1881 census occupation

Porter surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,368 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 3,593 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Davis, with 78 people recorded as Porter.

Surnames most linked with Porter

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	78	65,757
2	Martin	66	73,281
3	Cox	55	44,382
4	Stevens	37	31,223
5	West	36	28,778
6	Payne	33	26,886
7	Saunders	33	27,328
8	Murphy	30	23,790
9	Sutton	25	19,057
10	George	24	17,545
11	Coleman	23	14,894
12	Griffin	23	14,053
13	Dyer	19	11,556
14	Davey	18	12,184
15	Goodwin	18	15,759
16	Kemp	18	16,605
17	Wallis	16	10,105
18	Clements	15	9,906
19	Connor	15	8,809
20	Franklin	15	9,941
21	Winter	15	10,608
22	Morley	14	11,962
23	Randall	14	9,338
24	Rice	14	9,235
25	Warner	14	10,908
26	Manning	13	9,465
27	Casey	12	4,412
28	Collier	12	10,022
29	Godfrey	12	8,858
30	Sims	12	8,964
31	Barry	11	5,349
32	Doyle	11	7,258
33	Terry	11	7,660
34	Vincent	11	9,240
35	Bush	10	7,400
36	Crow	10	4,509
37	Garrett	10	6,521
38	Paul	10	7,445
39	Simmonds	10	8,010
40	Fitzgerald	9	5,205
41	Gardiner	9	8,640
42	Ingram	9	9,112
43	Masters	9	5,523
44	Power	9	4,015
45	Robins	9	6,309
46	Rudd	9	4,722
47	Vernon	9	4,912
48	Vickers	9	7,669
49	Wilcox	9	5,633
50	Attwood	8	2,971
51	Carroll	8	6,003
52	Duffy	8	6,593
53	Hales	8	4,292
54	Mahoney	8	3,153
55	Mansell	8	3,458
56	Mansfield	8	5,616
57	Ray	8	5,660
58	Ridley	8	5,786
59	Roach	8	4,371
60	Sewell	8	6,315
61	Starr	8	1,469
62	Aldridge	7	5,787
63	Allcock	7	3,220
64	Crump	7	3,236
65	Cummings	7	4,576
66	Dowling	7	3,300
67	Everett	7	5,381
68	Foley	7	3,760
69	Fryer	7	5,548
70	Goff	7	1,932
71	Manners	7	1,483
72	Mundy	7	2,220
73	Perrin	7	3,046
74	Preece	7	4,878
75	Swan	7	7,809
76	Balls	6	3,837
77	Beale	6	3,777
78	Boughton	6	1,235
79	Boyle	6	7,780
80	Budd	6	3,792
81	Caton	6	1,436
82	Collett	6	3,835
83	Collis	6	3,089
84	Crawley	6	3,882
85	Curry	6	4,258
86	Cutler	6	3,728
87	Deane	6	2,516
88	Earl	6	3,914
89	Gore	6	3,371
90	Mott	6	2,270
91	Mullins	6	2,842
92	Murrell	6	2,138
93	Newell	6	4,733
94	Oakes	6	4,336
95	Pain	6	2,705
96	Redman	6	3,934
97	Shea	6	2,002
98	Symonds	6	3,598
99	Woodman	6	3,289
100	Bainbridge	5	4,203