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 Simpson, with 143 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
101	Simpson	143	52,391
102	Wilkinson	142	45,653
103	Berry	141	23,740
104	Gray	141	42,727
105	Barrett	138	20,042
106	Owen	137	35,558
107	Reed	137	21,815
108	May	135	18,022
109	Warren	133	19,899
110	Burgess	131	20,759
111	Spencer	129	27,278
112	Elliott	128	25,315
113	Bartlett	127	13,054
114	Fuller	127	12,091
115	Gardner	127	20,306
116	George	127	17,545
117	Curtis	125	16,949
118	Burton	123	25,491
119	Anderson	121	59,265
120	Pearson	120	34,754
121	Skinner	120	15,141
122	Norris	118	12,839
123	Sutton	117	19,057
124	Potter	116	19,384
125	Willis	116	15,886
126	Field	115	14,896
127	Bradley	114	24,034
128	Read	114	19,314
129	Tucker	113	16,480
130	Coleman	112	14,894
131	Porter	112	22,471
132	Austin	111	14,588
133	Bryant	111	12,753
134	Dixon	110	32,795
135	Griffin	110	14,053
136	Woods	110	18,768
137	Dawson	107	32,910
138	Nicholls	107	15,623
139	Bates	106	19,015
140	Chandler	106	9,606
141	Barber	105	18,022
142	Dunn	105	24,868
143	Woodward	105	14,736
144	Gibson	104	36,370
145	Shepherd	103	21,923
146	Hammond	102	17,002
147	Gibbs	101	14,676
148	Kent	101	12,591
149	Wilkins	101	13,205
150	Dean	100	20,763
151	Osborne	100	14,203
152	Atkins	99	11,186
153	Watkins	99	18,128
154	Arnold	98	16,054
155	Atkinson	98	29,154
156	Bond	98	15,814
157	Moss	97	18,432
158	Reeves	96	12,269
159	Mann	94	15,786
160	Marsh	94	21,309
161	Jennings	92	15,142
162	Giles	91	11,369
163	Harper	91	19,184
164	Newton	91	22,922
165	Ryan	91	9,176
166	Sharp	90	24,950
167	Yates	90	20,593
168	French	89	14,624
169	Frost	89	16,800
170	Gill	89	20,931
171	Jordan	89	13,212
172	Kemp	89	16,605
173	Oliver	89	21,337
174	Sheppard	89	10,341
175	Grant	88	29,695
176	Simmonds	88	8,010
177	Dyer	87	11,556
178	Gilbert	85	16,992
179	Welch	85	10,480
180	Barnett	84	13,495
181	Davey	84	12,184
182	Norman	84	13,722
183	Clements	83	9,906
184	Goddard	83	12,016
185	Gould	83	10,773
186	Poole	83	14,382
187	Preston	83	14,894
188	Pratt	82	17,181
189	Walton	82	21,088
190	Weaver	82	7,782
191	Butcher	81	12,606
192	Walters	81	14,268
193	Baldwin	80	12,774
194	Finch	80	9,950
195	Simmons	79	12,229
196	Franklin	78	9,941
197	Hale	78	10,827
198	Pike	78	8,640
199	Carpenter	77	10,221
200	Perkins	77	13,410