1881 census occupation

Painter surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

4,683 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 30,146 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 699 people recorded as Painter.

Surnames most linked with Painter

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	699	422,249
2	Jones	471	338,678
3	Williams	356	214,615
4	Taylor	315	191,142
5	Brown	297	197,359
6	Evans	190	130,734
7	Wilson	182	137,750
8	White	181	96,053
9	Johnson	180	100,458
10	Wright	169	95,951
11	Thomas	166	123,339
12	Roberts	164	112,276
13	Robinson	161	95,300
14	Wood	160	95,380
15	Hall	159	88,053
16	Thompson	155	89,587
17	Walker	152	100,304
18	Edwards	148	83,319
19	Clark	143	90,143
20	Green	143	84,164
21	Davis	141	65,757
22	Turner	139	83,267
23	Baker	137	65,282
24	Ward	122	65,299
25	Cooper	119	72,708
26	Cook	118	59,467
27	Parker	118	56,883
28	Jackson	117	83,594
29	Allen	111	56,290
30	Moore	109	58,817
31	King	107	65,115
32	Morris	106	66,607
33	Martin	105	73,281
34	Bennett	101	49,110
35	Young	100	64,312
36	Scott	98	76,018
37	Phillips	96	53,458
38	Adams	94	43,950
39	Carter	92	50,099
40	Clarke	90	60,196
41	Richardson	89	50,857
42	Price	87	52,361
43	Powell	86	37,321
44	Wilkinson	85	45,653
45	Simpson	82	52,391
46	Watson	82	69,539
47	Shaw	80	55,020
48	Cox	78	44,382
49	Chapman	76	42,456
50	Collins	76	42,829
51	Fletcher	76	34,136
52	Barnes	74	36,002
53	Ellis	74	43,381
54	Stevens	74	31,223
55	Rogers	72	38,745
56	Wells	72	24,900
57	Miller	71	53,567
58	Bell	69	56,099
59	Palmer	69	35,153
60	Bailey	67	44,948
61	Brooks	67	29,205
62	Mitchell	67	60,795
63	Webb	67	40,508
64	Fisher	66	34,989
65	Marshall	66	50,203
66	Barker	65	39,196
67	Day	63	27,843
68	Knight	63	36,756
69	Foster	62	40,056
70	Russell	62	36,592
71	Kelly	61	30,644
72	West	61	28,778
73	Gray	59	42,727
74	Mills	59	38,788
75	Mason	57	40,247
76	Page	56	23,921
77	Dawson	55	32,910
78	Anderson	54	59,265
79	Andrews	54	28,636
80	Butler	54	29,165
81	Saunders	54	27,328
82	Spencer	53	27,278
83	Pearce	51	27,443
84	Watts	50	25,021
85	Burgess	49	20,759
86	Cole	49	27,185
87	Owen	49	35,558
88	Wheeler	49	18,031
89	Booth	48	29,559
90	Woods	48	18,768
91	Armstrong	47	22,891
92	Sharp	47	24,950
93	Ball	46	24,730
94	Read	46	19,314
95	Rose	46	22,106
96	Carr	45	21,558
97	Ford	45	29,131
98	Oliver	44	21,337
99	Warren	44	19,899
100	Watkins	44	18,128