1881 census occupation
Plumber surnames in the 1881 census
This page lists surnames most often recorded with the occupation Plumber in 1881. Occupational titles are shown as recorded and transcribed, so similar jobs, variant spellings and mistakes can appear separately.
Occupation summary
1,682 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,421 people in the 1881 records.
The leading surname here is Martin, with 66 people recorded as Plumber.
Surnames most linked with Plumber
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin | 66 |
| 2 | Atkinson | 41 |
| 3 | Gibson | 35 |
| 4 | Briggs | 32 |
| 5 | Shepherd | 28 |
| 6 | Oliver | 23 |
| 7 | Thornton | 22 |
| 8 | Bartlett | 21 |
| 9 | Kay | 21 |
| 10 | Banks | 20 |
| 11 | Campbell | 20 |
| 12 | Birch | 19 |
| 13 | Stewart | 19 |
| 14 | Baxter | 17 |
| 15 | Preston | 17 |
| 16 | Robertson | 17 |
| 17 | Wharton | 15 |
| 18 | Hargreaves | 14 |
| 19 | Morley | 14 |
| 20 | Patterson | 14 |
| 21 | Ross | 14 |
| 22 | Warner | 14 |
| 23 | Ingham | 13 |
| 24 | Kershaw | 13 |
| 25 | Wills | 13 |
| 26 | Davison | 12 |
| 27 | Firth | 12 |
| 28 | Nuttall | 12 |
| 29 | Crawford | 11 |
| 30 | Fraser | 11 |
| 31 | Mayne | 11 |
| 32 | Metcalfe | 11 |
| 33 | Morrison | 11 |
| 34 | Turnbull | 11 |
| 35 | Aspinall | 10 |
| 36 | Bedford | 10 |
| 37 | Bowman | 10 |
| 38 | Croft | 10 |
| 39 | Fleming | 10 |
| 40 | Greaves | 10 |
| 41 | Hardman | 10 |
| 42 | Piper | 10 |
| 43 | Ryder | 10 |
| 44 | Small | 10 |
| 45 | Stansfield | 10 |
| 46 | Wise | 10 |
| 47 | Andrew | 9 |
| 48 | Best | 9 |
| 49 | Bowers | 9 |
| 50 | Calvert | 9 |
| 51 | Farrell | 9 |
| 52 | France | 9 |
| 53 | Kirkham | 9 |
| 54 | Knott | 9 |
| 55 | Mather | 9 |
| 56 | Pickard | 9 |
| 57 | Rogerson | 9 |
| 58 | Sayer | 9 |
| 59 | Singleton | 9 |
| 60 | Snell | 9 |
| 61 | Varley | 9 |
| 62 | Wardle | 9 |
| 63 | Whittle | 9 |
| 64 | Allison | 8 |
| 65 | Armitage | 8 |
| 66 | Backhouse | 8 |
| 67 | Bateson | 8 |
| 68 | Bone | 8 |
| 69 | Brazier | 8 |
| 70 | Clarkson | 8 |
| 71 | Court | 8 |
| 72 | Craven | 8 |
| 73 | Denham | 8 |
| 74 | Farrar | 8 |
| 75 | Guy | 8 |
| 76 | Hamer | 8 |
| 77 | Jolly | 8 |
| 78 | Metcalf | 8 |
| 79 | Paine | 8 |
| 80 | Richmond | 8 |
| 81 | Rimmer | 8 |
| 82 | Alcock | 7 |
| 83 | Ashcroft | 7 |
| 84 | Astley | 7 |
| 85 | Atherton | 7 |
| 86 | Barron | 7 |
| 87 | Batchelor | 7 |
| 88 | Blair | 7 |
| 89 | Boulton | 7 |
| 90 | Buxton | 7 |
| 91 | Churchill | 7 |
| 92 | Cruttenden | 7 |
| 93 | Duke | 7 |
| 94 | Earnshaw | 7 |
| 95 | East | 7 |
| 96 | Edge | 7 |
| 97 | Gillam | 7 |
| 98 | Jeffrey | 7 |
| 99 | Kerr | 7 |
| 100 | Keys | 7 |