1881 census occupation

Lace Maker surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,074 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,707 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is West, with 54 people recorded as Lace Maker.

Surnames most linked with Lace Maker

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	West	54	28,778
2	Brooks	38	29,205
3	Newton	32	22,922
4	Wooding	32	1,303
5	Marriott	31	6,689
6	Bird	30	22,826
7	Gooding	30	2,528
8	Stevenson	29	21,015
9	Page	28	23,921
10	Underwood	28	8,092
11	Truman	27	1,872
12	Marks	24	6,112
13	Wallis	24	10,105
14	French	23	14,624
15	Partridge	23	7,795
16	Read	23	19,314
17	Freeman	22	19,062
18	Stapleton	22	3,003
19	Coleman	21	14,894
20	Burrows	20	13,086
21	Neal	20	8,877
22	Atkin	19	3,994
23	Austin	19	14,588
24	Bestwick	19	511
25	Goodman	19	8,716
26	Osborne	19	14,203
27	Abbott	18	13,211
28	Beardsley	18	955
29	Minney	18	319
30	Smedley	18	2,452
31	Towle	18	786
32	Parrott	17	3,402
33	Smart	17	13,640
34	Whitlock	17	1,775
35	Church	16	6,537
36	Faulkner	16	8,124
37	Garner	16	9,464
38	Keech	16	629
39	Mayes	16	2,895
40	Ayres	15	4,164
41	Clifford	15	6,147
42	Orchard	15	3,164
43	Summerfield	15	1,940
44	Dowell	14	1,498
45	Gillet	14	346
46	Copperwheat	13	137
47	Darby	13	4,806
48	Denton	13	5,488
49	Newell	13	4,733
50	Pell	13	1,683
51	Pepper	13	4,207
52	Redgate	13	445
53	Ridgway	13	2,746
54	Rush	13	3,223
55	Seymour	13	6,090
56	Tompkins	13	2,589
57	Widdowson	13	1,590
58	Ager	12	1,172
59	Beard	12	7,871
60	Bowler	12	3,653
61	Brewer	12	7,915
62	Clay	12	6,152
63	Dickens	12	3,134
64	England	12	6,130
65	Farrant	12	1,761
66	Joyce	12	7,339
67	Maltby	12	1,718
68	Markham	12	3,569
69	Slade	12	5,958
70	Tapp	12	1,296
71	Attenborough	11	620
72	Bolt	11	2,168
73	Burridge	11	1,994
74	Cherry	11	3,054
75	Cockayne	11	897
76	Dunkley	11	2,382
77	Fenton	11	5,969
78	Kingston	11	2,787
79	Meakins	11	413
80	Osborn	11	6,245
81	Pacey	11	1,164
82	Saywell	11	445
83	Stanton	11	5,968
84	Stratford	11	2,039
85	Varney	11	1,569
86	Wilcox	11	5,633
87	Wiles	11	2,592
88	Wooton	11	793
89	Wragg	11	2,769
90	Beeby	10	1,014
91	Bignall	10	501
92	Busby	10	3,147
93	Drage	10	1,159
94	Feasey	10	321
95	Gush	10	179
96	Jeffs	10	2,347
97	Meakin	10	2,343
98	Roper	10	6,236
99	Shephard	10	2,864
100	Slack	10	4,720