1881 census occupation

Housemaid Domestic Serv surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

623 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 777 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Pepper, with 6 people recorded as Housemaid Domestic Serv.

Surnames most linked with Housemaid Domestic Serv

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	Pepper	6	4,207
2	Coward	5	3,421
3	Weekes	5	758
4	Ham	4	2,252
5	Maddison	4	2,931
6	Standen	4	1,686
7	Worsfold	4	974
8	Bartholomew	3	2,425
9	Brice	3	2,446
10	Byford	3	1,351
11	Chatfield	3	1,445
12	Cocking	3	1,447
13	Cocks	3	1,991
14	Fawkes	3	755
15	Gear	3	1,114
16	Gillingham	3	1,306
17	Jasper	3	959
18	Skipper	3	1,125
19	Spiller	3	1,689
20	Starling	3	2,194
21	Stockwell	3	1,769
22	Thurston	3	2,113
23	Turrell	3	904
24	Welham	3	1,159
25	Ackland	2	981
26	Algar	2	765
27	Amis	2	378
28	Arnup	2	79
29	Attridge	2	440
30	Aust	2	340
31	Bales	2	1,121
32	Barnden	2	194
33	Barnwell	2	603
34	Bashforth	2	215
35	Bevis	2	1,036
36	Blunden	2	1,000
37	Borton	2	298
38	Buckman	2	482
39	Burbage	2	480
40	Buswell	2	880
41	Caddy	2	858
42	Cadwallader	2	599
43	Carthew	2	303
44	Caswell	2	1,451
45	Chilcott	2	883
46	Clayden	2	939
47	Codling	2	1,052
48	Coggins	2	789
49	Comfort	2	342
50	Cornthwaite	2	512
51	Coster	2	883
52	Crowson	2	648
53	Curson	2	684
54	Dabbs	2	643
55	Debenham	2	549
56	Dicker	2	1,172
57	Dines	2	802
58	Diplock	2	569
59	Dunne	2	977
60	Eagles	2	844
61	Ecclestone	2	384
62	Embrey	2	205
63	Emms	2	1,129
64	Eves	2	1,254
65	Forder	2	1,056
66	Gamon	2	168
67	Gilham	2	874
68	Goodhew	2	479
69	Greenbank	2	329
70	Hailstone	2	533
71	Hanmer	2	438
72	Insley	2	471
73	Ironside	2	1,033
74	Kell	2	1,214
75	Kench	2	353
76	Maisey	2	669
77	Manders	2	600
78	Maple	2	463
79	Melmoth	2	104
80	Newcome	2	238
81	Padgett	2	898
82	Parris	2	809
83	Parrish	2	1,046
84	Pierpoint	2	641
85	Playford	2	622
86	Prideaux	2	600
87	Prime	2	1,188
88	Remnant	2	271
89	Rendle	2	873
90	Roden	2	1,408
91	Rowen	2	310
92	Ryde	2	265
93	Scadding	2	208
94	Sellick	2	795
95	Shipton	2	1,235
96	Spackman	2	885
97	Stebbing	2	636
98	Stillwell	2	463
99	Stoner	2	1,031
100	Sturman	2	665