1881 census occupation

Iron Miner surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

892 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 2,862 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Burns, with 50 people recorded as Iron Miner.

Surnames most linked with Iron Miner

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	Burns	50	20,128
2	Dixon	46	32,795
3	Atkinson	41	29,154
4	Park	26	9,319
5	Birkett	24	2,890
6	Doyle	20	7,258
7	Pascoe	20	3,369
8	Newby	19	3,002
9	Tyson	18	3,881
10	Askew	17	3,381
11	Oates	16	4,568
12	Kennedy	15	18,038
13	Woodburn	15	950
14	Bowden	14	8,607
15	Bowness	14	572
16	Edmondson	14	3,459
17	Kendall	14	6,453
18	Kitchen	14	5,115
19	Quail	14	355
20	Waters	14	12,022
21	Coward	13	3,421
22	Gorman	13	3,623
23	Burt	12	7,085
24	Johns	12	7,655
25	Welsh	12	11,869
26	Barrow	11	6,340
27	Benson	11	8,106
28	Cock	11	3,300
29	Farrell	11	5,660
30	Milburn	11	2,654
31	Reid	11	31,585
32	Sloan	11	2,829
33	Blight	10	1,327
34	Close	10	2,612
35	Jeffrey	10	5,525
36	Myers	10	7,817
37	Pickthall	10	389
38	Postlethwaite	10	1,127
39	Rodgers	10	8,211
40	Stables	10	1,148
41	Steele	10	8,027
42	Beach	9	2,870
43	Bennetts	9	1,110
44	Bone	9	5,555
45	Bowers	9	5,454
46	Brockbank	9	1,061
47	Bryne	9	478
48	Byrne	9	4,166
49	Dunstan	9	1,694
50	Forrester	9	4,035
51	Irving	9	6,670
52	Moyle	9	1,435
53	Philips	9	5,508
54	Rigg	9	2,520
55	Wilcox	9	5,633
56	Allonby	8	180
57	Boundy	8	494
58	Brocklebank	8	733
59	Casson	8	1,783
60	Crossman	8	977
61	Darby	8	4,806
62	Denney	8	728
63	Easton	8	4,554
64	Jewell	8	3,139
65	Kelley	8	3,450
66	Ormandy	8	291
67	Pattinson	8	2,680
68	Quinn	8	5,716
69	Rich	8	3,737
70	Rundle	8	1,779
71	Salt	8	4,449
72	Seward	8	1,635
73	Strick	8	192
74	Townson	8	1,263
75	Trembath	8	529
76	Wheawall	8	24
77	Winder	8	1,966
78	Wintle	8	851
79	Cockerill	7	1,447
80	Corkhill	7	321
81	Drury	7	4,744
82	Fearon	7	745
83	Fell	7	4,150
84	Haile	7	304
85	Jenkin	7	2,365
86	Nankervis	7	216
87	Northey	7	714
88	Tippett	7	1,057
89	Agar	6	1,151
90	Alderson	6	4,152
91	Ashburner	6	416
92	Barley	6	1,671
93	Bartle	6	1,763
94	Berryman	6	1,649
95	Brien	6	1,008
96	Champion	6	3,108
97	Cowin	6	185
98	Downham	6	854
99	Dunning	6	2,542
100	Gifford	6	2,601