1881 census occupation

Shoe Maker surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

1,492 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 4,696 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Robinson, with 108 people recorded as Shoe Maker.

Surnames most linked with Shoe Maker

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	Robinson	108	95,300
2	Ward	71	65,299
3	Rogers	46	38,745
4	Palmer	45	35,153
5	Riley	32	23,673
6	Burton	31	25,491
7	Burgess	28	20,759
8	Russell	28	36,592
9	Britton	27	5,302
10	Baxter	26	17,875
11	Bryant	24	12,753
12	Moss	24	18,432
13	Pratt	22	17,181
14	Frost	20	16,800
15	Willis	20	15,886
16	Baldwin	19	12,774
17	Perkins	19	13,410
18	Harper	18	19,184
19	Whiting	18	5,764
20	Banks	17	15,330
21	Brain	16	3,214
22	Doyle	16	7,258
23	Thornton	16	15,067
24	Wardle	16	5,805
25	Pickering	15	10,811
26	Sharpe	15	8,824
27	Billingham	14	1,812
28	Fry	14	9,452
29	Golding	14	5,274
30	Winter	14	10,608
31	Benson	13	8,106
32	Drew	13	7,882
33	Firth	13	9,950
34	Joyce	13	7,339
35	Sheppard	13	10,341
36	Waite	13	6,222
37	Barratt	12	6,072
38	Daniel	12	6,608
39	English	12	5,591
40	Goodman	12	8,716
41	Small	12	7,628
42	Burke	11	8,736
43	Demmery	11	42
44	Drake	11	8,707
45	Farrow	11	5,625
46	Gudgeon	11	737
47	Milner	11	6,866
48	Partridge	11	7,795
49	Stafford	11	6,372
50	Ashby	10	5,027
51	Bright	10	6,059
52	Bruce	10	14,038
53	Craven	10	5,769
54	Dickenson	10	4,527
55	Douglas	10	14,546
56	Emery	10	6,540
57	Essom	10	88
58	Fitzgerald	10	5,205
59	Hamilton	10	22,515
60	Marriott	10	6,689
61	Oakley	10	6,359
62	Simmonds	10	8,010
63	Stanton	10	5,968
64	Woodcock	10	8,543
65	Adamson	9	7,931
66	Chester	9	3,665
67	Clarkson	9	7,937
68	Cope	9	6,760
69	Curry	9	4,258
70	Dix	9	2,962
71	England	9	6,130
72	Fitzpatrick	9	4,393
73	Groom	9	4,197
74	Hadley	9	4,070
75	Key	9	3,900
76	Kidd	9	6,111
77	Moon	9	6,287
78	Moseley	9	2,739
79	Peck	9	5,067
80	Robins	9	6,309
81	Ryder	9	5,182
82	Sharman	9	4,118
83	Turnbull	9	12,629
84	York	9	3,963
85	Bland	8	6,214
86	Bonser	8	780
87	Boyle	8	7,780
88	Buckingham	8	3,978
89	Calvert	8	6,106
90	Cave	8	4,298
91	Clay	8	6,152
92	Colley	8	3,782
93	Crow	8	4,509
94	David	8	3,083
95	Fairclough	8	3,119
96	Gaunt	8	2,944
97	Hales	8	4,292
98	Hardwick	8	4,571
99	Mayes	8	2,895
100	Newland	8	1,793