1881 census occupation

Plasterer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,719 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 6,431 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is White, with 120 people recorded as Plasterer.

Surnames most linked with Plasterer

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	White	120	96,053
2	Hall	88	88,053
3	King	67	65,115
4	Cook	63	59,467
5	Collins	54	42,829
6	Murphy	46	23,790
7	Kelly	40	30,644
8	Brooks	37	29,205
9	Dunn	37	24,868
10	Watkins	36	18,128
11	Anderson	35	59,265
12	Shepherd	32	21,923
13	Parsons	30	22,657
14	Barrett	27	20,042
15	Bird	27	22,826
16	Gardner	25	20,306
17	Norman	25	13,722
18	Walsh	25	15,864
19	Harmer	24	2,969
20	Murray	24	37,222
21	Austin	22	14,588
22	Bond	22	15,814
23	Gibbons	22	9,605
24	Connor	21	8,809
25	Burns	20	20,128
26	Butcher	20	12,606
27	Gould	20	10,773
28	Kennedy	20	18,038
29	Stewart	20	46,990
30	Walters	20	14,268
31	Wilkins	20	13,205
32	Bradshaw	19	12,284
33	Bryant	19	12,753
34	Cain	19	5,421
35	Carpenter	19	10,221
36	Bolton	18	12,910
37	Chamberlain	18	8,127
38	Ross	18	32,788
39	Bartlett	17	13,054
40	Dyer	17	11,556
41	Fern	17	940
42	Firth	17	9,950
43	Johnston	17	24,321
44	Nichols	16	9,755
45	Wallis	16	10,105
46	Alexander	15	15,837
47	Crowther	15	8,948
48	Drew	15	7,882
49	Morton	15	16,044
50	Pope	15	10,286
51	Thorne	15	6,282
52	Biggs	14	5,634
53	Brennan	14	3,116
54	Chillingworth	14	250
55	Manning	14	9,465
56	Mathews	14	11,043
57	Mellor	14	10,568
58	Perrin	14	3,046
59	Black	13	19,357
60	Bowden	13	8,607
61	Casey	13	4,412
62	Fleming	13	12,501
63	Franklin	13	9,941
64	Maloney	13	2,464
65	Moran	13	5,480
66	Patterson	13	10,426
67	Pike	13	8,640
68	Pitt	13	6,397
69	Roper	13	6,236
70	Turton	13	3,364
71	Deacon	12	5,089
72	Hampton	12	4,577
73	Kendall	12	6,453
74	Meredith	12	6,044
75	Moon	12	6,287
76	Quick	12	3,336
77	Rice	12	9,235
78	Tanner	12	6,702
79	Tozer	12	1,773
80	Bowyer	11	3,265
81	Carroll	11	6,003
82	Donovan	11	4,702
83	Farr	11	4,455
84	Goss	11	2,599
85	Salter	11	6,817
86	Slade	11	5,958
87	Summers	11	8,369
88	Vidler	11	900
89	Weller	11	4,312
90	Wiggins	11	3,235
91	Binns	10	4,965
92	Bryan	10	7,426
93	Cannon	10	5,295
94	Crocker	10	4,000
95	Duffy	10	6,593
96	Eastlake	10	169
97	Ferguson	10	21,268
98	Fitzgerald	10	5,205
99	Flynn	10	5,709
100	Foreman	10	3,919