1881 census occupation

Retired Farmer surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,727 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,859 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Thompson, with 91 people recorded as Retired Farmer.

Surnames most linked with Retired Farmer

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	Thompson	91	89,587
2	Jackson	87	83,594
3	Atkinson	54	29,154
4	Chapman	48	42,456
5	Dixon	45	32,795
6	Briggs	23	16,242
7	Nicholson	23	21,253
8	Tucker	23	16,480
9	Stephens	22	16,575
10	Gardner	21	20,306
11	Parkinson	20	14,360
12	George	19	17,545
13	Willis	19	15,886
14	Kent	18	12,591
15	Robson	18	19,747
16	Dobson	17	13,189
17	Metcalfe	17	6,851
18	Pugh	17	11,458
19	Archer	15	12,355
20	Barnard	15	7,425
21	John	15	10,815
22	Meredith	15	6,044
23	Todd	15	15,284
24	Wainwright	15	6,337
25	Webber	14	9,057
26	Morgans	13	6,510
27	Pearse	13	3,187
28	Pickering	13	10,811
29	Procter	13	3,888
30	Swift	13	9,258
31	Whitfield	13	5,983
32	Wills	13	8,934
33	Alderson	12	4,152
34	Bullock	12	9,713
35	Daniel	12	6,608
36	Hampson	12	5,411
37	Rowland	12	8,511
38	Sadler	12	7,047
39	Burnett	11	8,312
40	Mortimer	11	6,250
41	Nixon	11	9,111
42	Proctor	11	7,340
43	Salter	11	6,817
44	Shuttleworth	11	3,552
45	Symons	11	4,067
46	Beck	10	6,938
47	Bland	10	6,214
48	Bridge	10	6,077
49	Edmonds	10	5,669
50	Rimmer	10	4,861
51	Sumner	10	4,848
52	Allison	9	8,522
53	Andrew	9	9,483
54	Bourne	9	5,806
55	Bower	9	5,485
56	Craine	9	193
57	Creed	9	1,662
58	Fawcett	9	5,778
59	Graves	9	4,540
60	Jefferies	9	3,300
61	Jeffery	9	6,476
62	Kidd	9	6,111
63	Millard	9	4,946
64	Pattinson	9	2,680
65	Richmond	9	6,552
66	Salt	9	4,449
67	Searle	9	5,970
68	Sewell	9	6,315
69	Snell	9	5,619
70	Steele	9	8,027
71	Topham	9	2,189
72	Waddington	9	4,864
73	Alcock	8	4,334
74	Barrow	8	6,340
75	Bate	8	5,082
76	Bradford	8	5,811
77	Cornish	8	4,278
78	Coulson	8	5,367
79	Duckworth	8	5,788
80	Dutton	8	6,772
81	Elliot	8	7,636
82	Fish	8	5,580
83	Garbutt	8	2,163
84	Godwin	8	3,868
85	Grundy	8	6,133
86	Harries	8	5,647
87	Jefferson	8	3,243
88	Maw	8	1,099
89	Pepper	8	4,207
90	Pickard	8	4,169
91	Rich	8	3,737
92	Stratton	8	2,592
93	Walter	8	4,602
94	Worthington	8	5,992
95	Blackmore	7	4,297
96	Charles	7	6,185
97	Cock	7	3,300
98	Collard	7	1,818
99	Collings	7	3,489
100	Coombs	7	5,048