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 Page, with 181 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
101	Page	181	23,921
102	Anderson	179	59,265
103	Russell	178	36,592
104	Reed	176	21,815
105	Rees	176	26,024
106	Woods	176	18,768
107	Dunn	175	24,868
108	Matthews	175	26,049
109	Pearson	174	34,754
110	Spencer	173	27,278
111	Miles	171	17,637
112	Watkins	170	18,128
113	Burton	169	25,491
114	Barrett	168	20,042
115	Parsons	168	22,657
116	Stone	167	21,581
117	Wells	167	24,900
118	Dawson	166	32,910
119	Berry	164	23,740
120	Atkinson	163	29,154
121	Rose	163	22,106
122	Bates	158	19,015
123	Elliott	158	25,315
124	Burke	157	8,736
125	Connor	156	8,809
126	Bird	155	22,826
127	Bishop	154	20,827
128	Donovan	152	4,702
129	Griffin	152	14,053
130	Murray	152	37,222
131	Booth	150	29,559
132	Dixon	145	32,795
133	Gibson	145	36,370
134	Carr	143	21,558
135	Freeman	143	19,062
136	Sutton	143	19,057
137	Coleman	141	14,894
138	Dean	140	20,763
139	Potter	139	19,384
140	Marsh	138	21,309
141	Arnold	137	16,054
142	Warren	137	19,899
143	Curtis	135	16,949
144	Newton	135	22,922
145	Owens	135	14,922
146	Sharp	134	24,950
147	Mathews	133	11,043
148	Read	133	19,314
149	Wheeler	133	18,031
150	Bond	132	15,814
151	Gibbs	132	14,676
152	Moss	132	18,432
153	Tucker	132	16,480
154	French	130	14,624
155	Stokes	130	12,605
156	Webster	130	26,040
157	Gill	129	20,931
158	Hammond	129	17,002
159	Pritchard	129	16,096
160	Walters	129	14,268
161	Oliver	127	21,337
162	Yates	127	20,593
163	Walton	126	21,088
164	Jennings	124	15,142
165	Stephens	124	16,575
166	Barnett	121	13,495
167	Burgess	121	20,759
168	George	121	17,545
169	Shepherd	121	21,923
170	Gilbert	120	16,992
171	Harper	120	19,184
172	Chambers	119	16,996
173	Grant	117	29,695
174	Welch	117	10,480
175	May	116	18,022
176	Simmons	116	12,229
177	Kennedy	115	18,038
178	Burrows	114	13,086
179	Reeves	114	12,269
180	Slater	114	18,151
181	Williamson	114	26,852
182	Doyle	113	7,258
183	Field	113	14,896
184	Woodward	113	14,736
185	Norris	112	12,839
186	Graham	111	34,451
187	Wilkins	111	13,205
188	Archer	110	12,355
189	Wallace	110	20,491
190	Gould	109	10,773
191	Butcher	108	12,606
192	Jordan	108	13,212
193	Barber	107	18,022
194	Gardner	105	20,306
195	Barton	104	16,190
196	Waters	104	12,022
197	Norman	103	13,722
198	Pugh	103	11,458
199	Bryan	102	7,426
200	Campbell	102	50,681