1881 census occupation

Nurse surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

2,132 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 6,154 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Davis, with 75 people recorded as Nurse.

Surnames most linked with Nurse

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	Davis	75	65,757
2	King	74	65,115
3	Clarke	69	60,196
4	Martin	68	73,281
5	Scott	60	76,018
6	Collins	55	42,829
7	Young	54	64,312
8	Webb	49	40,508
9	Knight	45	36,756
10	Payne	45	26,886
11	Barnes	41	36,002
12	Reynolds	37	25,883
13	West	36	28,778
14	Ford	34	29,131
15	Wells	34	24,900
16	Andrews	33	28,636
17	Gray	32	42,727
18	Matthews	32	26,049
19	Bishop	31	20,827
20	Warren	31	19,899
21	Wheeler	30	18,031
22	Barrett	29	20,042
23	Curtis	29	16,949
24	Elliott	29	25,315
25	May	29	18,022
26	Rose	29	22,106
27	Reed	28	21,815
28	Shepherd	28	21,923
29	Oliver	26	21,337
30	Porter	25	22,471
31	Pratt	24	17,181
32	Abbott	22	13,211
33	French	22	14,624
34	Simmons	22	12,229
35	Chambers	21	16,996
36	Goodwin	21	15,759
37	Miles	21	17,637
38	Perkins	21	13,410
39	Birch	20	12,264
40	Hammond	20	17,002
41	Robertson	20	50,348
42	Coleman	19	14,894
43	Gilbert	19	16,992
44	Murray	19	37,222
45	Poole	19	14,382
46	Wade	18	11,824
47	Austin	17	14,588
48	Clements	17	9,906
49	Giles	17	11,369
50	Terry	17	7,660
51	Waters	17	12,022
52	Stewart	16	46,990
53	Kirby	15	11,367
54	Sheppard	15	10,341
55	Vaughan	15	10,222
56	Warner	15	10,908
57	Hale	14	10,827
58	Reeve	14	6,989
59	Ross	14	32,788
60	Savage	14	11,457
61	Collier	13	10,022
62	Farrow	13	5,625
63	Johns	13	7,655
64	Joyce	13	7,339
65	Pollard	13	10,901
66	Reid	13	31,585
67	Wallace	13	20,491
68	Wyatt	13	8,737
69	Alexander	12	15,837
70	Biggs	12	5,634
71	Burt	12	7,085
72	Davidson	12	25,224
73	North	12	9,923
74	Norton	12	9,943
75	Whiting	12	5,764
76	Best	11	8,020
77	Charlton	11	8,568
78	Dalton	11	6,850
79	Gardener	11	5,387
80	Pitt	11	6,397
81	Randall	11	9,338
82	Swift	11	9,258
83	Walter	11	4,602
84	York	11	3,963
85	Moody	10	7,791
86	Robins	10	6,309
87	Sharpe	10	8,824
88	Allison	9	8,522
89	Batt	9	2,022
90	Beer	9	4,775
91	Black	9	19,357
92	Bruce	9	14,038
93	Durrant	9	4,676
94	Elliot	9	7,636
95	Gardiner	9	8,640
96	Grimes	9	3,452
97	Hamilton	9	22,515
98	Hare	9	4,634
99	Marks	9	6,112
100	Mead	9	6,960