1881 census occupation

Lead Miner surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

470 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 5,251 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 826 people recorded as Lead Miner.

Surnames most linked with Lead Miner

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	Jones	826	338,678
2	Evans	337	130,734
3	Davies	330	152,295
4	Williams	302	214,615
5	Roberts	216	112,276
6	Edwards	185	83,319
7	Morgans	75	6,510
8	Parry	75	22,775
9	Walton	75	21,088
10	Richards	68	45,120
11	Griffiths	65	48,955
12	Kelly	62	30,644
13	Watson	58	69,539
14	Pugh	55	11,458
15	Jenkins	48	35,237
16	Peart	47	1,701
17	Harker	44	3,155
18	Owens	32	14,922
19	Bradwell	31	616
20	Allinson	30	1,298
21	Blackwell	27	5,459
22	Armstrong	26	22,891
23	Slack	26	4,720
24	Corkill	24	147
25	Quayle	24	631
26	Emerson	22	2,073
27	Purslow	21	461
28	Raw	21	1,050
29	Rowson	20	1,078
30	Rutherford	20	7,331
31	Alderson	19	4,152
32	Corlett	19	568
33	Flint	18	5,373
34	Pattinson	18	2,680
35	Robson	18	19,747
36	Beadle	17	2,109
37	Spark	17	1,316
38	Bateman	16	7,694
39	Bunting	16	3,344
40	Perkin	16	1,611
41	Rowlands	16	7,438
42	Storey	16	7,607
43	Whitfield	16	5,983
44	Coates	15	11,178
45	Daniel	15	6,608
46	Hallam	15	5,584
47	Kewley	15	351
48	Morton	15	16,044
49	Pierce	15	4,402
50	Forster	14	9,799
51	Kermode	14	160
52	Maltby	14	1,718
53	Place	14	1,559
54	Stubbs	14	7,914
55	Dowson	13	1,637
56	Nixon	13	9,111
57	Quine	13	247
58	Shimmin	13	189
59	Calvert	12	6,106
60	Collinson	12	3,519
61	Davidson	12	25,224
62	Faragher	12	89
63	Gowland	12	982
64	Metcalfe	12	6,851
65	Mudd	12	1,265
66	Nattrass	12	346
67	Oldfield	12	4,940
68	Wearmouth	12	408
69	Bacon	11	7,513
70	Bainbridge	11	4,203
71	Callow	11	1,382
72	Coulthard	11	1,679
73	Doxey	11	482
74	Furness	11	2,385
75	Hadfield	11	4,177
76	Kearton	11	293
77	Killey	11	179
78	Milburn	11	2,654
79	Newbould	11	688
80	Raisbeck	11	279
81	Brumwell	10	241
82	Crellin	10	306
83	Fairless	10	590
84	Shield	10	1,360
85	Alsop	9	1,342
86	Bellis	9	1,704
87	Benjamin	9	1,569
88	Cain	9	5,421
89	Craine	9	193
90	Dent	9	5,714
91	English	9	5,591
92	Fawcett	9	5,778
93	Greatorex	9	917
94	Kidd	9	6,111
95	Needham	9	6,368
96	Sheldon	9	4,548
97	Tallentire	9	146
98	Christian	8	2,092
99	Corfield	8	1,688
100	Corris	8	86