1881 census occupation

Servant surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

5,001 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 33,472 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 765 people recorded as Servant.

Surnames most linked with Servant

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	765	338,678
2	Smith	737	422,249
3	Williams	490	214,615
4	Brown	344	197,359
5	Davies	297	152,295
6	Taylor	277	191,142
7	Thomas	275	123,339
8	Evans	267	130,734
9	Roberts	258	112,276
10	Wilson	193	137,750
11	White	188	96,053
12	Johnson	184	100,458
13	Edwards	164	83,319
14	Hall	159	88,053
15	Clark	157	90,143
16	Robinson	157	95,300
17	Baker	155	65,282
18	Davis	154	65,757
19	Wright	153	95,951
20	Thompson	152	89,587
21	Turner	152	83,267
22	Green	148	84,164
23	Martin	146	73,281
24	Wood	144	95,380
25	Jackson	137	83,594
26	Cook	133	59,467
27	Walker	129	100,304
28	Phillips	128	53,458
29	Clarke	123	60,196
30	King	120	65,115
31	Cooper	118	72,708
32	Parker	115	56,883
33	Ward	115	65,299
34	Morris	114	66,607
35	Griffiths	113	48,955
36	Allen	112	56,290
37	Collins	112	42,829
38	Carter	108	50,099
39	Bennett	105	49,110
40	Moore	103	58,817
41	Price	99	52,361
42	Cox	98	44,382
43	Ellis	97	43,381
44	Young	92	64,312
45	Webb	90	40,508
46	Owen	89	35,558
47	Rogers	88	38,745
48	Scott	87	76,018
49	Powell	86	37,321
50	Murphy	85	23,790
51	Bailey	83	44,948
52	Watson	83	69,539
53	Mitchell	82	60,795
54	Palmer	81	35,153
55	Richardson	81	50,857
56	Knight	80	36,756
57	Kelly	79	30,644
58	Richards	79	45,120
59	Barker	76	39,196
60	Barnes	76	36,002
61	Miller	76	53,567
62	Mason	74	40,247
63	Jenkins	73	35,237
64	Mills	73	38,788
65	Adams	72	43,950
66	Stevens	71	31,223
67	Bell	70	56,099
68	Pearce	70	27,443
69	Foster	69	40,056
70	Wilkinson	69	45,653
71	Chapman	68	42,456
72	Marshall	67	50,203
73	West	67	28,778
74	Fisher	66	34,989
75	Parry	66	22,775
76	Brooks	63	29,205
77	Dunn	63	24,868
78	Ford	63	29,131
79	Butler	61	29,165
80	Simpson	60	52,391
81	Dixon	59	32,795
82	Russell	59	36,592
83	Andrews	54	28,636
84	Day	53	27,843
85	Fletcher	53	34,136
86	Bird	52	22,826
87	Page	52	23,921
88	Woods	52	18,768
89	Bishop	50	20,827
90	Payne	50	26,886
91	Reynolds	49	25,883
92	Atkinson	48	29,154
93	Rees	48	26,024
94	Anderson	47	59,265
95	Ball	47	24,730
96	Pearson	47	34,754
97	Newman	46	22,210
98	Watts	46	25,021
99	Bartlett	45	13,054
100	Burns	45	20,128