1881 census occupation

Laundress surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

11,854 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 107,806 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 2,127 people recorded as Laundress.

Surnames most linked with Laundress

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	2,127	422,249
2	Jones	1,262	338,678
3	Brown	931	197,359
4	Williams	920	214,615
5	Taylor	809	191,142
6	White	611	96,053
7	Johnson	522	100,458
8	Evans	508	130,734
9	Davies	496	152,295
10	Thomas	482	123,339
11	Green	469	84,164
12	Wright	467	95,951
13	Davis	466	65,757
14	Baker	447	65,282
15	Martin	430	73,281
16	Turner	428	83,267
17	Edwards	425	83,319
18	Clark	412	90,143
19	Roberts	407	112,276
20	Robinson	404	95,300
21	Wood	394	95,380
22	King	392	65,115
23	Wilson	390	137,750
24	Hall	379	88,053
25	Cook	377	59,467
26	Allen	372	56,290
27	Walker	367	100,304
28	Cox	364	44,382
29	Cooper	362	72,708
30	Carter	336	50,099
31	Morris	334	66,607
32	Thompson	327	89,587
33	Parker	320	56,883
34	Webb	316	40,508
35	Moore	315	58,817
36	Clarke	313	60,196
37	Collins	312	42,829
38	Jackson	311	83,594
39	Ward	291	65,299
40	Price	283	52,361
41	Adams	282	43,950
42	Bailey	278	44,948
43	Young	276	64,312
44	Phillips	274	53,458
45	Stevens	262	31,223
46	Knight	256	36,756
47	Bennett	255	49,110
48	Mills	243	38,788
49	Powell	241	37,321
50	Saunders	239	27,328
51	Mason	237	40,247
52	Mitchell	232	60,795
53	Miller	231	53,567
54	Rogers	219	38,745
55	Marshall	216	50,203
56	Day	213	27,843
57	Ellis	213	43,381
58	Chapman	211	42,456
59	Watson	211	69,539
60	Page	210	23,921
61	Pearce	209	27,443
62	West	207	28,778
63	Payne	205	26,886
64	Palmer	204	35,153
65	Andrews	201	28,636
66	Richards	201	45,120
67	Scott	199	76,018
68	Brooks	198	29,205
69	Cole	197	27,185
70	Foster	195	40,056
71	Griffiths	188	48,955
72	Wheeler	188	18,031
73	Newman	187	22,210
74	Barnes	185	36,002
75	Watts	185	25,021
76	Richardson	183	50,857
77	Jenkins	182	35,237
78	Ford	180	29,131
79	Fisher	177	34,989
80	Murphy	174	23,790
81	Parsons	173	22,657
82	Russell	172	36,592
83	Bell	169	56,099
84	Ball	168	24,730
85	Barker	167	39,196
86	Wells	164	24,900
87	Butler	163	29,165
88	Stone	162	21,581
89	Bishop	159	20,827
90	Fox	157	26,486
91	Kelly	154	30,644
92	Reynolds	154	25,883
93	Shaw	153	55,020
94	Matthews	152	26,049
95	Freeman	149	19,062
96	Harding	148	21,596
97	Rose	148	22,106
98	Bird	146	22,826
99	Miles	146	17,637
100	Fletcher	145	34,136