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 Morrison, with 18 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
1001	Morrison	18	23,413
1002	Ogden	18	8,483
1003	Oldfield	18	4,940
1004	Pearse	18	3,187
1005	Pitts	18	3,036
1006	Plumb	18	2,423
1007	Randell	18	1,857
1008	Reader	18	2,583
1009	Renshaw	18	2,832
1010	Salt	18	4,449
1011	Selby	18	3,580
1012	Sexton	18	2,580
1013	Shea	18	2,002
1014	Singleton	18	5,897
1015	South	18	2,829
1016	Spooner	18	4,319
1017	Toms	18	2,315
1018	Trinder	18	1,166
1019	Vernon	18	4,912
1020	Wickens	18	1,885
1021	Wilde	18	4,372
1022	Adkins	17	1,951
1023	Ames	17	2,053
1024	Balls	17	3,837
1025	Boulton	17	5,397
1026	Boyle	17	7,780
1027	Burford	17	1,674
1028	Burley	17	2,818
1029	Burn	17	4,044
1030	Buxton	17	4,501
1031	Bye	17	1,508
1032	Byrne	17	4,166
1033	Cash	17	1,984
1034	Chant	17	1,234
1035	Charlton	17	8,568
1036	Chatfield	17	1,445
1037	Chivers	17	2,637
1038	Clegg	17	10,197
1039	Collett	17	3,835
1040	Connolly	17	3,447
1041	Cotterill	17	2,626
1042	Creed	17	1,662
1043	Dawkins	17	2,164
1044	Denny	17	2,519
1045	Dewey	17	1,261
1046	Dore	17	1,567
1047	Duke	17	3,407
1048	Eastwood	17	7,069
1049	Emms	17	1,129
1050	Eves	17	1,254
1051	Felton	17	2,067
1052	Fenton	17	5,969
1053	Foulkes	17	2,811
1054	Gerrard	17	3,826
1055	Gifford	17	2,601
1056	Goff	17	1,932
1057	Greenaway	17	1,881
1058	Greening	17	1,656
1059	Grist	17	1,452
1060	Halsey	17	1,286
1061	Hanks	17	1,466
1062	Keeling	17	2,610
1063	Kershaw	17	9,666
1064	Key	17	3,900
1065	Macdonald	17	13,320
1066	Mayhew	17	2,469
1067	Merritt	17	2,099
1068	Metcalfe	17	6,851
1069	Monks	17	2,429
1070	Moor	17	4,231
1071	Morse	17	2,745
1072	Munn	17	2,162
1073	Nobbs	17	1,239
1074	Nuttall	17	7,536
1075	Overton	17	2,907
1076	Packer	17	3,164
1077	Parfitt	17	2,184
1078	Park	17	9,319
1079	Peach	17	3,242
1080	Pemberton	17	3,803
1081	Percival	17	4,675
1082	Pinnock	17	943
1083	Ransom	17	1,619
1084	Riddle	17	2,504
1085	Rudd	17	4,722
1086	Rush	17	3,223
1087	Sands	17	3,354
1088	Shannon	17	2,314
1089	Shipton	17	1,235
1090	Soper	17	1,818
1091	Stagg	17	1,959
1092	Starr	17	1,469
1093	Symes	17	2,189
1094	Tovey	17	1,751
1095	Valentine	17	3,845
1096	Walden	17	2,163
1097	Wardle	17	5,805
1098	Weedon	17	1,393
1099	Whitmore	17	2,628
1100	Willcox	17	1,603