1881 census occupation

No Occupation surnames in the 1881 census

This page lists surnames most often recorded with the occupation No Occupation in 1881. Occupational titles are shown as recorded and transcribed, so similar jobs, variant spellings and mistakes can appear separately.

Occupation summary

6,960 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 47,859 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 915 people recorded as No Occupation.

Surnames most linked with No Occupation

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	915	422,249
2	Jones	690	338,678
3	Williams	490	214,615
4	Brown	381	197,359
5	Taylor	360	191,142
6	Evans	288	130,734
7	Roberts	265	112,276
8	Johnson	261	100,458
9	Davies	259	152,295
10	White	252	96,053
11	Wilson	229	137,750
12	Thomas	228	123,339
13	Green	216	84,164
14	Jackson	212	83,594
15	Turner	212	83,267
16	Edwards	211	83,319
17	Thompson	206	89,587
18	Wood	205	95,380
19	Baker	203	65,282
20	Robinson	197	95,300
21	Hall	192	88,053
22	Wright	189	95,951
23	Cooper	188	72,708
24	Walker	174	100,304
25	Davis	172	65,757
26	King	170	65,115
27	Clarke	166	60,196
28	Martin	166	73,281
29	Allen	163	56,290
30	Cook	151	59,467
31	Moore	151	58,817
32	Morris	144	66,607
33	Parker	143	56,883
34	Phillips	142	53,458
35	Ward	137	65,299
36	Clark	135	90,143
37	Bennett	132	49,110
38	Carter	131	50,099
39	Scott	130	76,018
40	Ellis	125	43,381
41	Adams	123	43,950
42	Collins	122	42,829
43	Richardson	122	50,857
44	Price	120	52,361
45	Watson	119	69,539
46	Mitchell	118	60,795
47	Richards	118	45,120
48	Young	118	64,312
49	Griffiths	112	48,955
50	Shaw	109	55,020
51	Webb	108	40,508
52	Simpson	105	52,391
53	Rogers	104	38,745
54	Barnes	103	36,002
55	Mills	103	38,788
56	Powell	103	37,321
57	Chapman	101	42,456
58	Bell	100	56,099
59	Cox	99	44,382
60	Foster	99	40,056
61	Owen	94	35,558
62	Wilkinson	94	45,653
63	Bailey	93	44,948
64	Cole	93	27,185
65	Fletcher	92	34,136
66	Knight	92	36,756
67	Miller	90	53,567
68	Marshall	89	50,203
69	Jenkins	88	35,237
70	Mason	85	40,247
71	Stevens	85	31,223
72	Andrews	84	28,636
73	Palmer	84	35,153
74	Day	82	27,843
75	Brooks	78	29,205
76	Dixon	77	32,795
77	Harding	77	21,596
78	Payne	77	26,886
79	Ford	76	29,131
80	Russell	76	36,592
81	Newman	75	22,210
82	Bishop	74	20,827
83	Fisher	74	34,989
84	West	74	28,778
85	Anderson	73	59,265
86	Reynolds	73	25,883
87	Wells	73	24,900
88	Barker	71	39,196
89	Pearce	70	27,443
90	Pearson	70	34,754
91	Dawson	68	32,910
92	Gibson	67	36,370
93	Butler	66	29,165
94	Matthews	66	26,049
95	Berry	64	23,740
96	Murphy	64	23,790
97	Spencer	64	27,278
98	Bird	63	22,826
99	Fox	63	26,486
100	Graham	63	34,451