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 Nicholson, with 63 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
101	Nicholson	63	21,253
102	Parsons	62	22,657
103	Reed	62	21,815
104	Elliott	61	25,315
105	Read	61	19,314
106	Saunders	61	27,328
107	Watts	61	25,021
108	Oliver	60	21,337
109	Warren	60	19,899
110	Atkinson	59	29,154
111	Stone	59	21,581
112	Freeman	58	19,062
113	Marsh	58	21,309
114	Newton	58	22,922
115	Dunn	57	24,868
116	Page	57	23,921
117	Stephens	57	16,575
118	Booth	56	29,559
119	Cooke	56	16,523
120	Tucker	56	16,480
121	Barber	55	18,022
122	Pritchard	55	16,096
123	Burton	54	25,491
124	Kelly	54	30,644
125	Walton	53	21,088
126	Ball	52	24,730
127	Woods	52	18,768
128	Gray	51	42,727
129	Greenwood	51	23,239
130	Parry	51	22,775
131	Sutton	51	19,057
132	Yates	51	20,593
133	Porter	50	22,471
134	Bond	49	15,814
135	May	49	18,022
136	Murray	49	37,222
137	Poole	49	14,382
138	Webster	49	26,040
139	Woodward	49	14,736
140	Bradley	48	24,034
141	Gibbs	48	14,676
142	Sharp	48	24,950
143	Banks	46	15,330
144	Barrett	46	20,042
145	Griffin	46	14,053
146	Rose	46	22,106
147	Stewart	46	46,990
148	Williamson	46	26,852
149	Armstrong	45	22,891
150	George	45	17,545
151	Hammond	44	17,002
152	Pratt	44	17,181
153	Shepherd	44	21,923
154	Barton	43	16,190
155	Burgess	43	20,759
156	Field	43	14,896
157	Harper	43	19,184
158	Knowles	43	15,989
159	Riley	43	23,673
160	Gill	42	20,931
161	Jennings	42	15,142
162	Potter	42	19,384
163	Rees	42	26,024
164	Carr	41	21,558
165	Curtis	41	16,949
166	Skinner	41	15,141
167	Whitehead	41	20,246
168	Wilkins	41	13,205
169	Bates	40	19,015
170	Baxter	40	17,875
171	Gardner	40	20,306
172	Miles	40	17,637
173	Thornton	40	15,067
174	Wheeler	40	18,031
175	Tomlinson	39	13,809
176	Austin	38	14,588
177	Buckley	38	16,269
178	French	38	14,624
179	Frost	38	16,800
180	Robertson	38	50,348
181	Birch	37	12,264
182	Todd	37	15,284
183	Atkins	36	11,186
184	Barnard	36	7,425
185	Farmer	36	9,365
186	Goodwin	36	15,759
187	Grant	36	29,695
188	Nicholls	36	15,623
189	Walters	36	14,268
190	Watkins	36	18,128
191	Weston	36	12,197
192	Barnett	35	13,495
193	Slater	35	18,151
194	Wallis	35	10,105
195	Browne	34	5,446
196	Goddard	34	12,016
197	Morton	34	16,044
198	Stokes	34	12,605
199	Archer	33	12,355
200	Barlow	33	16,181