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 Andrews, with 119 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
101	Andrews	119	28,636
102	Ford	119	29,131
103	Schofield	119	16,242
104	Matthews	118	26,049
105	Palmer	118	35,153
106	Dean	116	20,763
107	Gill	116	20,931
108	Clegg	115	10,197
109	Knowles	115	15,989
110	Reynolds	115	25,883
111	Walton	115	21,088
112	Parry	113	22,775
113	Wells	113	24,900
114	Armstrong	112	22,891
115	Burton	111	25,491
116	Anderson	110	59,265
117	Dunn	110	24,868
118	Ashton	109	14,675
119	Ball	109	24,730
120	Carr	108	21,558
121	Cole	108	27,185
122	Day	108	27,843
123	Slater	108	18,151
124	Williamson	108	26,852
125	Burgess	107	20,759
126	Butler	107	29,165
127	Robson	107	19,747
128	Stevens	107	31,223
129	Sutcliffe	106	11,839
130	Woods	106	18,768
131	Marsh	105	21,309
132	Moss	104	18,432
133	Murphy	104	23,790
134	Nicholson	104	21,253
135	Clayton	103	16,272
136	Newton	103	22,922
137	Pearce	103	27,443
138	West	102	28,778
139	Nuttall	101	7,536
140	Gray	100	42,727
141	Fox	99	26,486
142	Barrett	97	20,042
143	Cooke	97	16,523
144	Russell	96	36,592
145	Saunders	96	27,328
146	Oliver	95	21,337
147	Porter	95	22,471
148	Webster	95	26,040
149	Kershaw	94	9,666
150	Parsons	94	22,657
151	Reed	94	21,815
152	Watkins	94	18,128
153	Page	93	23,921
154	Payne	93	26,886
155	Read	93	19,314
156	Sharples	93	5,244
157	Bird	92	22,826
158	Murray	91	37,222
159	Ogden	91	8,483
160	Shepherd	91	21,923
161	Sutton	91	19,057
162	Briggs	90	16,242
163	Watts	89	25,021
164	Barber	87	18,022
165	Rose	87	22,106
166	Sharp	87	24,950
167	Bishop	86	20,827
168	Bolton	86	12,910
169	Bradshaw	86	12,284
170	Mellor	86	10,568
171	Potter	86	19,384
172	Tomlinson	85	13,809
173	Walmsley	85	6,180
174	Owens	84	14,922
175	Freeman	83	19,062
176	Stone	83	21,581
177	Greenhalgh	82	6,131
178	Kenyon	82	6,248
179	Thornton	82	15,067
180	May	81	18,022
181	Warren	81	19,899
182	Bond	80	15,814
183	Burns	80	20,128
184	Duckworth	80	5,788
185	Bates	79	19,015
186	Bentley	77	12,662
187	Ingham	77	7,443
188	Gilbert	76	16,992
189	Hardman	76	6,003
190	Pollard	76	10,901
191	Rigby	76	8,697
192	Chambers	75	16,996
193	Hammond	75	17,002
194	Pritchard	75	16,096
195	Stephens	75	16,575
196	Tucker	75	16,480
197	Banks	74	15,330
198	George	74	17,545
199	Entwistle	73	5,210
200	Rothwell	73	5,489