone	42	21,581
126	Yates	42	20,593
127	Berry	41	23,740
128	Brooks	41	29,205
129	Burton	41	25,491
130	Dickinson	41	12,771
131	Ford	41	29,131
132	Saunders	41	27,328
133	Williamson	40	26,852
134	Ashworth	39	11,942
135	Dunn	39	24,868
136	Gill	39	20,931
137	Parry	39	22,775
138	Parsons	39	22,657
139	Barrett	38	20,042
140	Bradley	38	24,034
141	Burgess	38	20,759
142	Cole	38	27,185
143	Briggs	37	16,242
144	Moss	37	18,432
145	Slater	37	18,151
146	Thornton	37	15,067
147	Bolton	36	12,910
148	Freeman	36	19,062
149	Kemp	36	16,605
150	Oliver	36	21,337
151	Payne	36	26,886
152	Potter	36	19,384
153	Rose	36	22,106
154	Watkins	36	18,128
155	Austin	35	14,588
156	Bishop	35	20,827
157	Bowen	35	12,380
158	Sutcliffe	35	11,839
159	Barber	34	18,022
160	Davison	34	10,683
161	Jennings	34	15,142
162	Mellor	34	10,568
163	Pickering	34	10,811
164	Sutton	34	19,057
165	Watts	34	25,021
166	Bentley	33	12,662
167	Crossley	33	8,227
168	Russell	33	36,592
169	Stott	33	9,356
170	Abbott	32	13,211
171	Butterworth	32	10,743
172	Dobson	32	13,189
173	Fenton	32	5,969
174	Firth	32	9,950
175	Naylor	32	11,272
176	Reed	32	21,815
177	Sykes	32	14,399
178	Todd	32	15,284
179	Wheeler	32	18,031
180	Barton	31	16,190
181	Bates	31	19,015
182	Dean	31	20,763
183	Harding	31	21,596
184	Kershaw	31	9,666
185	Noble	31	12,481
186	Tucker	31	16,480
187	Walters	31	14,268
188	Ashton	30	14,675
189	Burrows	30	13,086
190	Hammond	30	17,002
191	John	30	10,815
192	Kent	30	12,591
193	Ogden	30	8,483
194	Page	30	23,921
195	Blackburn	29	11,287
196	Forster	29	9,799
197	Gilbert	29	16,992
198	Harper	29	19,184
199	May	29	18,022
200	Newman	29	22,210