1881 census occupation

Nailmaker surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

72 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 307 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Banner, with 28 people recorded as Nailmaker.

Surnames most linked with Nailmaker

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	Banner	28	1,634
2	Parkes	17	6,149
3	Rutter	15	4,571
4	Troth	14	315
5	Guest	12	6,380
6	Goode	11	3,872
7	Rea	11	1,443
8	Ganderton	8	337
9	Warman	8	1,409
10	Deakin	7	4,149
11	Withers	7	4,907
12	Albutt	6	248
13	Fellows	6	4,059
14	Gossage	6	271
15	Hadley	6	4,070
16	Westwood	6	5,023
17	Chinn	5	1,023
18	Eades	5	1,527
19	Fortune	5	1,562
20	Passey	5	641
21	Smallwood	5	2,762
22	Backhouse	4	2,235
23	Barley	4	1,671
24	Bott	4	2,322
25	Brain	4	3,214
26	Bridgewater	4	695
27	Gwilliam	4	1,147
28	Kimberley	4	1,095
29	Ponting	4	879
30	Round	4	2,746
31	Southall	4	2,270
32	Brownhill	3	1,050
33	Clews	3	1,358
34	Flavell	3	897
35	Mander	3	995
36	Meacham	3	608
37	Parsonage	3	757
38	Skipton	3	55
39	Wyle	3	87
40	Bailiss	2	59
41	Bowater	2	438
42	Bratt	2	1,043
43	Breckin	2	66
44	Bumford	2	265
45	Byng	2	310
46	Glew	2	657
47	Grifiths	2	123
48	Kings	2	578
49	Manifold	2	322
50	Oaks	2	546
51	Pinfield	2	269
52	Raybould	2	903
53	Russon	2	416
54	Siddaway	2	76
55	Tredwell	2	235
56	Yarnell	2	179
57	Bockett	1	34
58	Dealy	1	83
59	Detheridge	1	130
60	Fanshaw	1	106
61	Gauden	1	100
62	Glazzard	1	69
63	Kingley	1	68
64	Mass	1	92
65	Merideth	1	98
66	Oldnall	1	82
67	Prudhoe	1	205
68	Rey	1	117
69	Santon	1	91
70	Sawley	1	110
71	Slavin	1	197
72	Tillsley	1	59