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 Fox, with 41 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
101	Fox	41	26,486
102	Gray	41	42,727
103	Parry	41	22,775
104	Reynolds	41	25,883
105	Riley	41	23,673
106	Curtis	40	16,949
107	Dawson	40	32,910
108	Donovan	40	4,702
109	Arnold	39	16,054
110	Reed	39	21,815
111	Atkinson	38	29,154
112	Fletcher	38	34,136
113	Freeman	38	19,062
114	Mahoney	38	3,153
115	Rees	38	26,024
116	Woods	38	18,768
117	May	37	18,022
118	Walters	37	14,268
119	Harding	36	21,596
120	Perkins	35	13,410
121	Sharp	35	24,950
122	Walsh	35	15,864
123	Willis	35	15,886
124	Connor	34	8,809
125	Hammond	34	17,002
126	Marsh	34	21,309
127	Warren	34	19,899
128	Wheeler	34	18,031
129	Butcher	33	12,606
130	Field	33	14,896
131	Potter	33	19,384
132	Porter	32	22,471
133	Daniels	31	9,394
134	Kennedy	31	18,038
135	Burke	30	8,736
136	Callaghan	30	3,363
137	Jordan	30	13,212
138	Miles	30	17,637
139	Pritchard	30	16,096
140	Ryan	30	9,176
141	Watkins	30	18,128
142	Webster	30	26,040
143	Burns	29	20,128
144	Coleman	29	14,894
145	Elliott	29	25,315
146	Murray	29	37,222
147	French	28	14,624
148	Gilbert	28	16,992
149	Kemp	28	16,605
150	Stanton	28	5,968
151	Stephens	28	16,575
152	Tucker	28	16,480
153	Abbott	27	13,211
154	Chambers	27	16,996
155	Grant	27	29,695
156	Harper	27	19,184
157	Archer	26	12,355
158	Bates	26	19,015
159	Bond	26	15,814
160	Bryant	26	12,753
161	Driscoll	26	3,305
162	Gill	26	20,931
163	Kirby	26	11,367
164	Newton	26	22,922
165	Nichols	26	9,755
166	Poole	26	14,382
167	Simmonds	26	8,010
168	Chandler	25	9,606
169	Fitzgerald	25	5,205
170	Gardner	25	20,306
171	Street	25	6,995
172	Wall	25	10,463
173	Barnett	24	13,495
174	Dale	24	12,648
175	Jennings	24	15,142
176	Kent	24	12,591
177	Moody	24	7,791
178	Neal	24	8,877
179	Owens	24	14,922
180	Reeves	24	12,269
181	Welch	24	10,480
182	Buckley	23	16,269
183	Clements	23	9,906
184	Giles	23	11,369
185	John	23	10,815
186	Manning	23	9,465
187	Nicholson	23	21,253
188	Rice	23	9,235
189	Skinner	23	15,141
190	Wyatt	23	8,737
191	Barry	22	5,349
192	Carpenter	22	10,221
193	Carr	22	21,558
194	Draper	22	7,044
195	Eaton	22	8,377
196	Frost	22	16,800
197	Fry	22	9,452
198	Fuller	22	12,091
199	George	22	17,545
200	Norris	22	12,839