1881 census occupation

Merchant surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

331 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 484 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Isaacs, with 8 people recorded as Merchant.

Surnames most linked with Merchant

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	Isaacs	8	2,571
2	Mayer	6	1,715
3	Behrens	5	142
4	Fison	5	119
5	Strauss	5	124
6	Abrahams	4	2,249
7	Klein	4	360
8	Magee	4	1,281
9	Muller	4	1,112
10	Pinto	4	54
11	Schmidt	4	668
12	Stern	4	287
13	Benjamin	3	1,569
14	Drysdale	3	2,559
15	Eason	3	1,271
16	Emanuel	3	575
17	Falkner	3	1,024
18	Foss	3	574
19	Gillibrand	3	609
20	Hansen	3	551
21	Kessler	3	36
22	Malcolm	3	3,956
23	Meyer	3	964
24	Meyers	3	276
25	Nell	3	226
26	Oppenheim	3	116
27	Oppenheimer	3	37
28	Povey	3	1,810
29	Samuels	3	1,272
30	Sassoon	3	21
31	Woodruff	3	1,397
32	Ainsley	2	836
33	Aldrich	2	485
34	Amies	2	496
35	Archbold	2	707
36	Attree	2	333
37	Bain	2	7,490
38	Baring	2	130
39	Beddington	2	160
40	Berger	2	172
41	Bergmann	2	20
42	Beveridge	2	3,121
43	Blumenthal	2	75
44	Boldero	2	37
45	Bonsfield	2	170
46	Bouch	2	357
47	Bradburn	2	1,194
48	Brentnall	2	550
49	Brunner	2	94
50	Carling	2	752
51	Claypole	2	271
52	Cutbill	2	45
53	Dowie	2	725
54	Elwell	2	854
55	Ennis	2	795
56	Faber	2	200
57	Falk	2	126
58	Fernandez	2	115
59	Goodheart	2	64
60	Grassie	2	147
61	Hanbury	2	528
62	Kauffman	2	52
63	Madge	2	945
64	Maitland	2	1,953
65	Marcus	2	179
66	Mare	2	263
67	Marie	2	36
68	Mayers	2	896
69	Miers	2	179
70	Nathan	2	997
71	Newbolt	2	154
72	Noel	2	455
73	Parkyn	2	363
74	Petley	2	250
75	Quadling	2	84
76	Rawdon	2	158
77	Reiss	2	50
78	Robin	2	287
79	Rohde	2	23
80	Rosenthall	2	159
81	Roth	2	166
82	Rothschild	2	30
83	Roylance	2	418
84	Scard	2	123
85	Schreiber	2	74
86	Schuster	2	78
87	Schwartz	2	154
88	Sparke	2	505
89	Stephen	2	5,184
90	Swanston	2	670
91	Syers	2	179
92	Tilt	2	218
93	Veasey	2	555
94	Waddell	2	2,653
95	Wagner	2	612
96	Weil	2	82
97	Willing	2	378
98	Wolf	2	588
99	Wolff	2	331
100	Woolf	2	996