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 Rose, with 42 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
101	Rose	42	22,106
102	Booth	41	29,559
103	Gibson	41	36,370
104	Britton	40	5,302
105	Gill	40	20,931
106	Gray	40	42,727
107	May	40	18,022
108	Burton	39	25,491
109	Parry	39	22,775
110	Russell	39	36,592
111	Webster	39	26,040
112	Anderson	38	59,265
113	Bryant	38	12,753
114	Fletcher	38	34,136
115	Pearson	38	34,754
116	Ball	37	24,730
117	Stevens	37	31,223
118	George	36	17,545
119	Graham	36	34,451
120	Page	36	23,921
121	Parsons	36	22,657
122	Ryan	36	9,176
123	Arnold	35	16,054
124	Brooks	35	29,205
125	French	35	14,624
126	Porter	35	22,471
127	Spencer	35	27,278
128	Barber	34	18,022
129	Cooke	34	16,523
130	Hammond	34	17,002
131	Newton	34	22,922
132	Pugh	34	11,458
133	Woods	34	18,768
134	Austin	33	14,588
135	Coleman	33	14,894
136	Potter	33	19,384
137	Pratt	33	17,181
138	Reed	33	21,815
139	Riley	33	23,673
140	Stone	33	21,581
141	Warren	33	19,899
142	Willis	33	15,886
143	Bates	32	19,015
144	Bradley	32	24,034
145	Walsh	32	15,864
146	Wells	32	24,900
147	Berry	31	23,740
148	Dean	31	20,763
149	Marsh	31	21,309
150	Moss	31	18,432
151	Read	31	19,314
152	Shepherd	31	21,923
153	Baxter	30	17,875
154	Birch	30	12,264
155	Frost	30	16,800
156	Hale	30	10,827
157	Mann	30	15,786
158	Pritchard	30	16,096
159	Rice	30	9,235
160	Saunders	30	27,328
161	Vaughan	30	10,222
162	Bond	29	15,814
163	Elliott	29	25,315
164	Grant	29	29,695
165	Stephens	29	16,575
166	Armstrong	28	22,891
167	Burns	28	20,128
168	Clayton	28	16,272
169	Gardner	28	20,306
170	Jennings	28	15,142
171	Smart	28	13,640
172	Sutton	28	19,057
173	Archer	27	12,355
174	Davey	27	12,184
175	Osborne	27	14,203
176	Pike	27	8,640
177	Sharp	27	24,950
178	Wheeler	27	18,031
179	Wilkins	27	13,205
180	Bartlett	26	13,054
181	Carpenter	26	10,221
182	Gilbert	26	16,992
183	Oliver	26	21,337
184	Poole	26	14,382
185	Pope	26	10,286
186	Skinner	26	15,141
187	Tucker	26	16,480
188	Banks	25	15,330
189	Fry	25	9,452
190	Goodman	25	8,716
191	Kemp	25	16,605
192	Norman	25	13,722
193	Slater	25	18,151
194	Williamson	25	26,852
195	Wills	25	8,934
196	Curtis	24	16,949
197	Garrett	24	6,521
198	Gibbs	24	14,676
199	Harper	24	19,184
200	John	24	10,815