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 Bate, with 34 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
701	Bate	34	5,082
702	Blackman	34	3,643
703	Broadbent	34	6,399
704	Chappell	34	5,044
705	Davidson	34	25,224
706	East	34	4,654
707	Gay	34	3,665
708	Gordon	34	18,832
709	Greenhalgh	34	6,131
710	Kite	34	1,701
711	Moor	34	4,231
712	Ogden	34	8,483
713	Roe	34	5,733
714	Rothwell	34	5,489
715	Styles	34	3,141
716	Wheatley	34	6,102
717	Woolley	34	5,948
718	Wynn	34	2,605
719	Baines	33	5,734
720	Bamford	33	4,516
721	Blundell	33	3,524
722	Bourne	33	5,806
723	Bowler	33	3,653
724	Busby	33	3,147
725	Dodds	33	6,346
726	Earl	33	3,914
727	Frampton	33	2,315
728	Fryer	33	5,548
729	Grace	33	3,998
730	Grimes	33	3,452
731	Jacobs	33	7,152
732	Meredith	33	6,044
733	Mumford	33	2,889
734	Parkin	33	8,063
735	Phipps	33	4,439
736	Plant	33	6,612
737	Pye	33	4,319
738	Sexton	33	2,580
739	Snow	33	4,034
740	Stubbs	33	7,914
741	Wilkes	33	5,191
742	Allan	32	18,828
743	Anthony	32	3,465
744	Bennet	32	4,159
745	Bevan	32	7,333
746	Boyce	32	4,470
747	Bristow	32	4,049
748	Burnett	32	8,312
749	Chaplin	32	4,289
750	Chilton	32	2,404
751	Daly	32	2,957
752	Deacon	32	5,089
753	Dowling	32	3,300
754	Edmunds	32	3,918
755	Ellison	32	6,264
756	Jenner	32	3,556
757	Major	32	4,020
758	Mears	32	2,815
759	Metcalfe	32	6,851
760	Morriss	32	1,821
761	Patrick	32	5,964
762	Pitman	32	2,697
763	Sargent	32	4,600
764	Searle	32	5,970
765	Seddon	32	4,863
766	Seymour	32	6,090
767	Shields	32	4,631
768	Stringer	32	5,963
769	Tasker	32	3,152
770	Tate	32	5,763
771	Toole	32	1,613
772	Tracey	32	1,899
773	Wilks	32	4,707
774	Worthington	32	5,992
775	Ansell	31	3,462
776	Ayres	31	4,164
777	Bannister	31	5,172
778	Barnard	31	7,425
779	Bingham	31	4,395
780	Bower	31	5,485
781	Brian	31	1,406
782	Broughton	31	5,564
783	Calvert	31	6,106
784	Corcoran	31	1,437
785	Delaney	31	1,916
786	Downes	31	3,702
787	Edmonds	31	5,669
788	Elliot	31	7,636
789	Goldsmith	31	4,546
790	Goode	31	3,872
791	Hallam	31	5,584
792	Hallett	31	3,647
793	Judge	31	3,235
794	Millington	31	4,537
795	Nightingale	31	5,036
796	Patterson	31	10,426
797	Plummer	31	4,000
798	Roper	31	6,236
799	Steele	31	8,027
800	Strange	31	3,206