1881 census occupation

Machinist surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,850 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,726 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Davis, with 82 people recorded as Machinist.

Surnames most linked with Machinist

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	Davis	82	65,757
2	Collins	50	42,829
3	Mason	48	40,247
4	Miller	48	53,567
5	Adams	47	43,950
6	Burns	30	20,128
7	Burton	27	25,491
8	Newman	26	22,210
9	Chambers	23	16,996
10	Arnold	22	16,054
11	Field	22	14,896
12	Jennings	22	15,142
13	Ryan	22	9,176
14	Gibbs	18	14,676
15	Norris	18	12,839
16	Bartlett	17	13,054
17	Kent	17	12,591
18	Reeves	17	12,269
19	Hamilton	16	22,515
20	Small	16	7,628
21	Deacon	15	5,089
22	Eaton	15	8,377
23	Marks	15	6,112
24	Stokes	15	12,605
25	Daniels	13	9,394
26	Jacobs	13	7,152
27	Osborn	13	6,245
28	Salmon	13	6,817
29	Wise	13	6,228
30	Bateman	12	7,694
31	Norton	12	9,943
32	Platt	12	7,918
33	Robertson	12	50,348
34	Ballard	11	4,493
35	Cameron	11	23,281
36	Cohen	11	4,710
37	Connor	11	8,809
38	Dickson	11	11,181
39	Driscoll	11	3,305
40	Faulkner	11	8,124
41	Gee	11	7,597
42	Beck	10	6,938
43	Biggs	10	5,634
44	Bloomfield	10	3,798
45	Fitzgerald	10	5,205
46	Jeffries	10	3,749
47	Madden	10	2,586
48	Myers	10	7,817
49	Sharpe	10	8,824
50	Simmonds	10	8,010
51	Stafford	10	6,372
52	Barry	9	5,349
53	Bone	9	5,555
54	Dell	9	1,760
55	Downes	9	3,702
56	Garrett	9	6,521
57	Gordon	9	18,832
58	Stanton	9	5,968
59	Thorne	9	6,282
60	Arrowsmith	8	2,306
61	Browne	8	5,446
62	Buxton	8	4,501
63	Daly	8	2,957
64	Duffy	8	6,593
65	Farrell	8	5,660
66	Gardener	8	5,387
67	Groom	8	4,197
68	Hardman	8	6,003
69	Mansfield	8	5,616
70	Masters	8	5,523
71	Perrin	8	3,046
72	Ralph	8	4,545
73	Sawyer	8	5,516
74	Steadman	8	1,852
75	Trott	8	1,970
76	Woodhead	8	5,606
77	Beal	7	2,809
78	Blackwell	7	5,459
79	Britton	7	5,302
80	Campion	7	2,096
81	Champion	7	3,108
82	Crawford	7	14,716
83	Crow	7	4,509
84	Currie	7	8,467
85	Elkington	7	1,124
86	Entwistle	7	5,210
87	Fordham	7	2,398
88	Fraser	7	26,732
89	Gay	7	3,665
90	Goldsmith	7	4,546
91	Hallett	7	3,647
92	Jenkinson	7	5,239
93	Main	7	4,912
94	Maynard	7	4,596
95	Mountford	7	2,667
96	Parkes	7	6,149
97	Quinn	7	5,716
98	Ridley	7	5,786
99	Ritchie	7	10,424
100	Woodman	7	3,289