1881 census occupation

None surnames in the 1881 census

This page lists surnames most often recorded with the occupation None in 1881. Occupational titles are shown as recorded and transcribed, so similar jobs, variant spellings and mistakes can appear separately.

Occupation summary

3,811 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 20,324 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 539 people recorded as None.

Surnames most linked with None

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	539	422,249
2	Brown	217	197,359
3	Davis	138	65,757
4	White	137	96,053
5	Wilson	136	137,750
6	Edwards	133	83,319
7	Wood	125	95,380
8	Clarke	120	60,196
9	Green	112	84,164
10	Johnson	109	100,458
11	Thompson	106	89,587
12	Baker	101	65,282
13	Turner	100	83,267
14	Walker	99	100,304
15	Ward	96	65,299
16	Clark	95	90,143
17	Cox	87	44,382
18	Parker	86	56,883
19	Watson	86	69,539
20	King	84	65,115
21	Martin	83	73,281
22	Allen	81	56,290
23	Price	81	52,361
24	Moore	78	58,817
25	Rogers	76	38,745
26	Cooper	75	72,708
27	Webb	75	40,508
28	Cook	71	59,467
29	Powell	71	37,321
30	Collins	69	42,829
31	Phillips	68	53,458
32	Kelly	65	30,644
33	Shaw	64	55,020
34	Stevens	63	31,223
35	Young	62	64,312
36	Carter	61	50,099
37	Richardson	61	50,857
38	Bennett	60	49,110
39	Palmer	60	35,153
40	Bell	59	56,099
41	Chapman	59	42,456
42	Scott	58	76,018
43	Mason	57	40,247
44	Mitchell	57	60,795
45	Murphy	56	23,790
46	Saunders	56	27,328
47	Miller	55	53,567
48	Payne	55	26,886
49	Adams	54	43,950
50	Fisher	52	34,989
51	Anderson	51	59,265
52	Butler	51	29,165
53	Foster	51	40,056
54	Wilkinson	51	45,653
55	Marshall	50	50,203
56	Barnes	49	36,002
57	Gray	48	42,727
58	Barker	45	39,196
59	Mills	44	38,788
60	Wells	44	24,900
61	Ford	43	29,131
62	Knight	43	36,756
63	Brooks	42	29,205
64	Matthews	42	26,049
65	Bishop	41	20,827
66	Fox	41	26,486
67	Stone	41	21,581
68	Bond	40	15,814
69	Page	40	23,921
70	West	40	28,778
71	Fletcher	39	34,136
72	Reynolds	39	25,883
73	Dixon	38	32,795
74	Grant	38	29,695
75	Elliott	37	25,315
76	Read	37	19,314
77	Riley	37	23,673
78	Willis	37	15,886
79	Ball	36	24,730
80	Dean	36	20,763
81	Parsons	36	22,657
82	Pearce	36	27,443
83	Watts	36	25,021
84	Cole	35	27,185
85	Day	35	27,843
86	Russell	35	36,592
87	Bird	34	22,826
88	Dawson	34	32,910
89	Murray	34	37,222
90	Burns	33	20,128
91	Wheeler	33	18,031
92	Yates	33	20,593
93	Bates	32	19,015
94	Field	32	14,896
95	Hammond	32	17,002
96	Mathews	32	11,043
97	Barton	31	16,190
98	Warren	31	19,899
99	Arnold	30	16,054
100	Freeman	30	19,062