1881 census occupation

Shepherd surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,356 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,837 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Scott, with 72 people recorded as Shepherd.

Surnames most linked with Shepherd

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	Scott	72	76,018
2	Young	51	64,312
3	Oliver	46	21,337
4	Knight	43	36,756
5	Robson	42	19,747
6	Day	38	27,843
7	Anderson	37	59,265
8	Payne	37	26,886
9	Newman	35	22,210
10	Davidson	34	25,224
11	Elliott	33	25,315
12	Burton	31	25,491
13	Gray	31	42,727
14	Marsh	30	21,309
15	Matthews	30	26,049
16	Rutherford	30	7,331
17	Gilbert	29	16,992
18	Armstrong	28	22,891
19	Turnbull	28	12,629
20	Alexander	26	15,837
21	Miles	24	17,637
22	Shepherd	24	21,923
23	Bond	21	15,814
24	Rayner	21	7,461
25	Nichol	20	3,236
26	Osborne	20	14,203
27	Griffin	19	14,053
28	Murray	19	37,222
29	Weeks	19	6,387
30	Dodd	18	12,112
31	Pike	18	8,640
32	Waters	17	12,022
33	Weston	17	12,197
34	Bartlett	16	13,054
35	Cowans	16	327
36	Neal	16	8,877
37	Vincent	16	9,240
38	Douglas	15	14,546
39	Haines	15	6,935
40	Penny	15	5,312
41	Curry	14	4,258
42	Gale	14	8,531
43	Woodley	14	2,652
44	Chandler	13	9,606
45	Davison	13	10,683
46	Shergold	13	743
47	Bye	12	1,508
48	Down	12	3,554
49	Meadows	12	4,179
50	Morgans	12	6,510
51	Randall	12	9,338
52	Reeve	12	6,989
53	Sansom	12	2,010
54	Whatley	12	1,159
55	Batchelor	11	5,073
56	Beattie	11	6,437
57	Dack	11	915
58	Doughty	11	3,807
59	Hansford	11	1,430
60	Kimber	11	2,829
61	Pringle	11	4,751
62	Telfer	11	1,826
63	Timms	11	3,028
64	Whitlock	11	1,775
65	Amos	10	4,929
66	Bellamy	10	4,367
67	Collis	10	3,089
68	Croft	10	7,060
69	Joyce	10	7,339
70	Mace	10	2,614
71	Merritt	10	2,099
72	Mole	10	2,326
73	Osborn	10	6,245
74	Peach	10	3,242
75	Plummer	10	4,000
76	Samways	10	869
77	Sellers	10	2,298
78	Temple	10	3,924
79	Vickers	10	7,669
80	Wakefield	10	5,358
81	Bourne	9	5,806
82	Brunning	9	608
83	Cleaver	9	2,537
84	Dagg	9	370
85	Drury	9	4,744
86	Goodridge	9	992
87	Maskell	9	2,098
88	Nunn	9	5,253
89	Pretty	9	1,060
90	Prince	9	6,765
91	Ridley	9	5,786
92	Spinks	9	2,011
93	Starling	9	2,194
94	Tait	9	9,019
95	Tindall	9	1,825
96	Waite	9	6,222
97	Burt	8	7,085
98	Coffin	8	722
99	Deadman	8	1,176
100	Denton	8	5,488