1881 census occupation

Seamstress surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,473 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,451 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Green, with 94 people recorded as Seamstress.

Surnames most linked with Seamstress

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	Green	94	84,164
2	Allen	76	56,290
3	Bailey	54	44,948
4	Spencer	34	27,278
5	Fox	33	26,486
6	Burton	28	25,491
7	Sutton	28	19,057
8	Warren	28	19,899
9	Briggs	27	16,242
10	Sharp	24	24,950
11	Cooke	23	16,523
12	Stewart	23	46,990
13	Morley	21	11,962
14	Osborne	21	14,203
15	Tomlinson	20	13,809
16	Barton	19	16,190
17	Griffin	19	14,053
18	Norman	19	13,722
19	Burrows	18	13,086
20	Garner	18	9,464
21	Grant	18	29,695
22	Perkins	18	13,410
23	Thorpe	18	11,830
24	Poole	17	14,382
25	Walters	17	14,268
26	Worthington	17	5,992
27	Marriott	15	6,689
28	North	15	9,923
29	Slack	15	4,720
30	Bryan	14	7,426
31	Gould	14	10,773
32	Cotton	13	7,145
33	Franklin	13	9,941
34	Partridge	13	7,795
35	Randall	13	9,338
36	Ross	13	32,788
37	Wainwright	13	6,337
38	Welch	13	10,480
39	Bright	12	6,059
40	Clay	12	6,152
41	Farmer	12	9,365
42	Godfrey	12	8,858
43	Hallam	12	5,584
44	Simmonds	12	8,010
45	Wallace	12	20,491
46	Chamberlain	11	8,127
47	Connor	11	8,809
48	Grimes	11	3,452
49	Haines	11	6,935
50	Kennedy	11	18,038
51	Radford	11	5,672
52	Roe	11	5,733
53	Simms	11	3,429
54	Weeks	11	6,387
55	Allcock	10	3,220
56	Binch	10	163
57	Clifford	10	6,147
58	Dutton	10	6,772
59	Goodall	10	6,418
60	Meads	10	976
61	Parr	10	7,480
62	Paul	10	7,445
63	Robins	10	6,309
64	Ryder	10	5,182
65	Terry	10	7,660
66	Burt	9	7,085
67	Dove	9	3,432
68	Ferguson	9	21,268
69	Grey	9	6,507
70	Hales	9	4,292
71	Newbold	9	2,179
72	Oldham	9	5,288
73	Pitt	9	6,397
74	Prior	9	6,916
75	Roach	9	4,371
76	Selby	9	3,580
77	Wharton	9	4,194
78	Willson	9	3,372
79	Woodhead	9	5,606
80	Aspinall	8	4,111
81	Bruce	8	14,038
82	Buxton	8	4,501
83	Charlesworth	8	3,864
84	Clifton	8	4,221
85	Cragg	8	1,905
86	Crocker	8	4,000
87	Fish	8	5,580
88	Freer	8	1,669
89	Geary	8	2,341
90	Godwin	8	3,868
91	Harriman	8	769
92	Keen	8	6,012
93	Metcalf	8	6,061
94	Nunn	8	5,253
95	Oscroft	8	315
96	Phipps	8	4,439
97	Rudkin	8	1,181
98	Sheldon	8	4,548
99	Straw	8	1,044
100	Turton	8	3,364