1881 census occupation

House Maid surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

557 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 709 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Pooley, with 5 people recorded as House Maid.

Surnames most linked with House Maid

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	Pooley	5	2,407
2	Spooner	5	4,319
3	Tye	5	1,724
4	Burge	4	2,169
5	Finney	4	2,599
6	Ricketts	4	2,895
7	Watkin	4	2,620
8	Alden	3	785
9	Aylen	3	196
10	Barnet	3	1,447
11	Bartholomew	3	2,425
12	Breeze	3	1,847
13	Cash	3	1,984
14	Gascoigne	3	1,376
15	Greening	3	1,656
16	Hacker	3	1,116
17	Jelly	3	859
18	Killip	3	120
19	Maddocks	3	1,830
20	Newcombe	3	2,096
21	Nurse	3	1,461
22	Padgett	3	898
23	Rolls	3	1,330
24	Sainsbury	3	1,539
25	Shrimpton	3	1,280
26	Tester	3	1,338
27	Theobald	3	1,907
28	Thrower	3	955
29	Abbots	2	164
30	Amy	2	141
31	Armes	2	453
32	Barsby	2	516
33	Batts	2	496
34	Beacham	2	833
35	Beaney	2	495
36	Beeley	2	626
37	Begley	2	499
38	Blackford	2	1,074
39	Boughton	2	1,235
40	Bramall	2	802
41	Brimble	2	511
42	Broadway	2	609
43	Bundy	2	955
44	Caddy	2	858
45	Cheal	2	501
46	Chorley	2	1,013
47	Clowe	2	116
48	Clucas	2	243
49	Combe	2	674
50	Conley	2	1,078
51	Conn	2	824
52	Crowsley	2	104
53	Cumming	2	5,725
54	Curson	2	684
55	Deeks	2	957
56	Dibble	2	859
57	Digweed	2	279
58	Doidge	2	847
59	Dring	2	1,338
60	Dunman	2	125
61	Duquemin	2	0
62	Gasson	2	745
63	Genders	2	285
64	Gerry	2	575
65	Gilder	2	780
66	Gillis	2	607
67	Gretton	2	707
68	Gutridge	2	156
69	Guttridge	2	589
70	Hanes	2	348
71	Harold	2	648
72	Kilner	2	1,243
73	Knock	2	568
74	Macintosh	2	1,432
75	Mahy	2	10
76	Malton	2	385
77	Manners	2	1,483
78	Mcleod	2	17,217
79	Mortlock	2	929
80	Moscrop	2	456
81	Moule	2	1,034
82	Newham	2	1,097
83	Olive	2	1,073
84	Olley	2	977
85	Otway	2	285
86	Parratt	2	607
87	Peberdy	2	254
88	Picton	2	1,017
89	Pigott	2	1,145
90	Pluck	2	373
91	Pomeroy	2	814
92	Ponsford	2	692
93	Poppleton	2	524
94	Pullan	2	1,181
95	Rendell	2	1,253
96	Rixon	2	983
97	Shingles	2	317
98	Shufflebottom	2	542
99	Staff	2	763
100	Steven	2	2,277