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 Harding, with 30 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
101	Harding	30	21,596
102	Gardner	29	20,306
103	Stewart	29	46,990
104	Watkins	29	18,128
105	Barlow	28	16,181
106	Carr	28	21,558
107	Giles	28	11,369
108	May	28	18,022
109	Sutton	28	19,057
110	Austin	27	14,588
111	Davidson	27	25,224
112	Gibbs	27	14,676
113	Newton	27	22,922
114	Potter	27	19,384
115	Rose	27	22,106
116	Shepherd	27	21,923
117	Weston	27	12,197
118	Burgess	26	20,759
119	Curtis	26	16,949
120	Dunn	26	24,868
121	George	26	17,545
122	Porter	26	22,471
123	Ross	26	32,788
124	Waters	26	12,022
125	Woodward	26	14,736
126	Campbell	25	50,681
127	Graham	25	34,451
128	Griffin	25	14,053
129	Newman	25	22,210
130	Webster	25	26,040
131	Barrett	24	20,042
132	Cooke	24	16,523
133	Nicholls	24	15,623
134	Reid	24	31,585
135	Sharp	24	24,950
136	Tucker	24	16,480
137	Hamilton	23	22,515
138	Nelson	23	14,407
139	Pratt	23	17,181
140	Robertson	23	50,348
141	Wade	23	11,824
142	Barnett	22	13,495
143	Birch	22	12,264
144	Buckley	22	16,269
145	Gordon	22	18,832
146	Kennedy	22	18,038
147	Norman	22	13,722
148	Ryan	22	9,176
149	Sims	22	8,964
150	Skinner	22	15,141
151	Slater	22	18,151
152	Webber	22	9,057
153	Williamson	22	26,852
154	Alexander	21	15,837
155	Gilbert	21	16,992
156	Mann	21	15,786
157	Pugh	21	11,458
158	Reeves	21	12,269
159	Swift	21	9,258
160	Bartlett	20	13,054
161	Drake	20	8,707
162	Frost	20	16,800
163	Glover	20	12,759
164	Goddard	20	12,016
165	Groves	20	8,410
166	Nicholson	20	21,253
167	Perkins	20	13,410
168	Peters	20	10,486
169	Wallace	20	20,491
170	Ashton	19	14,675
171	Atkins	19	11,186
172	Bullock	19	9,713
173	Clements	19	9,906
174	Coleman	19	14,894
175	Gough	19	8,770
176	Osborne	19	14,203
177	Penfold	19	2,540
178	Poole	19	14,382
179	Preston	19	14,894
180	Stokes	19	12,605
181	Vaughan	19	10,222
182	Waller	19	7,532
183	Wilkins	19	13,205
184	Burrows	18	13,086
185	Connor	18	8,809
186	Crawford	18	14,716
187	Dyer	18	11,556
188	Fitzgerald	18	5,205
189	Fuller	18	12,091
190	Kemp	18	16,605
191	Kent	18	12,591
192	Mead	18	6,960
193	Pollard	18	10,901
194	Stevenson	18	21,015
195	Warner	18	10,908
196	Abbott	17	13,211
197	Burke	17	8,736
198	Chamberlain	17	8,127
199	Dale	17	12,648
200	Farmer	17	9,365