1881 census occupation

Needlewoman surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,252 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 2,830 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Butler, with 31 people recorded as Needlewoman.

Surnames most linked with Needlewoman

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	Butler	31	29,165
2	Watts	31	25,021
3	May	25	18,022
4	Coleman	23	14,894
5	Jordan	19	13,212
6	Pope	18	10,286
7	Skinner	16	15,141
8	Bryant	15	12,753
9	Fuller	15	12,091
10	Wallis	15	10,105
11	Warner	15	10,908
12	Sheppard	14	10,341
13	Finch	13	9,950
14	Ross	13	32,788
15	Ryan	13	9,176
16	Randall	12	9,338
17	Vincent	12	9,240
18	Childs	11	5,492
19	Ansell	10	3,462
20	Batchelor	10	5,073
21	Bradford	10	5,811
22	Brooker	10	3,612
23	Burt	10	7,085
24	Robertson	10	50,348
25	Salter	10	6,817
26	Terry	10	7,660
27	Willoughby	10	2,600
28	Beck	9	6,938
29	Biggs	9	5,634
30	Church	9	6,537
31	Draper	9	7,044
32	Everett	9	5,381
33	Judd	9	3,882
34	Pullen	9	3,954
35	Squires	9	4,238
36	Beer	8	4,775
37	Belcher	8	3,608
38	Crouch	8	4,011
39	Edmonds	8	5,669
40	Pickett	8	2,399
41	Pitt	8	6,397
42	Robins	8	6,309
43	Rolfe	8	3,882
44	Seymour	8	6,090
45	Wicks	8	4,203
46	Ayres	7	4,164
47	Crawley	7	3,882
48	Grove	7	3,503
49	Jessop	7	3,551
50	Robbins	7	4,688
51	Wheatley	7	6,102
52	Beal	6	2,809
53	Bowles	6	4,884
54	Buckingham	6	3,978
55	Bullen	6	3,162
56	Burge	6	2,169
57	Case	6	2,978
58	Cobb	6	4,259
59	Constable	6	3,307
60	Court	6	3,820
61	Cuthbert	6	4,302
62	Dell	6	1,760
63	Dickenson	6	4,527
64	Farr	6	4,455
65	Fitch	6	2,339
66	Maskell	6	2,098
67	Noakes	6	2,188
68	Packer	6	3,164
69	Paine	6	4,124
70	Perrin	6	3,046
71	Rook	6	2,056
72	Spooner	6	4,319
73	Strong	6	4,461
74	Symonds	6	3,598
75	Tickner	6	1,303
76	Tilley	6	3,939
77	Baylis	5	3,145
78	Bowyer	5	3,265
79	Bridgeman	5	1,097
80	Cheeseman	5	2,355
81	Claydon	5	1,889
82	Dann	5	1,911
83	Doe	5	1,406
84	Donald	5	6,074
85	Gillett	5	3,156
86	Glass	5	3,099
87	Ivey	5	842
88	Judge	5	3,235
89	Manners	5	1,483
90	Morse	5	2,745
91	Pegg	5	2,935
92	Pilcher	5	1,503
93	Pooley	5	2,407
94	Ricketts	5	2,895
95	Sears	5	1,885
96	Slaughter	5	1,476
97	Snowdon	5	2,235
98	Steward	5	3,834
99	Stratford	5	2,039
100	Walden	5	2,163