1881 census occupation

Tailor surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

6,369 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 50,452 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 1,159 people recorded as Tailor.

Surnames most linked with Tailor

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	1,159	338,678
2	Smith	910	422,249
3	Williams	676	214,615
4	Davies	564	152,295
5	Thomas	420	123,339
6	Evans	416	130,734
7	Brown	414	197,359
8	Taylor	402	191,142
9	Roberts	370	112,276
10	Wilson	281	137,750
11	Johnson	265	100,458
12	Thompson	251	89,587
13	Robinson	248	95,300
14	Cohen	237	4,710
15	Green	223	84,164
16	White	219	96,053
17	Morris	217	66,607
18	Edwards	199	83,319
19	Wood	197	95,380
20	Davis	195	65,757
21	Walker	193	100,304
22	Wright	190	95,951
23	Phillips	178	53,458
24	Hall	177	88,053
25	Moore	172	58,817
26	King	170	65,115
27	Baker	165	65,282
28	Clark	160	90,143
29	Price	160	52,361
30	Turner	159	83,267
31	Jackson	158	83,594
32	Martin	157	73,281
33	Scott	157	76,018
34	Bell	154	56,099
35	Richardson	152	50,857
36	Cooper	150	72,708
37	Ward	146	65,299
38	Griffiths	144	48,955
39	Watson	140	69,539
40	Allen	138	56,290
41	Kelly	138	30,644
42	Adams	130	43,950
43	Young	129	64,312
44	Clarke	126	60,196
45	Mitchell	123	60,795
46	Simpson	122	52,391
47	Richards	117	45,120
48	Foster	114	40,056
49	Murphy	114	23,790
50	Owen	114	35,558
51	Carter	112	50,099
52	Cook	112	59,467
53	Wilkinson	112	45,653
54	Miller	110	53,567
55	Anderson	107	59,265
56	Rogers	107	38,745
57	Ellis	106	43,381
58	Bailey	105	44,948
59	Chapman	105	42,456
60	Barker	104	39,196
61	Bennett	104	49,110
62	Jenkins	102	35,237
63	Parker	98	56,883
64	Dixon	97	32,795
65	Rees	97	26,024
66	Powell	93	37,321
67	Fisher	91	34,989
68	Palmer	91	35,153
69	Fletcher	88	34,136
70	Stevens	88	31,223
71	Cox	86	44,382
72	Shaw	86	55,020
73	Marshall	85	50,203
74	Gibson	84	36,370
75	Collins	83	42,829
76	Nicholson	83	21,253
77	Barnes	80	36,002
78	Robson	78	19,747
79	Wells	77	24,900
80	Atkinson	76	29,154
81	Fox	76	26,486
82	Ryan	75	9,176
83	Parry	74	22,775
84	Graham	73	34,451
85	Jacobs	73	7,152
86	Pearson	73	34,754
87	Watts	72	25,021
88	Dunn	71	24,868
89	Riley	71	23,673
90	Walsh	71	15,864
91	Knight	70	36,756
92	Butler	69	29,165
93	Freeman	69	19,062
94	Webb	69	40,508
95	Ford	68	29,131
96	Saunders	68	27,328
97	Burns	67	20,128
98	Dawson	67	32,910
99	Marks	67	6,112
100	Payne	67	26,886