1881 census occupation

Railway Porter surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

2,113 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 7,122 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Wright, with 112 people recorded as Railway Porter.

Surnames most linked with Railway 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	Wright	112	95,951
2	Green	96	84,164
3	Baker	94	65,282
4	Jackson	92	83,594
5	King	67	65,115
6	Clarke	65	60,196
7	Cook	61	59,467
8	Scott	58	76,018
9	Chapman	51	42,456
10	Day	50	27,843
11	Webb	49	40,508
12	West	47	28,778
13	Foster	46	40,056
14	Barnes	45	36,002
15	Payne	36	26,886
16	Watts	35	25,021
17	Reynolds	33	25,883
18	Parsons	32	22,657
19	Bradley	31	24,034
20	Burton	31	25,491
21	Freeman	30	19,062
22	Rose	29	22,106
23	Gibson	28	36,370
24	Burrows	26	13,086
25	Griffin	25	14,053
26	Williamson	25	26,852
27	Cooke	24	16,523
28	Osborne	24	14,203
29	Read	24	19,314
30	Walsh	24	15,864
31	Yates	24	20,593
32	Baxter	21	17,875
33	Birch	21	12,264
34	Hammond	21	17,002
35	Kemp	20	16,605
36	Norman	20	13,722
37	Ratcliffe	20	8,266
38	Wallis	20	10,105
39	Willis	20	15,886
40	Woodward	20	14,736
41	Coates	19	11,178
42	Nelson	19	14,407
43	Wilkins	19	13,205
44	Simmons	18	12,229
45	Tyler	18	8,830
46	Abbott	17	13,211
47	Atkins	17	11,186
48	Austin	17	14,588
49	Baldwin	17	12,774
50	Banks	17	15,330
51	Bryant	17	12,753
52	Field	17	14,896
53	Harper	17	19,184
54	Daniels	16	9,394
55	Fry	16	9,452
56	Pollard	16	10,901
57	Gibbons	15	9,605
58	Gordon	15	18,832
59	Wallace	15	20,491
60	Wild	15	12,250
61	Blackburn	14	11,287
62	Bowles	14	4,884
63	Carpenter	14	10,221
64	Clements	14	9,906
65	Gale	14	8,531
66	Hale	14	10,827
67	Manning	14	9,465
68	Morley	14	11,962
69	Short	14	11,678
70	Stokes	14	12,605
71	Waters	14	12,022
72	Wills	14	8,934
73	Chandler	13	9,606
74	North	13	9,923
75	Wall	13	10,463
76	Warner	13	10,908
77	Cotton	12	7,145
78	Godfrey	12	8,858
79	Johnston	12	24,321
80	Kennedy	12	18,038
81	Major	12	4,020
82	Marriott	12	6,689
83	Millard	12	4,946
84	Nixon	12	9,111
85	Rice	12	9,235
86	Rowland	12	8,511
87	Sharpe	12	8,824
88	Woodcock	12	8,543
89	Bush	11	7,400
90	Church	11	6,537
91	Court	11	3,820
92	Crane	11	6,295
93	Draper	11	7,044
94	Eastwood	11	7,069
95	Masters	11	5,523
96	Reeve	11	6,989
97	Stacey	11	6,727
98	Weaver	11	7,782
99	Barnard	10	7,425
100	Bone	10	5,555