1881 census occupation

Joiner surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

6,098 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 47,307 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 1,214 people recorded as Joiner.

Surnames most linked with Joiner

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	Jones	1,214	338,678
2	Smith	849	422,249
3	Williams	817	214,615
4	Roberts	500	112,276
5	Taylor	486	191,142
6	Wilson	406	137,750
7	Davies	386	152,295
8	Thompson	375	89,587
9	Robinson	370	95,300
10	Brown	364	197,359
11	Evans	362	130,734
12	Johnson	329	100,458
13	Thomas	309	123,339
14	Jackson	304	83,594
15	Walker	282	100,304
16	Hall	270	88,053
17	Wood	261	95,380
18	Wright	249	95,951
19	Bell	223	56,099
20	Edwards	205	83,319
21	Watson	198	69,539
22	Shaw	195	55,020
23	Turner	191	83,267
24	Atkinson	190	29,154
25	Owen	188	35,558
26	Green	178	84,164
27	Richardson	178	50,857
28	Ward	175	65,299
29	White	175	96,053
30	Wilkinson	173	45,653
31	Clark	172	90,143
32	Scott	172	76,018
33	Morris	171	66,607
34	Simpson	169	52,391
35	Moore	163	58,817
36	Marshall	159	50,203
37	Dixon	158	32,795
38	Griffiths	149	48,955
39	Cooper	139	72,708
40	Pearson	134	34,754
41	Young	133	64,312
42	Clarke	129	60,196
43	Parker	128	56,883
44	Martin	126	73,281
45	Robson	125	19,747
46	Parry	121	22,775
47	Gibson	118	36,370
48	Dawson	117	32,910
49	Ellis	117	43,381
50	Barker	114	39,196
51	Graham	112	34,451
52	Chapman	108	42,456
53	Foster	107	40,056
54	Allen	102	56,290
55	Nicholson	102	21,253
56	Baker	99	65,282
57	Davis	96	65,757
58	Booth	95	29,559
59	Miller	93	53,567
60	Bailey	91	44,948
61	Greenwood	90	23,239
62	Spencer	90	27,278
63	Mitchell	89	60,795
64	Carter	88	50,099
65	Price	88	52,361
66	Bradley	85	24,034
67	Owens	85	14,922
68	Cook	84	59,467
69	Fletcher	84	34,136
70	Bennett	83	49,110
71	Newton	83	22,922
72	Armstrong	82	22,891
73	Richards	81	45,120
74	King	80	65,115
75	Anderson	78	59,265
76	Gray	78	42,727
77	Gill	76	20,931
78	Elliott	75	25,315
79	Mason	75	40,247
80	Fisher	74	34,989
81	Fox	74	26,486
82	Kelly	74	30,644
83	Burton	73	25,491
84	Walton	73	21,088
85	Barnes	71	36,002
86	Mills	70	38,788
87	Parkinson	70	14,360
88	Webster	70	26,040
89	Pritchard	69	16,096
90	Sanderson	69	12,425
91	Schofield	69	16,242
92	Briggs	68	16,242
93	Carr	67	21,558
94	Phillips	67	53,458
95	Sykes	67	14,399
96	Adams	65	43,950
97	Ball	65	24,730
98	Griffith	65	9,759
99	Tomlinson	63	13,809
100	Whitehead	62	20,246