1881 census occupation

Quarryman surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

308 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,697 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 1,167 people recorded as Quarryman.

Surnames most linked with Quarryman

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	Jones	1,167	338,678
2	Williams	688	214,615
3	Roberts	539	112,276
4	Thomas	242	123,339
5	Evans	181	130,734
6	Parry	175	22,775
7	Owen	137	35,558
8	Griffith	116	9,759
9	Owens	95	14,922
10	Pritchard	88	16,096
11	Stone	84	21,581
12	Griffiths	80	48,955
13	Pearce	73	27,443
14	Rowlands	51	7,438
15	Comben	43	300
16	Prichard	41	2,756
17	Gibbs	22	14,676
18	Attwooll	21	183
19	Entwistle	18	5,210
20	Otter	18	759
21	Flew	16	218
22	Davison	15	10,683
23	Clegg	14	10,197
24	Foulkes	14	2,811
25	Sansom	14	2,010
26	Nuttall	13	7,536
27	Peters	12	10,486
28	Anthony	10	3,465
29	Crossley	10	8,227
30	Dearden	10	2,934
31	Fall	8	642
32	Nicolle	8	20
33	Ozanne	8	24
34	Pierce	8	4,402
35	Vernon	8	4,912
36	Alford	7	2,534
37	Aspinall	7	4,111
38	Scriven	7	1,499
39	Bichard	6	14
40	Boiston	6	84
41	Bougourd	6	1
42	Craigs	6	176
43	Dugdale	6	2,030
44	Falla	6	100
45	Fretwell	6	1,017
46	Petters	6	148
47	Wardman	6	768
48	Way	6	3,241
49	William	6	2,560
50	Aust	5	340
51	Belfield	5	760
52	Billson	5	464
53	Bowler	5	3,653
54	Else	5	992
55	Ephraim	5	38
56	Fairless	5	590
57	Fido	5	225
58	Garlick	5	2,639
59	Gillingham	5	1,306
60	Matthew	5	2,270
61	Ramsay	5	7,783
62	Richard	5	2,549
63	Sunderland	5	3,436
64	Tattersall	5	4,165
65	Workman	5	1,963
66	Allinson	4	1,298
67	Allsop	4	3,077
68	Ayles	4	503
69	Benfield	4	861
70	Blades	4	1,703
71	Bown	4	1,658
72	Byatt	4	745
73	Corbet	4	718
74	Dagger	4	459
75	Dainton	4	352
76	Disney	4	473
77	Emmett	4	2,511
78	Fancy	4	208
79	Gane	4	844
80	Greenman	4	264
81	Grindrod	4	1,200
82	Haffner	4	49
83	Hansford	4	1,430
84	Hardaker	4	1,039
85	Hardcastle	4	2,656
86	Jolliffe	4	1,340
87	Philpot	4	2,010
88	Raffle	4	138
89	Raine	4	2,507
90	Renouf	4	47
91	Robert	4	1,151
92	Shimwell	4	232
93	Siddall	4	2,197
94	Storer	4	1,879
95	Wallwork	4	1,749
96	Weakley	4	208
97	Wykes	4	1,045
98	Ather	3	45
99	Bairstow	3	1,066
100	Barrs	3	470