1881 census occupation
Police Constable surnames in the 1881 census
This page lists surnames most often recorded with the occupation Police Constable in 1881. Occupational titles are shown as recorded and transcribed, so similar jobs, variant spellings and mistakes can appear separately.
Occupation summary
1,530 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 3,440 people in the 1881 records.
The leading surname here is Andrews, with 34 people recorded as Police Constable.
Surnames most linked with Police Constable
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 | Andrews | 34 |
| 2 | Armstrong | 25 |
| 3 | Potter | 25 |
| 4 | Stewart | 23 |
| 5 | Woods | 22 |
| 6 | Johnston | 18 |
| 7 | Alexander | 17 |
| 8 | Ross | 17 |
| 9 | Archer | 15 |
| 10 | Short | 15 |
| 11 | Gibbons | 14 |
| 12 | Webber | 14 |
| 13 | Fry | 13 |
| 14 | Kendall | 13 |
| 15 | Brewer | 12 |
| 16 | Davidson | 12 |
| 17 | Ferguson | 12 |
| 18 | Maguire | 12 |
| 19 | Morrison | 12 |
| 20 | Farmer | 11 |
| 21 | Fraser | 11 |
| 22 | Sutherland | 11 |
| 23 | Reid | 10 |
| 24 | Snell | 10 |
| 25 | Whiting | 10 |
| 26 | Buck | 9 |
| 27 | Deacon | 9 |
| 28 | Durrant | 9 |
| 29 | Kitchen | 9 |
| 30 | Marks | 9 |
| 31 | Masters | 9 |
| 32 | Neale | 9 |
| 33 | Nightingale | 9 |
| 34 | Ray | 9 |
| 35 | Allison | 8 |
| 36 | Ayres | 8 |
| 37 | Browning | 8 |
| 38 | Chaplin | 8 |
| 39 | Nunn | 8 |
| 40 | Percy | 8 |
| 41 | Ralph | 8 |
| 42 | Rawlings | 8 |
| 43 | Ware | 8 |
| 44 | Wheatley | 8 |
| 45 | Belcher | 7 |
| 46 | Burnett | 7 |
| 47 | Chase | 7 |
| 48 | Cheeseman | 7 |
| 49 | Maxwell | 7 |
| 50 | Spooner | 7 |
| 51 | Tilley | 7 |
| 52 | Upton | 7 |
| 53 | Wharton | 7 |
| 54 | Wickens | 7 |
| 55 | Wise | 7 |
| 56 | Bain | 6 |
| 57 | Bannister | 6 |
| 58 | Bristow | 6 |
| 59 | Burden | 6 |
| 60 | Burley | 6 |
| 61 | Byrne | 6 |
| 62 | Carruthers | 6 |
| 63 | Carson | 6 |
| 64 | Cleave | 6 |
| 65 | Connell | 6 |
| 66 | Cowan | 6 |
| 67 | Crisp | 6 |
| 68 | Currie | 6 |
| 69 | Drury | 6 |
| 70 | Elliot | 6 |
| 71 | Ferris | 6 |
| 72 | Jolly | 6 |
| 73 | Mackay | 6 |
| 74 | Mays | 6 |
| 75 | Mcdonald | 6 |
| 76 | Ricketts | 6 |
| 77 | Robbins | 6 |
| 78 | Rouse | 6 |
| 79 | Stapleton | 6 |
| 80 | Stratton | 6 |
| 81 | Trigg | 6 |
| 82 | Willoughby | 6 |
| 83 | Baldry | 5 |
| 84 | Barham | 5 |
| 85 | Boyd | 5 |
| 86 | Channing | 5 |
| 87 | Christie | 5 |
| 88 | Christopher | 5 |
| 89 | Churchill | 5 |
| 90 | Cleary | 5 |
| 91 | Cockburn | 5 |
| 92 | Compton | 5 |
| 93 | Courtney | 5 |
| 94 | Crabb | 5 |
| 95 | Cripps | 5 |
| 96 | Crowe | 5 |
| 97 | Duke | 5 |
| 98 | Edmunds | 5 |
| 99 | Egan | 5 |
| 100 | Fairweather | 5 |