1881 census occupation

Potter surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

634 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 3,875 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Bourne, with 61 people recorded as Potter.

Surnames most linked with Potter

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	Bourne	61	5,806
2	Machin	56	2,998
3	Colclough	54	1,361
4	Mountford	51	2,667
5	Goodwin	48	15,759
6	Simpson	47	52,391
7	Rowley	46	7,865
8	Booth	44	29,559
9	Cartlidge	41	861
10	Ball	40	24,730
11	Bloor	40	1,653
12	Eardley	37	1,127
13	Pointon	36	1,264
14	Walton	33	21,088
15	Parr	32	7,480
16	Beech	29	4,432
17	Nixon	28	9,111
18	Stevenson	27	21,015
19	Bowers	26	5,454
20	Daniels	26	9,394
21	Steele	26	8,027
22	Tunstall	26	1,589
23	Kelsall	25	1,512
24	Vernon	25	4,912
25	Bentley	24	12,662
26	Grocott	24	856
27	Oakes	24	4,336
28	Tomkinson	24	1,966
29	Alcock	23	4,334
30	Plant	23	6,612
31	Poole	23	14,382
32	Barlow	22	16,181
33	Cotton	22	7,145
34	Boulton	21	5,397
35	Cope	21	6,760
36	Davenport	21	5,670
37	Myatt	21	1,437
38	Rathbone	21	1,662
39	Meir	20	207
40	Pedley	20	1,520
41	Bradshaw	19	12,284
42	Coates	19	11,178
43	Pope	19	10,286
44	Brindley	18	2,291
45	Brough	18	3,665
46	Gater	18	769
47	Clews	17	1,358
48	Cyples	17	94
49	Forrester	17	4,035
50	Reeves	17	12,269
51	Winkle	17	293
52	Greatbatch	16	226
53	Mellor	16	10,568
54	Wedgwood	16	279
55	Brookes	15	7,049
56	Cartledge	15	1,510
57	Chadwick	15	13,091
58	Salmon	15	6,817
59	Wilcox	15	5,633
60	Bould	14	728
61	Bradbury	14	8,665
62	Bullock	14	9,713
63	Emery	14	6,540
64	Garner	14	9,464
65	Hargreaves	14	12,498
66	Malkin	14	986
67	Mansfield	14	5,616
68	Platt	14	7,918
69	Stanway	14	834
70	Weaver	14	7,782
71	Brammer	13	720
72	Bratt	13	1,043
73	Deakin	13	4,149
74	Downs	13	5,327
75	Knapper	13	348
76	Mee	13	2,280
77	Peake	13	2,881
78	Salt	13	4,449
79	Stubbs	13	7,914
80	Toft	13	1,174
81	Beard	12	7,871
82	Birks	12	1,983
83	Capper	12	1,583
84	Challinor	12	1,057
85	Collinson	12	3,519
86	Eaton	12	8,377
87	Edge	12	5,166
88	Gratton	12	1,190
89	Handley	12	5,051
90	Moreton	12	2,254
91	Rigby	12	8,697
92	Rutter	12	4,571
93	Sherratt	12	1,716
94	Baggaley	11	580
95	Bickerton	11	1,256
96	Brunt	11	2,069
97	Clewlow	11	320
98	Finney	11	2,599
99	Keeling	11	2,610
100	Orme	11	2,506