1881 census occupation

Labourer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

14,022 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 151,100 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 3,085 people recorded as Labourer.

Surnames most linked with Labourer

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	3,085	422,249
2	Jones	2,878	338,678
3	Williams	1,814	214,615
4	Brown	1,265	197,359
5	Davies	1,189	152,295
6	Taylor	1,141	191,142
7	Evans	954	130,734
8	Thomas	905	123,339
9	Roberts	870	112,276
10	White	753	96,053
11	Johnson	751	100,458
12	Edwards	654	83,319
13	Wright	642	95,951
14	Clark	631	90,143
15	Green	619	84,164
16	Wilson	591	137,750
17	Wood	569	95,380
18	Robinson	556	95,300
19	Turner	553	83,267
20	Davis	542	65,757
21	Morris	539	66,607
22	Thompson	539	89,587
23	Hall	528	88,053
24	Martin	510	73,281
25	King	508	65,115
26	Jackson	495	83,594
27	Cooper	493	72,708
28	Baker	489	65,282
29	Price	482	52,361
30	Ward	472	65,299
31	Walker	468	100,304
32	Clarke	465	60,196
33	Collins	457	42,829
34	Murphy	444	23,790
35	Cook	437	59,467
36	Allen	425	56,290
37	Parker	424	56,883
38	Griffiths	417	48,955
39	Bennett	410	49,110
40	Cox	397	44,382
41	Carter	393	50,099
42	Phillips	377	53,458
43	Kelly	376	30,644
44	Moore	372	58,817
45	Webb	357	40,508
46	Young	346	64,312
47	Scott	342	76,018
48	Bailey	314	44,948
49	Powell	307	37,321
50	Adams	304	43,950
51	Rogers	302	38,745
52	Watson	295	69,539
53	Mason	291	40,247
54	Richardson	285	50,857
55	Ellis	283	43,381
56	Knight	283	36,756
57	Richards	281	45,120
58	Mitchell	272	60,795
59	Miller	270	53,567
60	Stevens	270	31,223
61	Foster	269	40,056
62	Chapman	267	42,456
63	Brooks	262	29,205
64	Ford	254	29,131
65	Fisher	253	34,989
66	Owen	250	35,558
67	Butler	248	29,165
68	Day	248	27,843
69	Mills	244	38,788
70	Cole	242	27,185
71	Palmer	242	35,153
72	Riley	241	23,673
73	Shaw	240	55,020
74	Barnes	238	36,002
75	Barker	237	39,196
76	West	237	28,778
77	Jenkins	235	35,237
78	Marshall	234	50,203
79	Wilkinson	234	45,653
80	Bell	233	56,099
81	Andrews	224	28,636
82	Fox	223	26,486
83	Burns	219	20,128
84	Payne	219	26,886
85	Fletcher	215	34,136
86	Simpson	215	52,391
87	Pearce	213	27,443
88	Saunders	213	27,328
89	Harding	212	21,596
90	Walsh	212	15,864
91	Ryan	205	9,176
92	Gray	204	42,727
93	Watts	204	25,021
94	Newman	199	22,210
95	Parry	195	22,775
96	Reynolds	195	25,883
97	Bradley	192	24,034
98	Ball	189	24,730
99	Welsh	189	11,869
100	Porter	184	22,471