1881 census occupation

Laborer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

4,546 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 27,302 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 707 people recorded as Laborer.

Surnames most linked with Laborer

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	707	422,249
2	Jones	491	338,678
3	Williams	318	214,615
4	Brown	307	197,359
5	Taylor	237	191,142
6	Evans	206	130,734
7	Johnson	180	100,458
8	Roberts	176	112,276
9	Green	173	84,164
10	White	171	96,053
11	Thomas	161	123,339
12	Cooper	155	72,708
13	Wilson	153	137,750
14	Wright	142	95,951
15	Clark	141	90,143
16	King	141	65,115
17	Robinson	137	95,300
18	Turner	136	83,267
19	Cook	128	59,467
20	Edwards	127	83,319
21	Collins	120	42,829
22	Baker	117	65,282
23	Davis	113	65,757
24	Allen	112	56,290
25	Hall	111	88,053
26	Morris	110	66,607
27	Thompson	109	89,587
28	Murphy	105	23,790
29	Martin	104	73,281
30	Walker	103	100,304
31	Wood	103	95,380
32	Parker	98	56,883
33	Clarke	97	60,196
34	Carter	96	50,099
35	Moore	95	58,817
36	Ward	94	65,299
37	Griffiths	90	48,955
38	Price	90	52,361
39	Knight	89	36,756
40	Phillips	89	53,458
41	Jackson	88	83,594
42	Kelly	85	30,644
43	Chapman	83	42,456
44	Cox	81	44,382
45	Rogers	78	38,745
46	Adams	75	43,950
47	Bennett	74	49,110
48	Watson	73	69,539
49	Young	73	64,312
50	Ellis	72	43,381
51	Palmer	71	35,153
52	Powell	71	37,321
53	Stevens	71	31,223
54	Richards	68	45,120
55	Richardson	68	50,857
56	Webb	68	40,508
57	Barker	67	39,196
58	Barnes	64	36,002
59	Cole	64	27,185
60	Bailey	61	44,948
61	Scott	61	76,018
62	Marshall	60	50,203
63	Mason	60	40,247
64	Miller	60	53,567
65	Parsons	60	22,657
66	Foster	58	40,056
67	Simpson	57	52,391
68	Wilkinson	57	45,653
69	Payne	54	26,886
70	Pearce	54	27,443
71	Ford	53	29,131
72	Saunders	52	27,328
73	Brooks	51	29,205
74	Burgess	51	20,759
75	Butler	51	29,165
76	Mitchell	51	60,795
77	Fisher	50	34,989
78	Mills	50	38,788
79	Jenkins	49	35,237
80	Newman	48	22,210
81	Page	48	23,921
82	West	48	28,778
83	Anderson	47	59,265
84	Day	47	27,843
85	Bird	46	22,826
86	Wells	46	24,900
87	Bishop	45	20,827
88	Pearson	45	34,754
89	Read	45	19,314
90	Welsh	45	11,869
91	Dunn	43	24,868
92	Matthews	43	26,049
93	Russell	43	36,592
94	Barrett	42	20,042
95	Burton	42	25,491
96	Dixon	42	32,795
97	Rose	42	22,106
98	Spencer	42	27,278
99	Watts	42	25,021
100	Andrews	41	28,636