1881 census occupation

Housekeeper surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

11,606 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 97,369 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 1,680 people recorded as Housekeeper.

Surnames most linked with Housekeeper

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	Jones	1,680	338,678
2	Smith	1,612	422,249
3	Williams	1,099	214,615
4	Taylor	965	191,142
5	Davies	826	152,295
6	Brown	727	197,359
7	Evans	702	130,734
8	Thomas	644	123,339
9	Roberts	569	112,276
10	Robinson	547	95,300
11	Wilson	483	137,750
12	Jackson	470	83,594
13	Thompson	464	89,587
14	Hall	434	88,053
15	Johnson	430	100,458
16	Wood	425	95,380
17	Turner	388	83,267
18	Wright	387	95,951
19	Green	373	84,164
20	Edwards	369	83,319
21	White	354	96,053
22	Walker	346	100,304
23	Morris	309	66,607
24	Cooper	299	72,708
25	Clark	285	90,143
26	Martin	278	73,281
27	Wilkinson	274	45,653
28	Clarke	266	60,196
29	Shaw	259	55,020
30	Baker	257	65,282
31	Parker	255	56,883
32	Watson	255	69,539
33	Moore	253	58,817
34	Cook	250	59,467
35	King	242	65,115
36	Richards	241	45,120
37	Ward	237	65,299
38	Bell	233	56,099
39	Davis	231	65,757
40	Price	226	52,361
41	Booth	224	29,559
42	Richardson	222	50,857
43	Bennett	221	49,110
44	Allen	220	56,290
45	Scott	220	76,018
46	Phillips	218	53,458
47	Simpson	215	52,391
48	Mitchell	214	60,795
49	Dawson	212	32,910
50	Ellis	212	43,381
51	Carter	209	50,099
52	Griffiths	207	48,955
53	Owen	204	35,558
54	Young	204	64,312
55	Bailey	203	44,948
56	Greenwood	201	23,239
57	Barker	198	39,196
58	Barnes	198	36,002
59	Riley	193	23,673
60	Rogers	185	38,745
61	Miller	184	53,567
62	Foster	182	40,056
63	Mason	180	40,247
64	Whitehead	180	20,246
65	Chapman	178	42,456
66	Marshall	176	50,203
67	Pearson	176	34,754
68	Atkinson	175	29,154
69	Powell	169	37,321
70	Ashworth	167	11,942
71	Mills	166	38,788
72	Hargreaves	164	12,498
73	Rees	159	26,024
74	Walsh	159	15,864
75	Collins	158	42,829
76	Jenkins	154	35,237
77	Fletcher	152	34,136
78	Brooks	151	29,205
79	Kelly	151	30,644
80	Graham	145	34,451
81	Yates	143	20,593
82	Spencer	141	27,278
83	Adams	140	43,950
84	Fisher	140	34,989
85	Knight	140	36,756
86	Dixon	139	32,795
87	Cox	137	44,382
88	Whittaker	137	14,193
89	Buckley	135	16,269
90	Parkinson	135	14,360
91	Webb	135	40,508
92	Elliott	134	25,315
93	Chadwick	132	13,091
94	Berry	130	23,740
95	Bradley	130	24,034
96	Barlow	129	16,181
97	Gibson	127	36,370
98	Wild	126	12,250
99	Kay	124	12,865
100	Butterworth	122	10,743