1881 census occupation

Shoemaker surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

3,866 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 27,741 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 795 people recorded as Shoemaker.

Surnames most linked with Shoemaker

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	795	338,678
2	Smith	629	422,249
3	Williams	440	214,615
4	Davies	357	152,295
5	Thomas	302	123,339
6	Evans	293	130,734
7	Brown	243	197,359
8	Roberts	237	112,276
9	Taylor	213	191,142
10	Johnson	191	100,458
11	Wright	182	95,951
12	Wilson	173	137,750
13	Edwards	161	83,319
14	Thompson	158	89,587
15	Robinson	154	95,300
16	Hall	142	88,053
17	White	132	96,053
18	Morris	125	66,607
19	Turner	124	83,267
20	Jackson	121	83,594
21	Wood	120	95,380
22	Cooper	119	72,708
23	Green	115	84,164
24	Baker	113	65,282
25	Walker	113	100,304
26	Clarke	108	60,196
27	Moore	108	58,817
28	Clark	107	90,143
29	Ward	107	65,299
30	Davis	104	65,757
31	Cook	103	59,467
32	King	102	65,115
33	Martin	100	73,281
34	Allen	98	56,290
35	Price	97	52,361
36	Griffiths	87	48,955
37	Rogers	85	38,745
38	Owen	84	35,558
39	Watson	84	69,539
40	Chapman	83	42,456
41	Cox	83	44,382
42	Bell	82	56,099
43	Parker	82	56,883
44	Bailey	81	44,948
45	Adams	80	43,950
46	Bennett	79	49,110
47	Richards	79	45,120
48	Phillips	78	53,458
49	Scott	78	76,018
50	Foster	75	40,056
51	Mason	75	40,247
52	Ellis	73	43,381
53	Knight	72	36,756
54	Carter	70	50,099
55	Young	69	64,312
56	Richardson	68	50,857
57	Webb	68	40,508
58	Jenkins	66	35,237
59	Powell	65	37,321
60	Kelly	63	30,644
61	Shaw	62	55,020
62	Mitchell	61	60,795
63	Mills	60	38,788
64	Watts	60	25,021
65	Barker	58	39,196
66	Miller	57	53,567
67	Palmer	57	35,153
68	Collins	56	42,829
69	Dawson	55	32,910
70	Murphy	55	23,790
71	Day	53	27,843
72	Marshall	53	50,203
73	Payne	52	26,886
74	Pearce	52	27,443
75	Rees	52	26,024
76	Reynolds	52	25,883
77	West	52	28,778
78	Abbott	51	13,211
79	Andrews	51	28,636
80	Fox	51	26,486
81	Wilkinson	51	45,653
82	Barnes	50	36,002
83	Bishop	50	20,827
84	Fisher	50	34,989
85	Bird	49	22,826
86	Owens	49	14,922
87	Simpson	49	52,391
88	Newman	48	22,210
89	Dixon	47	32,795
90	Harding	45	21,596
91	Cole	44	27,185
92	Freeman	44	19,062
93	Atkinson	43	29,154
94	Butler	43	29,165
95	Dunn	43	24,868
96	Ford	43	29,131
97	Perkins	43	13,410
98	Burgess	42	20,759
99	Carr	42	21,558
100	Matthews	42	26,049