1881 census occupation

Milliner surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

3,700 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 20,401 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 441 people recorded as Milliner.

Surnames most linked with Milliner

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	Smith	441	422,249
2	Williams	328	214,615
3	Taylor	223	191,142
4	Brown	221	197,359
5	Roberts	179	112,276
6	Thomas	171	123,339
7	Wright	146	95,951
8	Johnson	132	100,458
9	Wilson	132	137,750
10	Wood	127	95,380
11	Hall	125	88,053
12	Walker	121	100,304
13	Turner	117	83,267
14	Jackson	116	83,594
15	White	113	96,053
16	Thompson	112	89,587
17	Davis	110	65,757
18	Clarke	103	60,196
19	King	99	65,115
20	Green	97	84,164
21	Allen	93	56,290
22	Clark	90	90,143
23	Ward	87	65,299
24	Cooper	86	72,708
25	Baker	82	65,282
26	Martin	82	73,281
27	Morris	82	66,607
28	Price	81	52,361
29	Carter	76	50,099
30	Parker	76	56,883
31	Richardson	75	50,857
32	Bell	73	56,099
33	Phillips	73	53,458
34	Miller	72	53,567
35	Richards	72	45,120
36	Moore	70	58,817
37	Wilkinson	70	45,653
38	Scott	67	76,018
39	Shaw	66	55,020
40	Watson	66	69,539
41	Dixon	63	32,795
42	Griffiths	63	48,955
43	Owen	63	35,558
44	Bailey	62	44,948
45	Mason	61	40,247
46	Bennett	60	49,110
47	Ellis	59	43,381
48	Powell	58	37,321
49	Chapman	56	42,456
50	Jenkins	56	35,237
51	Mitchell	56	60,795
52	Barker	53	39,196
53	Barnes	53	36,002
54	Foster	53	40,056
55	Simpson	53	52,391
56	Collins	51	42,829
57	Fisher	50	34,989
58	Young	50	64,312
59	Marshall	48	50,203
60	Andrews	47	28,636
61	Palmer	47	35,153
62	Reynolds	46	25,883
63	Atkinson	45	29,154
64	Fletcher	45	34,136
65	Knight	44	36,756
66	Pearson	41	34,754
67	Spencer	40	27,278
68	Ball	39	24,730
69	Booth	39	29,559
70	Anderson	38	59,265
71	Elliott	38	25,315
72	Matthews	38	26,049
73	Page	38	23,921
74	Stevens	38	31,223
75	Stone	38	21,581
76	Butler	37	29,165
77	Watts	37	25,021
78	Cole	36	27,185
79	Day	36	27,843
80	Pearce	36	27,443
81	Barber	35	18,022
82	Burton	35	25,491
83	Gray	35	42,727
84	Graham	34	34,451
85	Newman	34	22,210
86	Rose	34	22,106
87	Gibson	33	36,370
88	Nicholson	33	21,253
89	Fox	32	26,486
90	Newton	32	22,922
91	Reed	32	21,815
92	Russell	32	36,592
93	Goodwin	31	15,759
94	Saunders	31	27,328
95	Walton	31	21,088
96	Mathews	30	11,043
97	Parsons	30	22,657
98	Thornton	30	15,067
99	Webster	30	26,040
100	Wells	30	24,900