1881 census occupation

Stone Mason surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

2,440 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 19,790 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 671 people recorded as Stone Mason.

Surnames most linked with Stone Mason

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	671	338,678
2	Williams	421	214,615
3	Smith	402	422,249
4	Taylor	268	191,142
5	Davies	233	152,295
6	Roberts	225	112,276
7	Thomas	217	123,339
8	Evans	214	130,734
9	Brown	194	197,359
10	Walker	166	100,304
11	Turner	160	83,267
12	Wilson	148	137,750
13	Wood	134	95,380
14	Robinson	131	95,300
15	Thompson	125	89,587
16	Jackson	123	83,594
17	Ellis	122	43,381
18	Edwards	117	83,319
19	Hall	115	88,053
20	Wright	105	95,951
21	Wilkinson	101	45,653
22	White	97	96,053
23	Bower	92	5,485
24	Griffiths	92	48,955
25	Green	88	84,164
26	Parker	85	56,883
27	Shaw	83	55,020
28	Simpson	79	52,391
29	Watson	78	69,539
30	Collins	74	42,829
31	Moore	73	58,817
32	Parry	70	22,775
33	Price	70	52,361
34	Richards	70	45,120
35	Booth	69	29,559
36	Mason	69	40,247
37	Richardson	68	50,857
38	Scott	66	76,018
39	Barker	65	39,196
40	Greenwood	65	23,239
41	Jenkins	65	35,237
42	Firth	61	9,950
43	Bailey	60	44,948
44	Dawson	60	32,910
45	Owen	60	35,558
46	Bell	59	56,099
47	Dixon	58	32,795
48	Cox	57	44,382
49	Graham	56	34,451
50	Marshall	56	50,203
51	Mitchell	55	60,795
52	Foster	54	40,056
53	Gill	54	20,931
54	Pearson	53	34,754
55	Mills	52	38,788
56	Thornton	52	15,067
57	Rhodes	51	13,915
58	Atkinson	50	29,154
59	Powell	50	37,321
60	Rees	48	26,024
61	Ashworth	47	11,942
62	Crowther	47	8,948
63	Fisher	47	34,989
64	Fox	47	26,486
65	Rogers	46	38,745
66	Adams	45	43,950
67	Bradley	45	24,034
68	Fletcher	44	34,136
69	Riley	44	23,673
70	Brooks	43	29,205
71	Ford	43	29,131
72	Brook	42	11,590
73	Hargreaves	40	12,498
74	Sykes	40	14,399
75	Elliott	39	25,315
76	Schofield	39	16,242
77	Sutcliffe	38	11,839
78	Whitehead	38	20,246
79	Armitage	37	7,647
80	Bottomley	37	4,974
81	Pascoe	37	3,369
82	Pritchard	37	16,096
83	Sharp	37	24,950
84	Briggs	36	16,242
85	Carr	36	21,558
86	Dean	36	20,763
87	Burgess	35	20,759
88	Stott	35	9,356
89	Wall	35	10,463
90	Kelly	34	30,644
91	Norman	34	13,722
92	Pickles	34	6,086
93	Robson	34	19,747
94	Berry	33	23,740
95	Gibson	33	36,370
96	Knowles	33	15,989
97	Marsh	33	21,309
98	Stafford	33	6,372
99	Craven	32	5,769
100	Drake	32	8,707