1881 census occupation

Straw Plaiter surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

743 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 5,128 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Clark, with 88 people recorded as Straw Plaiter.

Surnames most linked with Straw Plaiter

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	Clark	88	90,143
2	Pratt	64	17,181
3	Bates	57	19,015
4	Arnold	50	16,054
5	Webb	50	40,508
6	Saunders	48	27,328
7	Day	45	27,843
8	Janes	41	1,922
9	Dilley	40	946
10	Seabrook	40	1,468
11	Stevens	39	31,223
12	Payne	38	26,886
13	Pearce	37	27,443
14	Mead	36	6,960
15	Wells	36	24,900
16	Hare	33	4,634
17	West	33	28,778
18	Crawley	32	3,882
19	Chandler	31	9,606
20	Warren	31	19,899
21	Fountain	30	2,054
22	Ansell	29	3,462
23	Batchelor	29	5,073
24	Brandom	29	192
25	Halsey	29	1,286
26	Peck	29	5,067
27	Gurney	28	3,101
28	Jepps	27	206
29	Rance	27	1,123
30	Sharp	27	24,950
31	Tompkins	27	2,589
32	Turney	27	1,057
33	Dean	26	20,763
34	French	26	14,624
35	Cherry	25	3,054
36	Finch	25	9,950
37	Keen	25	6,012
38	Newman	25	22,210
39	Dell	23	1,760
40	Kempster	22	1,047
41	Stapleton	22	3,003
42	Cain	21	5,421
43	Garner	21	9,464
44	Izzard	21	895
45	Birch	20	12,264
46	Burrows	20	13,086
47	Field	20	14,896
48	Waller	20	7,532
49	Chamberlain	19	8,127
50	Godfrey	19	8,858
51	Golding	19	5,274
52	Rainbow	19	1,237
53	Sear	19	1,122
54	Albone	18	265
55	Chambers	18	16,996
56	Reeve	18	6,989
57	Rook	18	2,056
58	Bunker	17	1,206
59	Dear	17	2,226
60	Dimmock	17	1,096
61	Fossey	17	488
62	Gates	17	4,641
63	Osborn	17	6,245
64	Weston	17	12,197
65	Bone	16	5,555
66	Breed	16	517
67	Busby	16	3,147
68	Daniels	16	9,394
69	Devereux	16	808
70	Gentle	16	993
71	Thorn	16	4,463
72	Bottoms	15	526
73	Corkett	15	147
74	Deal	15	736
75	Denton	15	5,488
76	Faulkner	15	8,124
77	Gower	15	3,144
78	Groom	15	4,197
79	Ingram	15	9,112
80	Norwood	15	1,209
81	Putman	15	527
82	Swain	15	5,768
83	Turvey	15	1,405
84	Woolhead	15	204
85	Bedford	14	7,107
86	Buckingham	14	3,978
87	Chalkley	14	924
88	Collier	14	10,022
89	Draper	14	7,044
90	Gutteridge	14	1,516
91	North	14	9,923
92	Sells	14	510
93	Weedon	14	1,393
94	Welch	14	10,480
95	Argent	13	1,418
96	Ashby	13	5,027
97	Bierton	13	92
98	Bonham	13	779
99	Brackley	13	522
100	Chatters	13	192