1881 census occupation

Merchants Clerk surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

290 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 393 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Trickett, with 5 people recorded as Merchants Clerk.

Surnames most linked with Merchants Clerk

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	Trickett	5	1,298
2	Craggs	4	1,542
3	Gedge	4	585
4	Player	4	1,151
5	Saul	4	1,530
6	Brace	3	1,720
7	Caldwell	3	4,687
8	Chatterton	3	1,698
9	Dowdeswell	3	377
10	Earle	3	1,863
11	Easter	3	1,215
12	Ethell	3	138
13	Napier	3	2,413
14	Powis	3	1,145
15	Pulford	3	770
16	Railton	3	790
17	Smales	3	792
18	Sturgeon	3	1,220
19	Wigley	3	1,897
20	Woode	3	43
21	Aylward	2	617
22	Bennington	2	440
23	Bock	2	102
24	Bowick	2	81
25	Braine	2	447
26	Brandt	2	125
27	Brownlow	2	902
28	Buckler	2	959
29	Cashmore	2	942
30	Catling	2	710
31	Clubb	2	524
32	Colbeck	2	671
33	Colebrook	2	364
34	Corker	2	732
35	Coxhead	2	651
36	Ding	2	179
37	Dudgeon	2	621
38	Elam	2	402
39	Else	2	992
40	Emson	2	293
41	Grear	2	138
42	Grose	2	841
43	Hanbury	2	528
44	Hanby	2	389
45	Iddison	2	84
46	Keep	2	1,089
47	Mackinnon	2	1,304
48	Macrae	2	2,433
49	Mangnall	2	197
50	Marrian	2	100
51	Mottershead	2	1,007
52	Mulloy	2	437
53	Northey	2	714
54	Ormes	2	192
55	Ower	2	89
56	Oxspring	2	183
57	Petts	2	762
58	Pinson	2	433
59	Pledger	2	738
60	Pryer	2	603
61	Pyman	2	256
62	Savidge	2	398
63	Saward	2	434
64	Shand	2	2,062
65	Soby	2	119
66	Stapley	2	832
67	Stearman	2	234
68	Stenhouse	2	1,240
69	Storry	2	379
70	Swale	2	404
71	Walkley	2	487
72	Warn	2	541
73	Weatherley	2	572
74	Weddell	2	512
75	While	2	332
76	Wick	2	523
77	Youde	2	119
78	Abey	1	138
79	Airton	1	150
80	Arnaud	1	13
81	Ashelford	1	89
82	Asser	1	142
83	Attkinson	1	44
84	Attwooll	1	183
85	Bally	1	131
86	Batterby	1	147
87	Bearn	1	84
88	Behrens	1	142
89	Berger	1	172
90	Bernstein	1	287
91	Bertie	1	239
92	Bile	1	43
93	Bizley	1	116
94	Blandy	1	130
95	Blondel	1	27
96	Bodilly	1	113
97	Bogie	1	405
98	Boldison	1	41
99	Brander	1	448
100	Brewitt	1	236