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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 Preston, with 20 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.

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301Preston20
302Rothwell20
303Thorne20
304Vincent20
305Wallace20
306Whalley20
307Ainsworth19
308Bland19
309Broadbent19
310Davidson19
311Dodd19
312Drake19
313Dyer19
314Ellison19
315Franklin19
316Fry19
317Hampson19
318Mathews19
319Metcalfe19
320Moorhouse19
321North19
322Pickup19
323Waterhouse19
324Weston19
325Whiteley19
326Woodcock19
327Almond18
328Atkins18
329Binns18
330Boulton18
331Bryant18
332Calvert18
333Cheetham18
334Crabtree18
335Dale18
336Eastwood18
337Ferguson18
338Glover18
339Gould18
340Grimshaw18
341Moody18
342Oxley18
343Potts18
344Ratcliffe18
345Sims18
346Stead18
347Thorpe18
348Warburton18
349Wrigley18
350Bateman17
351Beard17
352Burn17
353Chandler17
354Elliot17
355Emery17
356Fielding17
357Fryer17
358Greenhalgh17
359Jordan17
360Kenyon17
361Marriott17
362Meredith17
363Myers17
364Nixon17
365Prince17
366Randall17
367Steele17
368Storey17
369Webber17
370Wills17
371Ashley16
372Baines16
373Bourne16
374Bowden16
375Bower16
376Bowman16
377Brierley16
378Castle16
379Chamberlain16
380Charlton16
381Cookson16
382Daniel16
383David16
384Dewhurst16
385Edmondson16
386Fuller16
387Godfrey16
388Griffith16
389Hadfield16
390Jolly16
391Kennedy16
392Mallinson16
393Mercer16
394Nicholas16
395Nightingale16
396Norton16
397Reeves16
398Robertson16
399Salt16
400Seddon16