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 Parry, with 44 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
101	Parry	44	22,775
102	Pearson	44	34,754
103	Curtis	43	16,949
104	Porter	43	22,471
105	May	42	18,022
106	Read	42	19,314
107	Russell	42	36,592
108	Ball	41	24,730
109	Burgess	41	20,759
110	French	41	14,624
111	Marsh	41	21,309
112	Wheeler	41	18,031
113	Arnold	40	16,054
114	Gilbert	40	16,992
115	Hammond	40	17,002
116	Pratt	40	17,181
117	Shepherd	40	21,923
118	Willis	40	15,886
119	Goddard	39	12,016
120	Moss	39	18,432
121	Rees	39	26,024
122	Skinner	39	15,141
123	Barrett	38	20,042
124	Dean	38	20,763
125	Field	38	14,896
126	Jennings	38	15,142
127	Reynolds	38	25,883
128	Barber	37	18,022
129	Dawson	37	32,910
130	Dixon	37	32,795
131	Griffin	37	14,053
132	Norman	37	13,722
133	Potter	37	19,384
134	Sutton	37	19,057
135	Woods	37	18,768
136	Grant	36	29,695
137	Bond	35	15,814
138	Butcher	35	12,606
139	Freeman	35	19,062
140	Gibbs	35	14,676
141	Oliver	35	21,337
142	Perkins	35	13,410
143	Watkins	35	18,128
144	Carpenter	34	10,221
145	Gardner	34	20,306
146	George	34	17,545
147	Reed	34	21,815
148	Tucker	34	16,480
149	Austin	33	14,588
150	Bradley	33	24,034
151	Davey	33	12,184
152	Dyer	33	11,556
153	Gibson	33	36,370
154	Pritchard	33	16,096
155	Stephens	33	16,575
156	Bartlett	32	13,054
157	Dunn	32	24,868
158	Jordan	32	13,212
159	Kemp	32	16,605
160	Reeves	32	12,269
161	Warner	32	10,908
162	Wills	32	8,934
163	Barton	31	16,190
164	Chandler	31	9,606
165	Franklin	31	9,941
166	Nichols	31	9,755
167	Norris	31	12,839
168	Osborne	31	14,203
169	Weston	31	12,197
170	Baldwin	30	12,774
171	Burrows	30	13,086
172	Fry	30	9,452
173	Gill	30	20,931
174	Harper	30	19,184
175	Murphy	30	23,790
176	Sharp	30	24,950
177	Archer	29	12,355
178	Bates	29	19,015
179	Dobson	29	13,189
180	Cooke	28	16,523
181	Finch	28	9,950
182	Nicholls	28	15,623
183	Owens	28	14,922
184	Pike	28	8,640
185	Preston	28	14,894
186	Prior	28	6,916
187	Stewart	28	46,990
188	Stokes	28	12,605
189	Wallace	28	20,491
190	Wyatt	28	8,737
191	Abbott	27	13,211
192	Atkins	27	11,186
193	Dodd	27	12,112
194	Kent	27	12,591
195	Poole	27	14,382
196	Wilkins	27	13,205
197	Woodward	27	14,736
198	Carr	26	21,558
199	Chambers	26	16,996
200	Clements	26	9,906