1881 census occupation

Housemaid surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

5,860 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 32,273 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 715 people recorded as Housemaid.

Surnames most linked with Housemaid

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	Smith	715	422,249
2	Jones	624	338,678
3	Williams	364	214,615
4	Brown	302	197,359
5	Taylor	267	191,142
6	Davies	241	152,295
7	Evans	206	130,734
8	Thomas	206	123,339
9	Roberts	197	112,276
10	White	193	96,053
11	Wright	168	95,951
12	Edwards	158	83,319
13	King	152	65,115
14	Baker	151	65,282
15	Green	151	84,164
16	Wood	147	95,380
17	Davis	146	65,757
18	Johnson	144	100,458
19	Clark	143	90,143
20	Martin	139	73,281
21	Wilson	139	137,750
22	Cook	135	59,467
23	Hall	135	88,053
24	Turner	129	83,267
25	Thompson	128	89,587
26	Clarke	126	60,196
27	Parker	123	56,883
28	Morris	121	66,607
29	Cox	117	44,382
30	Ward	116	65,299
31	Allen	114	56,290
32	Robinson	113	95,300
33	Walker	113	100,304
34	Cooper	112	72,708
35	Young	103	64,312
36	Collins	102	42,829
37	Moore	102	58,817
38	Webb	101	40,508
39	Carter	100	50,099
40	Griffiths	95	48,955
41	Phillips	94	53,458
42	Knight	93	36,756
43	Palmer	89	35,153
44	Richards	88	45,120
45	Saunders	88	27,328
46	Adams	87	43,950
47	Chapman	85	42,456
48	Owen	84	35,558
49	Ellis	83	43,381
50	Powell	83	37,321
51	Richardson	83	50,857
52	Price	82	52,361
53	Bailey	80	44,948
54	Barker	80	39,196
55	Cole	78	27,185
56	Mitchell	78	60,795
57	Stevens	73	31,223
58	Day	72	27,843
59	Rogers	72	38,745
60	Andrews	71	28,636
61	Jenkins	71	35,237
62	Barnes	70	36,002
63	Watson	70	69,539
64	West	70	28,778
65	Scott	68	76,018
66	Bennett	65	49,110
67	Miller	65	53,567
68	Bishop	63	20,827
69	Ford	63	29,131
70	Simpson	63	52,391
71	Butler	61	29,165
72	Payne	61	26,886
73	Harding	60	21,596
74	Mason	60	40,247
75	Mills	60	38,788
76	Bell	59	56,099
77	Page	59	23,921
78	Watts	59	25,021
79	Wells	59	24,900
80	Fisher	58	34,989
81	Burton	57	25,491
82	Marshall	57	50,203
83	Stone	57	21,581
84	Newman	56	22,210
85	Parsons	56	22,657
86	Pearce	56	27,443
87	Foster	55	40,056
88	Bird	51	22,826
89	Frost	51	16,800
90	Rose	49	22,106
91	Matthews	48	26,049
92	Spencer	48	27,278
93	Warren	47	19,899
94	Brooks	46	29,205
95	Miles	46	17,637
96	Anderson	45	59,265
97	Elliott	45	25,315
98	Gray	45	42,727
99	Bryant	44	12,753
100	Fox	44	26,486